| District
|
Year of charter
|
Previous boroughs
|
Notes
|
| Allerdale
|
4 June 1992[6] |
Workington (1883)
|
Charter trustees for Workington had existed 1974 to 1982
|
| Amber Valley
|
17 May 1989[7] |
None
|
|
| Ashford
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Tenterden (reformed 1835)
|
Tenterden formed a town council in 1974
|
| Barnsley
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Barnsley (1869)
|
|
| Barrow-in-Furness
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Barrow-in-Furness (1867)
|
|
| Basildon
|
26 October 2010[10][11] |
None
|
|
| Basingstoke and Deane
|
20 January 1978[12] |
Basingstoke (reformed 1835)
|
Basingstoke had charter trustees 1974–1978
|
| Bath
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Bath (reformed 1835)
|
Abolished 1996
|
| Bedford
|
See North Bedfordshire
|
| Berwick-upon-Tweed
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Berwick-upon-Tweed (reformed 1835)
|
Abolished in April 2009. Civic functions transferred to Berwick-upon-Tweed Town Council.[13] |
| Beverley
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Beverley (reformed 1835)
|
Renamed East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley 1981. Abolished 1996.
|
| Birmingham
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Birmingham (1838), Sutton Coldfield (1885)[14] |
|
| Blackburn
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Blackburn (1851), Darwen (1878)
|
Renamed Blackburn with Darwen 1997
|
| Blackpool
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Blackpool (1876)
|
|
| Blyth Valley
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Blyth (1922)
|
Abolished in April 2009.[13] |
| Bolton
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Bolton (1838)
|
|
| Boothferry
|
28 April 1978[15] |
Goole (1933)
|
Goole had charter trustees 1974–1978. Abolished 1996.
|
| Boston
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Boston (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Bournemouth
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Bournemouth (1890)
|
Abolished April 2019
|
| Bracknell Forest
|
27 April 1988[16] |
None
|
|
| Bradford
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Bradford (1847)
|
|
| Brentwood
|
10 March 1993[17] |
None
|
|
| Brighton
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Brighton (1854)
|
Abolished 1997.
|
| Brighton & Hove
|
1 April 1997[18] (granted city status in 2000)
|
Formed from Brighton, Hove districts
|
| Bristol
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Bristol (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Broxbourne
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| Broxtowe
|
10 November 1977[12] |
None
|
|
| Burnley
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Burnley (1861)
|
|
| Bury
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Bury (1876)
|
|
| Calderdale
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Halifax (1848), Brighouse (1893), Todmorden (1896)
|
|
| Cambridge
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Cambridge (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Canterbury
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Canterbury (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Carlisle
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Carlisle (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Castle Morpeth
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Morpeth (reformed 1835)
|
Abolished in April 2009.[13][19] |
| Castle Point
|
1992[20] |
None
|
|
| Charnwood
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Loughborough (1888)
|
|
| Chelmsford
|
10 November 1977[12] |
Chelmsford (1888)
|
Chelmsford had charter trustees 1974–1977
Granted city status in 2012
|
| Cheltenham
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Cheltenham (1876)
|
|
| Cheshire East
|
1 April 2009[21][22] |
Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Macclesfield
|
Created April 2009
|
| Cheshire West and Chester
|
1 April 2009[21][22] |
Chester, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Vale Royal
|
Created April 2009
|
| Chester
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Chester (reformed 1835)
|
Abolished April 2009
|
| Chesterfield
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Chesterfield (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Chorley
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Chorley (1881)
|
|
| Christchurch
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Christchurch (reformed 1886)
|
Abolished April 2019
|
| Cleethorpes
|
11 September 1975[23] |
Cleethorpes (1936)
|
Cleethorpes had charter trustees 1974–1975. Borough abolished 1996
|
| Colchester
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Colchester (reformed 1835)
|
Granted city status in 2022
|
| Congleton
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Congleton (reformed 1835)
|
Abolished April 2009
|
| Copeland
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Whitehaven (1894)
|
|
| Corby
|
28 October 1992[17] |
None
|
Abolished April 2021
|
| Coventry
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Coventry (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Crawley
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| Crewe and Nantwich
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Crewe (1877)
|
Abolished April 2009
|
| Dacorum
|
10 October 1984[24] |
Hemel Hempstead (1898)
|
Hemel Hempstead had charter trustees 1974–1984
|
| Darlington
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Darlington (1867)
|
|
| Dartford
|
22 April 1977[25] |
Dartford (1933)
|
Dartford had charter trustees 1974–1977
|
| Derby
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status in 1977)
|
Derby (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Doncaster
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Doncaster (reformed 1835)
|
Granted city status in 2022
|
| Dudley
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Dudley (1865), Stourbridge (1914), Halesowen (1936)
|
|
| Durham
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Durham and Framwellgate (reformed 1835)
|
Abolished April 2009. Charter Trustees established.[26] |
| East Staffordshire
|
11 May 1992[17] |
Burton upon Trent (1878)
|
Charter trustees for Burton functioned 1974–1992.
They were formally abolished in 2003.
|
| East Yorkshire
|
See North Wolds
|
| East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley
|
See Beverley
|
| Eastbourne
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Eastbourne (1883)
|
|
| Eastleigh
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Eastleigh (1936)
|
|
| Ellesmere Port
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Ellesmere Port (1955)
|
renamed Ellesmere Port and Neston 1976. Abolished April 2009.
|
| Elmbridge
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| Epsom and Ewell
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Epsom and Ewell (1937)
|
|
| Erewash
|
1975
|
Ilkeston (1887)
|
Ilkeston had charter trustees 1974–1975
|
| Exeter
|
1 April 1974[8][9](and city status)
|
Exeter (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Fareham
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| Fylde
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Lytham St. Annes (1922)
|
|
| Gateshead
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Gateshead (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Gedling
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| Gillingham
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Gillingham (1903)
|
Abolished 1996
|
| Glanford
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
Abolished 1996
|
| Gloucester
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Gloucester (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Gosport
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Gosport (1922)
|
|
| Gravesham
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Gravesend (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Great Yarmouth
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Great Yarmouth (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Grimsby
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Grimsby (reformed 1835)
|
Renamed Great Grimsby 1979, abolished 1996.
|
| Guildford
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Guildford (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Halton
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Widnes (1892)
|
|
| Harrogate
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Harrogate (1884)
|
|
| Hartlepool
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Hartlepool formed 1967 from Hartlepool (1850), West Hartlepool (1887)
|
|
| Hastings
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Hastings (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Havant
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| Hereford
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Hereford (reformed 1835)
|
Abolished 1998
|
| Hertsmere
|
15 April 1977[25] |
None
|
|
| High Peak
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Glossop (1866), Buxton (1917)
|
|
| Hinckley and Bosworth
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| Holderness
|
21 June 1977[27] |
Hedon (1861) (formed a town council in 1974)
|
Abolished 1996
|
| Hove
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Hove (1898)
|
Abolished 1997
|
| Hyndburn
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Accrington (1878)
|
|
| Ipswich
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Ipswich (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Kettering
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Kettering (1938)
|
Abolished April 2021
|
| King’s Lynn and West Norfolk
|
See West Norfolk
|
| Kingston upon Hull
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Kingston upon Hull (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Kingswood
|
20 May 1987[7] |
None
|
Abolished 1996
|
| Kirklees
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Dewsbury (1862), Huddersfield (1868), Batley (1868), Spenborough (1955)
|
|
| Knowsley
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| Lancaster
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Lancaster (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Langbaurgh
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Formed from part of Teesside county borough, created in 1967, and including Redcar (incorporated in 1921)
|
Renamed Langbaurgh on Tees 1988
Renamed Redcar and Cleveland 1996
|
| Leeds
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Leeds (reformed 1835), Pudsey (1889)
|
|
| Leicester
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Leicester (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Lincoln
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Lincoln (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Liverpool
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Liverpool (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Luton
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Luton (1876)
|
|
| Macclesfield
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Macclesfield (reformed 1835)
|
Abolished April 2009
|
| Maidstone
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Maidstone (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Manchester
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Manchester (1838)
|
|
| Medina
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Newport (reformed 1835), Ryde (1868)
|
Abolished 1995
|
| Medway (1)
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Rochester (reformed 1835), Chatham (1890)
|
Renamed Rochester-upon-Medway 1979, and awarded city status.
Abolished 1998
|
| Medway (2)
|
1998
|
From Rochester upon Medway, Gillingham boroughs (q.v.)
|
|
| Melton
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| Middlesbrough
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Formed from part of Teesside county borough, created in 1967, and including Middlesbrough (incorporated in 1853)
|
|
| Milton Keynes
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
Granted city status in 2022
|
| Newcastle-under-Lyme
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Newcastle-under-Lyme (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Newcastle upon Tyne
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Newcastle upon Tyne (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Northampton[28] |
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Northampton (reformed 1835)
|
Abolished April 2021. Mayoralty continued by Northampton Town Council
|
| North Bedfordshire
|
1975
|
Bedford (reformed 1835)
|
Renamed Bedford 1992
|
| North East Lincolnshire
|
23 August 1996[29] |
From Cleethorpes, Great Grimsby boroughs (q.v.)
|
Both former boroughs formed charter trustees
|
| North Lincolnshire
|
16 December 1996[29] |
Formed from Boothferry, Glanford, and Scunthorpe boroughs (q.v.)
|
Scunthorpe’s mayoralty is continued by charter trustees
|
| North Tyneside
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Tynemouth (1849), Wallsend (1901)
|
|
| North Warwickshire
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| North Wolds
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Bridlington (1899)
|
Renamed East Yorkshire 1981.
Abolished 1996
|
| Norwich
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Norwich (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Nottingham
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Nottingham (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Nuneaton
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Nuneaton (1907)
|
Renamed Nuneaton and Bedworth 1980
|
| Oadby and Wigston
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| Oldham
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Oldham (1849)
|
|
| Oswestry
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Oswestry Rural Borough (reformed 1835)
|
Abolished in April 2009.
|
| Oxford
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Oxford (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Pendle
|
15 September 1976[23] |
Nelson (1890), Colne (1895)
|
|
| Peterborough
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Peterborough (1874)
|
|
| Plymouth
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Plymouth (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Poole
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Poole (reformed 1835)
|
Abolished April 2019
|
| Portsmouth
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Portsmouth (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Preston
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (granted city status in 2002)
|
Preston (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Reading
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Reading (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Redcar and Cleveland
|
See Langbaurgh
|
| Redditch
|
15 May 1980[30] |
None
|
|
| Reigate and Banstead
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Reigate (reformed (1863)
|
|
| Restormel
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
St. Austell with Fowey (formed 1968, including Fowey 1913)
|
Abolished in April 2009.
|
| Ribble Valley
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Clitheroe (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Rochdale
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Rochdale (1856), Heywood (1881), Middleton (1886)
|
|
| Rochester upon Medway
|
See Medway (1)
|
| Rossendale
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Bacup (1882), Haslingden (1891), Rawtenstall (1891)
|
|
| Rotherham
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Rotherham, (1871)
|
|
| Rugby
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Rugby (1932)
|
|
| Runnymede
|
20 January 1978[12] |
None
|
|
| Rushcliffe
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| Rushmoor
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Aldershot (1922)
|
|
| St Albans
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
St Albans (reformed 1835)
|
|
| St Edmundsbury
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Bury St Edmunds (reformed 1835)
|
Abolished April 2019
|
| St Helens
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
St Helens (1868)
|
|
| Salford
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Salford (1844), Eccles (1892), Swinton and Pendlebury (1934)
|
|
| Sandwell
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
West Bromwich (1882), including since 1966 the former boroughs of Tipton (1938) and Wednesbury (1886);[31]Warley (1966), including the former boroughs of Smethwick (1899), Rowley Regis (1933), and Oldbury (1935)
|
|
| Scarborough
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Scarborough (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Scunthorpe
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Scunthorpe (1936)
|
Abolished 1996
|
| Sedgefield
|
17 October 1996[29] |
None
|
Abolished April 2009. Mayoralty continued by Sedgefield Town Council[26] |
| Sefton
|
17 April 1975
|
Southport (1866), Bootle (1868), Crosby (1937)
|
All three towns formed charter trustees 1974–1975
|
| Sheffield
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Sheffield (1843)
|
|
| Shrewsbury and Atcham
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Shrewsbury (reformed 1835)
|
Abolished in April 2009.[32] |
| Slough
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Slough (1938)
|
|
| Solihull
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Solihull (1954)
|
|
| Southampton
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Southampton (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Southend-on-Sea
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Southend-on-Sea (1892)
|
Granted city status in 2022
|
| South Ribble
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| South Tyneside
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
South Shields (1850), Jarrow (1875)
|
|
| South Wight
|
1974?
