Allerdale
Sign in to saveAllerdale was a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status. Its council – Allerdale Borough Council – was based in Workington, and the borough had a population of 96,422 at the 2011 census.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Borough of Allerdale
- Settlement.type
- Borough
- Settlement.image_shield
- Allerdale arms.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Allerdale UK locator map.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Shown within Cumbria
- Settlement.mapsize
- frameless
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Sovereign state
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- United Kingdom
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- England
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- North West England
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Ceremonial county
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Cumbria
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Historic county
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Cumberland
- Settlement.seat_type
- Admin. HQ
- Settlement.seat
- Allerdale House, New Bridge Road, Workington, CA143YJ
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Allerdale was a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status. Its council – Allerdale Borough Council – was based in Workington, and the borough had a population of 96,422 at the 2011 census.
The District of Allerdale was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the municipal borough of Workington, the urban districts of Maryport, Cockermouth and Keswick; and the rural districts of Cockermouth and Wigton, all of which were within the administrative county of Cumberland. In 1995 Allerdale was granted borough status.