CITY OF SALFORD

:''This article is about the metropolitan borough of Salford. For the actual settlement, see Salford.''

City of Salford
Salford
Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Greater Manchester
Historic County:	Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 248th 97.19 km²
Admin. HQ:	Swinton
ONS code:	00BR
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	96.1% White 1.4% S.Asian 0.6% Black 0.6% Chinese 1.3% Mixed Race
Politics
Arms of Salford City Council Salford City Council http://www.salford.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	★ Hazel Blears (L) ★ Ian Stewart (L)

The 'City of Salford' is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. The borough's largest settlement is Salford itself, from which it inherited city status.

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Creation

Neighbouring districts

Council

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Creation

The Local Government Act 1972 created the metropolitan borough on April 1 1974, based on the former County Borough of the City of Salford which included the city centre, Pendleton, Weaste, Claremont, Langworthy, Broughton, Kersal, Ordsall and Seedley.
The metropolitan borough also absorbed the areas of the following local government districts:

★ Municipal Borough of Eccles which included Eccles itself and Monton, Winton and Barton-upon-Irwell;

★ Municipal Borough of Swinton and Pendlebury which included Swinton, Pendlebury and Clifton;

★ Irlam Urban District which included Irlam and Cadishead;

★ Worsley Urban District which included Worsley, Wardley, Walkden and part of Boothstown.

Neighbouring districts

The borough is bounded to the north by Bury and Bolton, to the south by Trafford, to the west by Wigan and Warrington and to the east by Manchester.

Council

The city council offices are located in Swinton, in what was formerly the Swinton and Pendlebury town hall. The metropolitan borough is divided into eight districts for consultative purposes : Ordsall/Langworthy, Claremont/Weaste,East Salford, Eccles, Worsley/Boothstown, Walkden/Little Hulton, Irlam & Cadishead, and Swinton & Pendlebury, based on the areas of the predecessor districts. The borough is entirely unparished.

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