Borough of Warrington

Borough of Warrington
Borough and unitary authority
Aerial view of Warrington
Motto(s):  Latin: Deus Dat Incrementum, lit. 'God giveth the increase'
Warrington shown within Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°23′22″N 2°35′27″W / 53.3895°N 2.5909°W / 53.3895; -2.5909
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North West
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Historic counties	Cheshire Lancashire
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Unitary authority	1 April 1998
Named for	Warrington
Administrative HQ	Warrington Town Hall
Government [1]
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	Warrington Borough Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	Labour
• Leader	Hans Mundry (L)
• Mayor	Wendy Johnson (LD)
• MPs	Andy Carter (C) Charlotte Nichols (L)
Area [2]
• Total	70 sq mi (181 km2)
• Rank	151st
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	211,580
• Rank	91st
• Density	3,030/sq mi (1,171/km2)
Demonym	Warringtonian
Ethnicity (2021) [4]
• Ethnic groups	List 93.5% White 3.3% Asian 1.6% Mixed 0.7% Black 0.9% other
Religion (2021) [4]
• Religion	List 56.7% Christianity 34.6% no religion 1.7% Islam 0.7% Hinduism 0.3% Buddhism 0.2% Sikhism 0.1% Judaism 0.4% other 5.2% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	WA1–5, WA13
Dialling codes	01925
ISO 3166 code	GB-WRT
GSS code	E06000007
Website	warrington.gov.uk

The Borough of Warrington is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The borough is centred around the town of Warrington, and extends out into outlying villages of Lymm and Great Sankey and the town of Birchwood.

The borough is geographically located to the north and northeast of the Cheshire West and Chester and Halton districts in Cheshire, the metropolitan borough of St Helens in Merseyside to the northwest and north and the metropolitan boroughs of Wigan and Trafford in Greater Manchester to the northeast, east, and southeast. Additionally, to the south-east, the borough borders Cheshire East. The borough is also located between the cities of Liverpool, Salford, Manchester, Chester and Preston. The district straddles the historic counties of Cheshire (the southern part of the district includes Lymm and Stockton Heath) and Lancashire (the northern part including Warrington itself and Latchford).