Borough of Warrington
The Borough of Warrington is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The borough is centred around the town of Warrington, and extends out into outlying villages of Lymm and Great Sankey and the town of Birchwood.
Borough of Warrington | |
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Borough and unitary authority | |
Aerial view of Warrington | |
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Warrington shown within Cheshire | |
Borough of Warrington Location within England Borough of Warrington Location within the United Kingdom Borough of Warrington Location in Europe | |
| Coordinates: 53.3895°N 2.5909°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 6079 8824 |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | North West |
| Ceremonial county | Cheshire |
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| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Unitary authority | 1 April 1998 |
| Named for | Warrington |
| Administrative HQ | Warrington Town Hall |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authority with leader and cabinet |
| • Body | Warrington Borough Council |
| • Control | Labour |
| • Leader | Hans Mundry (L) |
| • Mayor | Steve Wright |
| • Chief Executive | Steven Broomhead |
| • House of Commons | 2 MPs |
| Area | |
| • Total | 70.4 sq mi (182.4 km2) |
| • Land | 69.7 sq mi (180.6 km2) |
| • Rank | 151st |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 211,227 |
| • Rank | 90th |
| • Density | 3,030/sq mi (1,169/km2) |
| Demonym | Warringtonian |
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| Religion (2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcode areas | WA1–5 |
| Dialling code | 01925 |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-WRT |
| GSS code | E06000007 |
| ITL code | TLD61 |
| GVA | 2021 estimate |
| • Total | £8.5 billion |
| • Per capita | £40,085 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
| • Total | £9.3 billion |
| • Per capita | £44,205 |
| Website | warrington |
The borough is geographically located to the north and northeast of the Cheshire West and Chester and Halton districts in Cheshire, the metropolitan borough of St Helens in Merseyside to the northwest and north and the metropolitan boroughs of Wigan and Trafford in Greater Manchester to the northeast, east, and southeast. Additionally, to the south-east, the borough borders Cheshire East. The borough is also located between the cities of Liverpool, Salford, Manchester, Chester and Preston. The district straddles the historic counties of Cheshire (the South part of the district includes Lymm and Stockton Heath) and Lancashire (the North part including Warrington itself and Latchford).