Subdivisions of England
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For local government purposes, England is divided into three types of areas - non-unitary authorities, unitary authorities, and London boroughs.
Non-unitary authorities are administrative counties with a two-tier structure, consisting of a county council and a number of district councils. The two levels have different sets of responsibilities; for example, education is administered at the county level, local planning at the district level.
Unitary authorities are single-tier authorities, combining the functions of county and district councils. They are defined either as administrative counties consisting of a single district, or districts of a county (such as Berkshire or the metropolitan counties) that has no county council. The Isle of Wight is the exception, being a county council with no districts. The council of a unitary authority is referred to as a "district council", "borough council", "county council", "city council", "metropolitan borough council" or "council", depending upon various factors.
In Greater London, the 32 London borough councils have a similar status to the unitary authorities, although the Greater London Authority exists to coordinate their activities across the county.
England is also divided into governmental regions: Greater London, South East England, South West England, East of England, East Midlands, West Midlands, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber and North East England.
See also: Subdivisions of the United Kingdom, Counties of England, Districts of England, Historic Counties of England
This is a list of top-level councils. It is ordered according to legal definition: counties with county and district councils; the three types of unitary authorities: counties with a single council, metropolitan districts and non-metropolitan districts; and London boroughs.
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Administrative counties with County and District Councils
- Bedfordshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- Cornwall
- Cumbria
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- County Durham
- East Sussex
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Hertfordshire
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Norfolk
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- North Yorkshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Warwickshire
- West Sussex
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire
Unitary Authorities
Main article: Unitary Authority
Administrative counties
These are defined as legal counties with a county council and no districts.
These are defined as legal counties with one district and no county council.
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Bournemouth
- Brighton and Hove
- Bristol
- Derby
- Darlington
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Halton
- Hartlepool
- Herefordshire
- Kingston upon Hull
- Leicester
- Luton
- Medway Towns
- Middlesbrough
- Milton Keynes
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
- North Somerset
- Nottingham
- Peterborough
- Plymouth
- Poole
- Portsmouth
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Rutland
- Southampton
- Southend-on-Sea
- South Gloucestershire
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Swindon
- Telford and Wrekin
- Thurrock
- Torbay
- Warrington
- York
Metropolitan districts
These are defined as districts of a metropolitan county, which has had its county council abolished.
- Barnsley
- Birmingham
- Bolton
- Bradford
- Bury
- Calderdale
- Coventry
- Doncaster
- Dudley
- Gateshead
- Kirklees
- Knowsley
- Leeds
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- Oldham
- Rochdale
- Rotherham
- Salford
- Sandwell
- Sefton
- Sheffield
- Solihull
- South Tyneside
- St. Helens
- Stockport
- Sunderland
- Tameside
- Trafford
- Wakefield
- Walsall
- Wigan
- Wirral
- Wolverhampton
Non-metropolitan districts
These are districts of a non-metropolitan county (Berkshire) which has had its county council abolished.
London Boroughs
Main article: London Boroughs
- London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
- London Borough of Barnet
- London Borough of Bexley
- London Borough of Brent
- London Borough of Bromley
- London Borough of Camden
- City of London
- London Borough of Croydon
- London Borough of Ealing
- London Borough of Enfield
- London Borough of Greenwich
- London Borough of Hackney
- London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- London Borough of Haringey
- London Borough of Harrow
- London Borough of Havering
- London Borough of Hillingdon
- London Borough of Hounslow
- London Borough of Islington
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
- London Borough of Lambeth
- London Borough of Lewisham
- London Borough of Merton
- London Borough of Newham
- London Borough of Redbridge
- London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
- London Borough of Southwark
- London Borough of Sutton
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- London Borough of Waltham Forest
- London Borough of Wandsworth
- City of Westminster
References
- CIA World Fact Book 2002 (Note however data used in the CIA's article on Great Britain is older than the publication date, updated information is recorded here)
See also
- Administrative map (External link) at "Great Britain"
- ISO 3166-2 Codes for UK Administrative Divisions
- UK topics
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Subdivisions_of_England" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivisions_of_England, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
