Metropolitan Borough of Bury

Borough of Bury
Borough of Bury
Metropolitan borough
	Bury Town Hall, the seat of Bury Council
	Coat of arms
	Motto: Forward in unity
	Bury shown within Greater Manchester
	Coordinates: 53°35′34″N 2°17′53″W / 53.59278°N 2.29806°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North West
City region and ceremonial county	Greater Manchester
Historic county	Lancashire
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Named for	Bury
Administrative HQ	Bury Town Hall
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough with leader and cabinet
• Body	Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
• Control	Labour
• Leader	Eamonn O'Brien (L)
• Mayor	Sandra Walmsley
• Chief Executive	Lynne Ridsdale
• House of Commons	2 MPs James Daly (C) ; Christian Wakeford (L) ;
Area
• Total	38 sq mi (99 km2)
• Rank	197th
Population (2022)
• Total	194,606
• Rank	102nd
• Density	5,070/sq mi (1,957/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 82.9% White ; 10.6% Asian ; 2.6% Mixed ; 1.9% Black ; 1.9% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 48.8% Christianity ; 29.4% no religion ; 9.9% Islam ; 5.5% Judaism ; 0.5% Hinduism ; 0.3% Sikhism ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.3% other ; 4.9% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area	BL; M;
Dialling codes	0161
ISO 3166 code	GB-BUR
GSS code	E08000002
ITL code	TLD37
GVA	2021 estimate
• Total	£3.6 billion
• Per capita	£18,403
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate
• Total	£4.2 billion
• Per capita	£21,472
Website	www.bury.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Bury is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is north of Manchester, to the east of Bolton and west of Rochdale. The borough is centred around the town of Bury but also includes other towns such as Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich. Bury bounds the Lancashire districts of Rossendale and Blackburn with Darwen to the north. With a population of 194,606 in 2022, it is the smallest borough in Greater Manchester.^[3]

Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, which covers 99 square kilometres (38 sq mi),^[2] was created on 1 April 1974, with the transfer of functions from the County Borough of Bury and the boroughs of Prestwich and Radcliffe, along with the urban districts of Tottington and Whitefield, and part of the urban district of Ramsbottom, all previously in Lancashire.

^ "Council and Democracy". Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Bury Local Authority (E08000002)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b Fenton, Trevor (25 April 2023). "Regional gross domestic product: city regions". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

[Council_leadership-1] "Council and Democracy". Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 7 January 2024.

[areastats-2] "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[popstats-3] "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[2021_Nomis-4] UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Bury Local Authority (E08000002)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[ONS_GVA_and_GDP-5] Fenton, Trevor (25 April 2023). "Regional gross domestic product: city regions". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

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