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- This article is about the metropolitan borough of Salford. For the actual settlement, see Salford.
- Total
97.19 km²
- Total ()
- Density
/ km²
1.4% S.Asian
Salford City Council
http://www.salford.gov.uk/
Salford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. The metropolitan borough has City status. Its main settlement is Salford. Other places include Swinton (where the City council is now located), Eccles, Pendlebury, Broughton, Kersal, Pendleton, Worsley, Walkden, Irlam, Cadishead, Wardley, Monton, Barton and Boothstown.
The metropolitan borough is divided into five formal districts: Salford, Eccles, Worsley, Irlam & Cadishead, and Swinton & Pendlebury.
The modern day City of Salford incorporates the former County Borough of Salford (including Pendleton, Langworthy, Broughton, Weaste, Ordsall and Seedley), the Municipal Borough of Eccles (including Monton, Winton and Barton-upon-Irwell), the Municipal Borough of Swinton and Pendlebury, the Irlam Urban District and the Worsley Urban District (including Walkden). The City is bounded to the north by Bury and Bolton, to the south by Trafford, to the west by Wigan and to the east by Manchester.
It has a university by the side of the River Irwell called The University of Salford. The river divides the centre of Salford from the centre of Manchester.
Unparished Areas
Showing former status (prior to 1974)
- Eccles (Municipal Borough)
- Irlam (Urban District)
- Salford (County Borough)
- Swinton and Pendlebury (Municipal Borough)
- Worsley (Urban District)
Cities in England | Local government in Greater Manchester | Metropolitan boroughs
"City of Salford"