Borough of Halton

Borough of Halton
Borough of Halton
Borough and unitary authority
	Aerial view of the Silver Jubilee Bridge and the two towns of Runcorn (left) and Widnes (right)
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): Latin: Industria Navem Implet, lit. 'Industry Fills the Ship'
	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	Sarah Pochin (R); Derek Twigg (L);
Area
• Total	30 sq mi (90 km2)
• Land	31 sq mi (79 km2)
• Rank	217th
Population (2022)
• Total	128,964
• Rank	184th
• Density	4,220/sq mi (1,631/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 96.5% White ; 1.4% Mixed ; 1.1% Asian ; 0.6% other ; 0.4% Black ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 58.6% Christianity ; 35.2% no religion ; 0.6% Islam ; 0.3% Hinduism ; 0.2% Buddhism ; 0.1% Sikhism ; 0.0% Judaism ; 0.4% other ; 4.6% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	L24; WA4; WA7; WA8;
Dialling codes	0151; 01925; 01928;
ISO 3166 code	GB-HAL
GSS code	E06000006
Website	www.halton.gov.uk

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.