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
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- Allerdale arms.png
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- Allerdale UK locator map.svg
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- Shown within Cumbria
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- frameless
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- Sovereign state
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- United Kingdom
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- Constituent country
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- England
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- Region
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- North West England
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- Ceremonial county
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- Cumbria
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- Historic county
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- Cumberland
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- Admin. HQ
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- 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Allerdale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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