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Since 1 April 1974 any parish council in England has the right to resolve to call itself a town council and many communities have taken up this right, including areas that preserved continuity with charter trustees. However, no successor parishes have exercised this right (e.g. Ilkley). This list does not include cities in England
Longest river: River Severn (shared with Wales) 354 km (220 mi) Longest river entirely within England is the River Thames. 346 km (215 mi) Largest lake: Windermere 14.73 km 2 (5.69 sq mi) Climate: Oceanic "British" climate with small areas of Subarctic climate: Terrain: Mostly low hills and plains, especially in the south, Midlands and east.
The Local Government Act 1972 allows civil parishes in England and Wales to resolve themselves to be Town Councils, under section (245 subsection 6), which also gives the chairman of such parishes the title 'town mayor'. Many former urban districts and municipal boroughs have such a status, along with other settlements with no prior town status.
Districts (all of England) can be called cities, boroughs or royal boroughs. Separate legislation exists for: unitary authorities; non-metropolitan districts; metropolitan boroughs; London boroughs; sui generis status (the City of London and Isle of Scilly). civil parishes with parish or town councils, most of England but not as common in ...
At the highest level, all of England is divided into nine regions that are each made up of a number of counties and districts. These "government office regions" were created in 1994, [ 12 ] and from the 1999 Euro-elections up until the UK's exit from the EU, they were used as the European Parliament constituencies in the United Kingdom and in ...
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It includes places in the former county of Huntingdonshire , now a district of Cambridgeshire. Contents:
Towns and villages in Merseyside (7 C) N. ... Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire ... Category: Villages in England by county.
List of towns in England; List of twin towns and sister cities in England; M. ... List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland; P.