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Vale Royal is a local government district
Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially 'shire districts', are a type of Districts of England in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement....
 and borough
Borough

A borough is an administrative division of various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
 in Cheshire
Cheshire

Cheshire is a Counties of England in North West England. The county town, and the location of the county council, is the City status in the United Kingdom of Chester, although Cheshire's largest town in terms of area and population is Warrington....
, England.

ontains the towns of Northwich
Northwich

Northwich is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers River Weaver and River Dane....
, Winsford
Winsford

Winsford is a town and civil parish within the Vale Royal borough of Cheshire, England. It lies south of Northwich on the River Weaver and grew around the Salt mine industry after the river was canalised in the eighteenth century, allowing freight to be conveyed northwards to the Port of Runcorn on the River Mersey....
 and Frodsham
Frodsham

Frodsham is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Vale Royal, Cheshire, England. Its population is 8,940. It is approximately south of Runcorn, 16 miles south of Liverpool, and approximately south-west of Manchester....
. It takes its name from Vale Royal Abbey
Vale Royal Abbey

Vale Royal Abbey is a medieval abbey, and later country house, located in Whitegate, Cheshire, between Northwich and Winsford in Cheshire, England....
, formerly one of the largest in England, which was situated near the village of Whitegate. Although the abbey no longer exists, the current house on the site contains important fragments of the abbey buildings and is still known as Vale Royal. It is now a golf club and apartments.

district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales, on 1 April 1974....
.






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Vale Royal is a local government district
Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially 'shire districts', are a type of Districts of England in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement....
 and borough
Borough

A borough is an administrative division of various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
 in Cheshire
Cheshire

Cheshire is a Counties of England in North West England. The county town, and the location of the county council, is the City status in the United Kingdom of Chester, although Cheshire's largest town in terms of area and population is Warrington....
, England.

Geography

It contains the towns of Northwich
Northwich

Northwich is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers River Weaver and River Dane....
, Winsford
Winsford

Winsford is a town and civil parish within the Vale Royal borough of Cheshire, England. It lies south of Northwich on the River Weaver and grew around the Salt mine industry after the river was canalised in the eighteenth century, allowing freight to be conveyed northwards to the Port of Runcorn on the River Mersey....
 and Frodsham
Frodsham

Frodsham is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Vale Royal, Cheshire, England. Its population is 8,940. It is approximately south of Runcorn, 16 miles south of Liverpool, and approximately south-west of Manchester....
. It takes its name from Vale Royal Abbey
Vale Royal Abbey

Vale Royal Abbey is a medieval abbey, and later country house, located in Whitegate, Cheshire, between Northwich and Winsford in Cheshire, England....
, formerly one of the largest in England, which was situated near the village of Whitegate. Although the abbey no longer exists, the current house on the site contains important fragments of the abbey buildings and is still known as Vale Royal. It is now a golf club and apartments.

History

The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales, on 1 April 1974....
. It was a merger of Northwich and Winsford urban district
Urban district

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
s, Northwich Rural District
Northwich Rural District

Northwich Rural District was a rural district surrounding, but not including the towns of Northwich and Winsford in Cheshire. It was created in 1894 from the Runcorn Rural Sanitary District....
 and part of Runcorn Rural District
Runcorn Rural District

Runcorn was a rural district in Cheshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was named after but did not include Runcorn, a town on the River Mersey to the north-west of the district, which formed its own urban district....
.

Abolition

On 31 March 2009 the district will be abolished. The current districts of Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston and Vale Royal will be known as Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester

Cheshire West and Chester is the name for a new unitary authority area in Cheshire. It will come into force from April 2009, as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007....
.

In 2007 Vale Royal Borough Council was voted winner of The Times
The Times

The Times is a daily national newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of News International....
 Best Councils To Work For.

Council political composition


PartyCouncillors
 Conservative26
 Labour17
 Liberal Democrat11
 Weaverham Independents3


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