The Borough of Blackpool is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, North West England. It is named after the seaside town of Blackpool but covers a wider area which includes Anchorsholme, Bispham, Layton, Marton and Squires Gate, as well as the suburbs of Grange Park, North Shore, South Shore and Starr Gate. The borough also forms the core of the wider Blackpool conurbation.
Borough of Blackpool | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Progress | |
 Blackpool shown within Lancashire | |
| Coordinates: 53°49′15″N 3°03′05″W / 53.8208°N 3.0515°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | North West |
| Ceremonial county | Lancashire |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Unitary authority | 1 April 1998 |
| Named for | Blackpool |
| Administrative HQ | Blackpool Town Hall |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authority |
| • Body | Blackpool Council |
| • Executive | Leader and cabinet |
| • Control | Labour |
| • Leader | Lynn Williams (L) |
| • Mayor | Peter Hunter |
| • MPs | |
| Area | |
• Total | 17 sq mi (43 km2) |
| • Land | 14 sq mi (35 km2) |
| • Rank | 272nd |
| Population (2022)[3] | |
• Total | 141,574 |
| • Rank | 161st |
| • Density | 10,500/sq mi (4,060/km2) |
| Ethnicity (2021) | |
| • Ethnic groups | |
| Religion (2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcode areas | |
| Dialling codes | 01253 |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-BPL |
| GSS code | E06000009 |
| Website | blackpool |
The borough is bordered to the north and north-east by the Borough of Wyre (including Fleetwood, Cleveleys, Thornton and Poulton-le-Fylde), and to the south and south-east by Borough of Fylde (including Lytham St Annes), both of which are non-metropolitan districts in Lancashire. The western boundary is the Irish Sea coast. Surrounding districts form part of the Blackpool Urban Area which covers all the unitary authority area.[5][6][7][8][9]
History
editBlackpool was a municipal borough until 1889 when it became a county borough,[10] on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the county borough of Blackpool was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district with the same boundaries as the county borough.[11][12] Until 1998, Blackpool was administered as part of Lancashire County Council which was based in Preston. After the creation of unitary authorities by the government, Blackpool and Blackburn were successful in gaining their own right to govern independent from the county council. Blackpool gained unitary authority status,[13] as did Blackburn and it was renamed "Blackburn with Darwen". As of 2021[update] these are the only two unitary authorities in Lancashire although they remain part of Lancashire for ceremonial purposes.
Localities in the borough
edit- Anchorsholme
- Bispham
- Blackpool
- Bloomfield
- Brunswick
- Churchtown
- Claremont
- Common Edge
- Devonshire
- Grange Park
- Great Marton
- Great Marton Moss
- Great Marton Moss Side
- Greenhill
- Greenlands
- Hawes Side
- Highfurlong
- Hoohill
- Ingthorpe
- Layton
- Little Bispham
- Little Carleton
- Little Marton Moss Side
- Little Norbreck
- Marton
- Marton Fold
- Mereside
- Moor Park
- Norbreck
- North Shore
- Queenstown
- Revoe
- South Shore
- Squires Gate
- Stanley Park
- Starr Gate
- Walker's Hill
- Warbreck
- Waterloo
- Whiteholme
Government
editBlackpool borough is administered by Blackpool Council currently under Labour control.
References
edit- ^ "Your council". Blackpool Council. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ a b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Blackpool Local Authority (E06000009)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Blackpool UA through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Blackpool unitary". Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "The Borough of Blackpool (Electoral Changes) Order 2002". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Growth of the County Borough of Blackpool in the County of Lancashire, from 1500 to 1926". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Lancashire Combined Authority". Pendle Borough Council. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Blackpool MB/CB through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2021.