Everything about Halton Borough totally explained
Halton is a local government district in
North West England, with
borough status and administered by a
unitary authority. It was created in 1974 as a district of
Cheshire, and became a unitary authority area on
1 April 1998. It consists of the towns of
Widnes and
Runcorn and the
civil parishes of
Hale,
Daresbury,
Moore and
Preston Brook.
Halton dates back to the 12th century (and beyond) when land on both sides of the river belonged to the Barony of
Halton. The area borders
Merseyside,
Warrington and the
shire county of Cheshire. The borough straddles the
River Mersey — the area to the north (including Widnes) is historically part of
Lancashire, that to the south, Cheshire.
The district was originally formed on
April 1,
1974, from
Runcorn urban district and part of
Runcorn Rural District from Cheshire, and the borough
Widnes and the parish of
Hale from the
Whiston Rural District in Lancashire. The unitary authority associates with the five Merseyside councils to form the "
Greater Merseyside" group and is considered part of the "Liverpool city-region".
Local sites of interest
The borough is home to a large number of historic sites:
All Saints' Church, Daresbury is a church well-known as the inspiration for
Alice In Wonderland. Lewis Carroll was born in the village, and his father was rector there. The church contains a carving of a grinning cat, a play on the wildcat in the arms of a local family empowered in the Middle Ages to kill poachers by hanging or garrotting (giving them a "permanent grin").
Economy
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Halton and Warrington at current basic prices
published
(pp.240-253) by
Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
| Year |
Regional Gross Value Added |
Agriculture |
Industry |
Services |
| 1995 |
3,636 |
14 |
1,361 |
2,261 |
| 2000 |
4,768 |
10 |
1,433 |
3,324 |
| 2003 |
5,774 |
18 |
1,399 |
4,356 |
includes hunting and forestry
includes energy and construction
includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
Demographics
The population of Halton in 2004 was 118,915 and it's the most densely populated district in Cheshire at 15.01 persons per hectare (3,890.2/sq mi). The change in population during the 20th century is shown in the following table.
| Year |
1901 |
1911 |
1921 |
1931 |
1941 |
1951 |
1961 |
1971 |
1981 |
1991 |
2001 |
| Population | 57,755 |
57,062 |
61,039 |
65,309 |
71,835 |
79,026 |
87,168 |
96,150 |
121,861 |
124,915 |
118,215
|
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In 2003 Halton had the largest proportion of the population in Cheshire in the age groups under 5, 5 to 15 and 16 to pension age and, at 16.1% the lowest proportion of people at pension age or older. At 1.2% the proportion of non-white ethnic groups in 2001 equalled the lowest in all local authorities in Cheshire. At 11.5 per 1,000 population, the live birth rate in Halton and Warrington, is the highest in the county. At 121 the standardised mortality ratio and at 21.5% the percentage of persons with limiting long-term illness are considerably the highest in Cheshire.
There has been an increase in the number of households from 47,214 in 1991 to 52,501 in 2006. The average household size has reduced from 2.70 in 1991 to 2.44 in 2001. 89.8% of houses had central heating in 2001 compared with 75.8% in 2001. The type of housing has also changed with an increase from 15.5% to 19.2% in detached houses from 1991 to 2001, an increase over the same years in semi-detached houses from 30.0% to 33.0% and a corresponding decrease in terraced houses from 44.0% to 37.5%.
Education
Performance table
The following table shows the percentage of pupils gaining five
GCSE A*–C level grades, including and excluding English and Maths in 2007.
Council political composition
| Party |
Councillors |
|
Labour |
33 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
14 |
|
Conservative |
9 |
Twin towns
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