Halton (borough)
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| Borough of Halton | |
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| Missing image EnglandHalton.png Image:EnglandHalton.png | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Unitary, Borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Ceremonial County: | Cheshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 267th 79.09 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Widnes |
| ONS code: | 00ET |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 165th 118,429 1,497 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.8% White |
| Politics | |
| Missing image Arms-halton.jpg Arms of Halton Borough Council Halton Borough Council http://www.halton.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour |
| MPs: | Mike Hall, Derek Twigg |
Halton is a borough in North West England, administered by a unitary authority. It was created in 1974 as a district of Cheshire, and became a unitary authority on April 1, 1998, becoming an administrative county of itself in the process.
Its major towns are Runcorn and Widnes. It is named after the village of Halton within it. The area borders Merseyside, Warrington and Cheshire. The borough straddles the River Mersey — the area to the north (including Widnes) is historically part of Lancashire, that to the south, Cheshire.
| Districts of England - North West England | 
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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 | |
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |