METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF KNOWSLEY

Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley
Knowsley
Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Merseyside
Historic County:	Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 257th 86.47 km²
Admin. HQ:	Huyton
ONS code:	00BX
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	98.4% White
Politics
Arms of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.knowsley.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	George Howarth, Edward O'Hara

The 'Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley' is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. It is divided into six areas; Kirkby, Prescot, Huyton, Whiston, Halewood and Cronton.
The majority of Knowsley, excluding Kirkby, are included in the Liverpool Urban Area. The main areas are Kirkby, Huyton, and Prescot. It is famed for Knowsley Hall and has its own radio station, KCR. It includes Knowsley Safari Park.
See Knowsley (village) for older history.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Huyton-with-Roby Urban District, Kirkby Urban District and Prescot Urban District, along with most of Whiston Rural District and a small part of West Lancashire Rural District, all from the administrative county of Lancashire.
The "ow" in the name can be pronounced as in "how" or as in "hoe", but Knowsley Village and the surrounding area usually use the latter.
The district contained the Cronton and Sutton Manor collieries, which closed in 1984 and 1991 respectively.
Steven Gerrard, a boyhood Liverpool fan and now the captain of Liverpool FC, was given the Freedom of the borough of Knowsley in December 2006. One of his privileges after being given the Freedom is that he is allowed to drive his sheep down the main street of his home town

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Parliamentary Constituencies

Twin towns

See also

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Parliamentary Constituencies

★ Knowsley North and Sefton East

★ :''formerly Knowsley North''

★ Knowsley South

Twin towns

Knowsley is twinned with

★ Moers, Germany

See also

★ Knowsley United F.C.

External links

★ Knowsley Council

★ Knowsley Online Local news, views, etc.