Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley
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| Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Ceremonial County: | Merseyside |
| Historic County: | Lancashire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 257th 86.47 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Huyton |
| ONS code: | 00BX |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 112th 149,400 1,728 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.4% White |
| Politics | |
 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.knowsley.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour |
| MPs: | George Howarth, Edward O'Hara |
The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, in the north west of England. It is divided into six areas; Kirkby, Prescot, Huyton, Whiston, Halewood and Cronton.
The majority of Knowsley, excluding Kirkby, are included in the Liverpool Urban Area. The main areas are Kirkby, Huyton, and Prescot. It is famed for Knowsley Hall and has its own radio station, KCR. It includes Knowsley Safari Park.
See Knowsley (village) for older history.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of Huyton-with-Roby Urban District, Kirkby Urban District and Prescot Urban District, along with most of Whiston Rural District and a small part of West Lancashire Rural District, all from the administrative county of Lancashire.
The "ow" in the name can be pronounced as in "how" or as in "hoe", but Knowsley Village and the surrounding area usually use the latter.
The district contained the Cronton and Sutton Manor collieries, which closed in 1984 and 1991 respectively.
Steven Gerrard, the captain of Liverpool FC was given the Freedom of the borough of Knowsley in December 2006. One of his privileges after being given the Freedom is that he is allowed to drive his sheep down the main street of his home town
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[edit] Parliamentary Constituencies
[edit] Twin towns
Knowsley is twinned with
[edit] See also
- Knowsley United F.C.
[edit] External links
- Knowsley Council
- Knowsley Online Local news, views, etc.
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