North West England - Definition and Overview

North West England is one of the regions of England. It is one of the two regions (along with Yorkshire and the Humber) that were expected to have a referendum about the establishment of an elected regional assembly. The North East region of England recently rejected having an elected regional assembly in a referendum. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott subsequently announced that he will not move orders for other referendums before the relevant provisions expire in June, 2005.

It is divided into the following local government areas:

North West
Admin HQ	Manchester / Liverpool
Area  - Total	6th in England 14,165 km²
Population  - Total (2001)  - Density	3rd in England 6,729,800 475/km²
NUTS 1:	UKD

Counties

See Counties of England

• Cheshire
• Cumbria
• Greater Manchester
  • Bolton
  • Bury
  • Manchester
  • Oldham
  • Rochdale
  • Salford
  • Stockport
  • Tameside
  • Trafford
  • Wigan
• Lancashire
• Merseyside
  • Knowsley
  • Liverpool
  • St Helens
  • Sefton
  • Wirral

Unitary Authority Areas

See Unitary authorities in England

• Blackburn with Darwen
• Blackpool
• Halton
• Warrington

External links

• Government Office for the North West (http://www.go-nw.gov.uk)
• Northwest Development Agency (http://www.nwda.co.uk)
• North West Regional Assembly (http://www.nwra.gov.uk)
• Manchester @ eb.cx (http://manchester.eb.cx) A web site dedicated to the city of Manchester and the surrounding area (under construction)

The United Kingdom (UK)
England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland
Regions of England
East of England | East Midlands | Greater London | North East | North West | South East | South West | West Midlands | Yorkshire and the Humber

Districts of England - North West England
Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside