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The area is defined as 'area to mean high water excluding inland water'. [ 2 ] The list consists of 164 non-metropolitan districts , 32 London boroughs , 36 metropolitan boroughs , 62 unitary authorities , and two sui generis authorities (the City of London and the Isles of Scilly ).
The city of Bristol, England, is divided into many areas, which often overlap or have non-fixed borders. These include Parliamentary constituencies, council wards and unofficial neighbourhoods. There are no civil parishes in Bristol.
England has a non-universal structure of local government subdivisions. There are two tiers of local government subdivision - (administrative) counties and districts (known as boroughs in London). [2] Different local divisions exist across England: [2] Tier structure: County tier; District tier; Authority structure:
Under section 74 of the Local Government Act 1972, the council of a district, county or London borough (or county borough in Wales) may change its name, providing the resolution to do so gains two-thirds of the votes at a special meeting. Until 1 April 1978, the council had to have the permission of the Secretary of State, but since that date ...
Greater Bristol is a term used for the conurbation which contains and surrounds the city of Bristol in the South West of England.There is no official "Greater Bristol" authority, but the term is sometimes used by local, regional and national authorities, and others as a synonym for either the "Bristol Urban Area" or a wider area of the former County of Avon (sometimes the whole of the former ...
Bristol (/ ˈ b r ɪ s t əl / ⓘ) is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. [8] [9] Built around the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south.
Kingsdown is an area of Bristol, located on high ground immediately north of the city centre and south of Cotham.It lies within the Cotham council ward.. Kingsdown remained rural until the 18th century, but around 1737 land on the southern slope was laid out to become Bristol's first planned suburb.
Road connections in the area are poor in comparison with the opposite side of the city. No motorways pass through South Bristol; primary roads servicing the area are the A370 to Weston, the A38 to Bristol Airport and the A37 to Shepton Mallet and Dorset. The only railway line serving the area is the Bristol–Exeter line.