Borough of Halton
Borough of Halton | |
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Halton shown within Cheshire | |
| Coordinates: 53°20′42″N 02°44′19″W / 53.34500°N 2.73861°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | North West |
| Ceremonial county | Cheshire |
| City region | Liverpool |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Unitary authority | 1 April 1998 |
| Named after | Barony of Halton |
| Administrative HQ | Municipal Building, Widnes |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authority |
| • Body | Halton Borough Council |
| • Executive | Leader and cabinet |
| • Control | Labour |
| • Leader | Mike Wharton (L) |
| • Mayor of Halton | Martha Lloyd Jones |
| • MPs | |
| Area | |
• Total | 35 sq mi (90 km2) |
| • Land | 31 sq mi (79 km2) |
| • Rank | 217th |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 131,543 |
| • Rank | 184th |
| • Density | 4,310/sq mi (1,663/km2) |
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| Religion (2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
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| ISO 3166 code | GB-HAL |
| GSS code | E06000006 |
| Website | www |
The Borough of Halton (/hɒltən/) is a local authority district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, North West England. It is administered by Halton Borough Council, a unitary authority since 1998. The borough contains the towns of Runcorn and Widnes and the civil parishes of Daresbury, Hale, Halebank, Moore, Preston Brook, and Sandymoor. Since 2014, it has been part of the Liverpool City Region and the council is a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
The neighbouring districts (clockwise from west) are Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens, which are fellow boroughs of the Liverpool City Region, and Warrington and Cheshire West and Chester in Cheshire.