Useful list of local authorities

Key: UA - Unitary authority ; MA - Metropolitan authority ; LB - London Borough.

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ENGLAND (arranged by 1974 and some older counties)

Avon - no longer exists
- Bath & North East Somerset UA
- City of Bristol UA
- South Gloucestershire UA
Bedfordshire
- Luton UA
Berkshire - no longer exists
- Bracknell Forest UA (map)
- West Berkshire UA
- Reading UA
- Slough UA
- Windsor & Maidenhead UA
- Wokingham UA
Buckinghamshire
- Milton Keynes UA (unofficial page)
Cambridgeshire
- Peterborough UA
Cheshire
- Halton UA (Widnes & Runcorn area)
- Warrington UA
Cleveland - no longer exists
- Hartlepool UA
- Middlesbrough UA
- Redcar & Cleveland UA
- Stockton-on-Tees UA
Cornwall
Cumbria
Derbyshire
- Derby City UA
Devon
- Plymouth UA
- Torbay UA
Dorset
- Bournemouth UA
- Poole UA
Durham
- Darlington UA
- Gateshead MA
- Middlesbrough UA
- South Tyneside MA
- Stockton-on-Tees UA
- Sunderland MA
East Sussex
- Brighton & Hove UA
Essex
- Southend UA
- Thurrock UA (Tilbury area) (map)
Gloucestershire
- South Gloucestershire UA
Greater London (metropolitan county - has no administrative function)
- City of London LB
- Barking & Dagenham LB (LEA)
- Barnet LB
- Bexley LB
- Brent LB
- Bromley LB
- Camden LB
- Croydon LB
- Ealing LB
- Enfield LB
- Greenwich LB
- Hackney LB
- Hammersmith & Fulham LB
- Haringey LB
- Harrow LB
- Havering LB
- Hillingdon LB
- Hounslow LB
- Islington LB
- Kensington & Chelsea LB
- Kingston-upon-Thames LB
- Lambeth LB
- Lewisham LB
- Merton LB
- Newham LB
- Redbridge LB
- Richmond upon Thames LB
- Southwark LB
- Sutton LB
- Tower Hamlets LB
- Waltham Forest LB
- Wandsworth LB
- Westminster LB
Greater Manchester (metropolitan county - has no administrative function)
- Bolton MA
- Bury MA
- Manchester MA
- Oldham MA
- Rochdale MA
- Salford MA
- Stockport MA
- Tameside MA (map)
- Trafford MA
- Wigan MA
Hampshire
- Isle of Wight UA
- Portsmouth City UA
- Southampton City UA
Hereford and Worcester - no longer exists
- Herefordshire UA
- Worcestershire UA
Hertfordshire
Humberside - no longer exists
- East Riding of Yorkshire UA (map)
- City of Kingston upon Hull UA
- North East Lincolnshire UA
- North Lincolnshire UA
Kent
- Medway UA (Gillingham and Rochester)
Lancashire
- Blackburn UA
- Blackpool UA
Leicestershire
- Leicester UA
Lincolnshire
- North East Lincolnshire UA
- North Lincolnshire UA
- Rutland UA
Merseyside (metropolitan county - has no administrative function)
- Knowsley MA
- Liverpool MA
- Sefton MA
- St Helens MA
- Wirral MA
Norfolk
North Yorkshire
- York UA
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
- Newcastle upon Tyne MA
- North Tyneside MA
Nottinghamshire
- Nottingham City UA
Oxfordshire
Shropshire
- Telford and Wrekin UA
Somerset
- Bath & North East Somerset UA
- North Somerset UA
Staffordshire
- City of Stoke-on-Trent UA
South Yorkshire (metropolitan county - has no administrative function)
- Barnsley MA
- Doncaster MA
- Rotherham MA
- Sheffield MA
Suffolk
Surrey
Tyne and Wear (metropolitan county - has no administrative function)
- Gateshead MA
- Newcastle upon Tyne MA
- North Tyneside MA
- South Tyneside MA
Warwickshire (map)
West Midlands (metropolitan county - has no administrative function)
- Birmingham MA
- Coventry MA
- Dudley MA
- Sandwell MA
- Solihull MA
- Walsall MA (maps)
- Wolverhampton MA
West Sussex
West Yorkshire (metropolitan county - has no administrative function)
- Bradford MA
- Calderdale MA
- Kirklees MA
- Leeds MA
- Wakefield MA
Wiltshire
- Swindon UA (was going to be Thamesdown)

WALES (map - arranged by 1974-1996 counties)

Gwynedd
- Isle of Anglesey UA
- Gwynedd UA
- Conwy UA (part)
Clwyd
- Conwy UA (part)
- Denbighshire UA
- Flintshire UA
- Wrexham UA
Dyfed
Powys
- Powys UA
Glamorgan
- Bridgend UA
- Caerphilly UA (part?)
- Cardiff UA
- Merthyr Tydfil UA
- Neath Port Talbot UA
- Rhondda Cynon Taff UA
- Swansea UA
- Vale of Glamorgan UA
Gwent
- Blaenau Gwent UA
- Caerphilly UA
- Monmouthshire UA
- Newport UA
- Torfaen UA

SCOTLAND (map - arranged by 1974 counties)

Borders
- Scottish Borders UA
Central
- Clackmannanshire UA
- Falkirk UA
- Stirling UA (map)
Dumfries & Galloway
- Dumfries and Galloway UA (tourist board)
Fife
- Fife UA
Grampian
- Aberdeen City UA
- Aberdeenshire UA
Highland
- Highland UA
- Moray UA
Lothian
- City of Edinburgh UA
- East Lothian UA
- Midlothian UA
- West Lothian UA
Orkney
- Orkney UA
Shetland
- Shetland UA
Strathclyde
- Argyll and Bute UA
- City of Glasgow UA
- East Ayrshire UA
- East Dumbartonshire UA
- East Renfrewshire UA
- Inverclyde UA
- North Ayrshire UA
- North Lanarkshire UA
- Renfrewshire UA
- South Ayrshire UA
- South Lanarkshire UA
- West Dumbartonshire UA
Tayside
Western Isles
- Western Isles UA

Last updated 18th July 1998.

Hilary Phillips (chuffington@geocities.com)