North West England

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North West England
North West
North West region shown within England
Geography
Status Region
Area
— Total		 Ranked 6th
14,165 km²
NUTS 1 UKD
Demographics
Population
— Total
— Density		 Ranked 3rd
6,729,800 (2001)
475/km²
Government
HQ Liverpool / Manchester
Assembly
— Type		 North West
non-directly elected
European parliament North West England
Website

North West England is one of the nine regions of England. It has a population of 6,729,764.[1]

North West England is bounded on the west by the Irish Sea and on the east by The Pennines, and stretches from the Scottish Borders in the north, to the Welsh Mountains in the south. The highest point in the region is Scafell Pike, in Cumbria, at three thousand two hundred and nine feet (978 m), which is makes it England's highest peak.

Two large conurbations, centred on the cities of Liverpool and Manchester, dominate the south of the region. The north of the region (that is, north Lancashire and Cumbria) is largely rural.

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[edit] Local government

The official region consists of the following subdivisions:

Ceremonial county County/ unitary Districts
Cheshire Cheshire † Ellesmere Port and Neston, Chester, Crewe and Nantwich, Congleton, Macclesfield Prestbury, Vale Royal
Warrington
Halton
Cumbria † Barrow-in-Furness, South Lakeland, Copeland, Allerdale, Eden, Carlisle
Greater Manchester * Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan
Lancashire Lancashire † West Lancashire, Chorley, South Ribble, Fylde, Preston, Wyre, Lancaster, Ribble Valley, Pendle, Burnley, Rossendale, Hyndburn
Blackpool
Blackburn with Darwen
Merseyside * Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral

Key: shire county = † | metropolitan county = *

[edit] Elected regional assembly

Proposed flag for the region designed by Peter Saville.
Proposed flag for the region designed by Peter Saville.

It is one of the two regions (along with Yorkshire and the Humber) that were expected to hold a referendum on the establishment of an elected regional assembly. However, when the North East region of England rejected having an elected regional assembly in a referendum, further referenda where cancelled and the proposals for elected regional assemblies in England put on hold. The regional assembly, an unelected quango, is based on Waterside Drive in Wigan.

[edit] European Parliament

The North West England European Parliament constituency has the same boundaries as the Region.

[edit] History

Ten English regions were established by the government in 1994. At that time, Merseyside, which already had its own Government Office, formerly the Merseyside Task Force, was regarded as a separate region. In 1998, Merseyside was merged into the North West region. This action was controversial in some quarters.

[edit] Education

Secondary schools are mostly comprehensive, except Trafford retains a wholely selective school system, and there are some other grammar schools in Lancashire, Wirral, Liverpool and Cumbria. At GCSE, the lowest performing area by a country mile is Knowsley, one of the worst performing in the UK. Other low performing areas in Greater Merseyside are Halton and Liverpool. Sefton performs much better than its neighbour, Liverpool. Warrington is the best performing area, followed by Wirral. In Greater Manchester, Manchester performs the worst, followed by Salford then Oldham. The best performing area is Trafford (one of the best in the UK), followed by Stockport and Bury. In the Lancashire area, Blackpool is low performing. Bury, Cheshire, Lancashire, Stockport, Trafford, Warrington and Wirral perform higher than the UK average. At A level, Trafford performs the best, and again like GCSE is one of the best areas in the UK. The lowest performing area is, again, Knowsley but followed by Rochdale. Areas performing above the UK average are Lancashire, Bury, Wigan, Blackpool, Cheshire, and Wirral. Blackpool performs not particularly well at GCSE, yet produces much better results at A level - even better than Cheshire.

[edit] Top twenty state schools in the North West (2006 A level results)

[citation needed]

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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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

Counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside
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