|
None
|
Abolished 1995
|
| Spelthorne
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| Stafford
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Stafford (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Stevenage
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| Stockport
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Stockport (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Stockton-on-Tees
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Formed from part of Teesside county borough, created in 1967, and including Stockton-on-Tees (reformed 1835) and Thornaby-on-Tees (incorporated in 1892)
|
|
| Stoke-on-Trent
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Stoke-on-Trent formed 1910, including boroughs of Hanley (incorporated in 1857), Longton (1865), Burslem (1878), Stoke-upon-Trent (1874).
|
|
| Sunderland
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (granted city status in 1992)
|
Sunderland (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Surrey Heath
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| Swale
|
20 January 1978[12] |
Faversham (reformed 1835), Queenborough-in-Sheppey (created 1968, including borough of Queenborough, reformed in 1885)
|
Queenborough-in-Sheppey formed charter trustees 1974–1977
|
| Swindon
|
See Thamesdown
|
| Tameside
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Ashton-under-Lyne (1847), Stalybridge (1857), Hyde (1881), Mossley (1885), Dukinfield (1899)
|
|
| Tamworth
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Tamworth (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Taunton Deane
|
1975
|
Taunton (1885)
|
Taunton had charter trustees 1974–1975, Abolished April 2019
|
| Telford and Wrekin
|
2002
|
None
|
|
| Test Valley
|
22 October 1976[23] |
Andover, Romsey, both reformed 1835
|
Andover had charter trustees 1974–1976. Romsey formed a town council.
|
| Tewkesbury
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Tewkesbury (reformed 1835)
|
|
| Thamesdown
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Swindon (1900)
|
Renamed Swindon 1997
|
| Thurrock
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
|
| Tonbridge and Malling
|
12 December 1983[33] |
None
|
|
| Torbay
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
County borough of Torbay – created 1968, and including the borough of Torquay incorporated in 1892
|
|
| Trafford
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Stretford (1933), Sale (1935), Altrincham (1937)
|
|
| Tunbridge Wells
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Royal Tunbridge Wells (1888)
|
Charter trustees for Royal Tunbridge Wells existed from 1 April to 20 December 1974
|
| Vale Royal
|
5 May 1988[16] |
None
|
Abolished April 2009
|
| Wakefield
|
1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
|
Pontefract (reformed 1835), Wakefield (1848), Ossett (1890), Castleford (1955)
|
|
| Walsall
|
1 April 1974[8][9][34] |
Walsall (reformed 1835)
|
| Warrington
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Warrington (1847)
|
|
| Watford
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
Watford (1922)
|
|
| Waverley
|
21 February 1984[33] |
Godalming (reformed 1835)
|
Godalming formed a town council in 1974
|
| Wellingborough
|
1 April 1974[8][9] |
None
|
Abolished April 2021
|
| Welwyn Hatfield
|
2006
|
None
|
|
| West Devon
|
27 April 1982[35] |
Okehampton (reformed 1885)
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Okehampton formed a town council in 1974
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| West Norfolk
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30 June 1981[30] |
King’s Lynn (reformed 1835)
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Renamed King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 14 May 1981[30] |
| West Lancashire
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1 April 2009[21][36] |
None
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| Weymouth and Portland
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1 April 1974[8][9] |
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (reformed 1835)
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Abolished April 2019
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| Wigan
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1 April 1974[8][9] |
Wigan (reformed 1835), Leigh (1899)
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Leigh Abolished 1972
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| Winchester
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1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
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Winchester (reformed 1835)
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| Windsor and Maidenhead
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1 April 1974[8][9] (Royal Borough)
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Windsor, Maidenhead, both reformed 1835
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| Wirral
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1 April 1974[8][9] |
Birkenhead (1877), Wallasey (1910), Bebington (1937)
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| Woking
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1 April 1974[8][9] |
none
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| Wokingham
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2007[37] |
Wokingham (reformed 1883)
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Wokingham formed a town council in 1974
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| Wolverhampton
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1 April 1974.[8][9] Granted city status 2000
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Wolverhampton (1848). Had absorbed the borough of Bilston in 1967 (incorporated in 1938).
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| Worcester
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1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
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Worcester (reformed 1835)
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| Worthing
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1 April 1974[8][9] |
Worthing, 1890
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| Wyre
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1 April 1974[8][9] |
Fleetwood (1933)
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| York (1)
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1 April 1974[8][9] (and city status)
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York (reformed 1835)
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The District was abolished and replaced with a larger unitary authority in 1996
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| York (2)
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1 April 1996[29] (and city status)
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Created in 1996. Inherited traditions from the smaller York district.
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