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Postcode areas shown with former postal counties. This is a list of postcode districts in the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies. A group of postcode districts with the same alphabetical prefix is called a postcode area. All, or part, of one or more postcode districts are grouped into post towns. [1]
The parishes of England, as of December 2021. Parish councils form the lowest tier of local government and govern civil parishes.They may also be called a 'community council', 'neighbourhood council', 'village council', 'town council' or (if the parish holds city status) 'city council', but these names are stylistic and do not change their responsibilities.
Local authority Political control Headquarters Area Population (2022 est) Co-ordinates Nr. in map ; Barking and Dagenham [note 1] Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council: Labour: Town Hall, 1 Town Square 13.93 sq mi (36.1 km 2) 219,992 25 Barnet
The single or pair of letters chosen for postcode areas are generally intended as a mnemonic for the places served. [1] Postcode areas, post towns and postcode districts do not follow political or local authority administrative boundaries and usually serve much larger areas than the place names with which they are associated.
The first county councils were created in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888. There was a significant reform of the number, powers and jurisdictions of county councils in 1974. County councils were also established for the metropolitan counties created in 1974, but the metropolitan county councils were all abolished in 1986. From 1995 ...
These unitary councils will – with exceptions – need to have populations of more than half a million people. There have been several rounds of restructuring in the past. These took place from ...
The local authority is Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council. The neighbouring districts (clockwise from north) are the London boroughs of Richmond upon Thames , Wandsworth , Merton and Sutton , and the Surrey districts of Epsom and Ewell , Mole Valley and Elmbridge .
This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Somerset in South West England.All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown.