Vale Royal

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Borough of Vale Royal
Vale Royal
Shown within Cheshire
Geography
Status: Borough
Region: North West England
Admin. County: Cheshire
Area:
- Total
Ranked 121st
380.19 km²
Admin. HQ: Winsford
ONS code: 13UH
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2005 est.)
- Density
Ranked 154th
124,600
328 / km²
Ethnicity: 98.8% White
Politics
Arms of Vale Royal Borough Council
Vale Royal Borough Council
http://www.valeroyal.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive: Conservative / Liberal Democrats
MPs: Mike Hall, Stephen O'Brien, George Osborne

Vale Royal is a local government district and borough in Cheshire, North West England. It contains the towns of Northwich, Winsford and Frodsham. It takes its name from Vale Royal Abbey, formerly one of the largest in England, which was situated near the village of Whitegate. Although the abbey no longer exists, the current house on the site contains important fragments of the abbey buildings and is still known as Vale Royal. It is now a golf club and apartments.

The district was created on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of Northwich and Winsford urban districts, Northwich Rural District and part of Runcorn Rural District.

It contains the following parishes:


Ceremonial county of Cheshire [[Image:|40px]]
Unitary authorities: Halton • Warrington
Boroughs/Districts: City of Chester • Congleton • Crewe and Nantwich • Ellesmere Port and Neston • Macclesfield • Vale Royal
Cities/Towns: Alderley Edge • Alsager • Bollington • Chester • Congleton • Crewe • Ellesmere Port • Frodsham • Knutsford • Lymm • Macclesfield • Middlewich • Nantwich • Neston • Northwich • Poynton • Runcorn • Sandbach • Warrington • Widnes • Wilmslow • Winsford
See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire


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