15-742: 3.4% Other White 0.8% Asian 0.7% Mixed race 0.2% Black Eden was a local government district in Cumbria , England, based at Penrith Town Hall in Penrith . It was named after the River Eden , which flowed north through the district toward Carlisle . Its population of 49,777 at the 2001 census , increased to 52,564 at the 2011 Census. A 2019 estimate was 53,253. In July 2021 it was announced that, in April 2023, Cumbria would be divided into two unitary authorities . On 1 April 2023, Eden District Council
30-434: A borough or district council. In these cases local government functions are divided between county and district councils, to the level where they can be practised most efficiently: Many districts have borough status , which means the local council is called a borough council instead of district council and gives them the right to appoint a mayor . Borough status is granted by royal charter and, in many cases, continues
45-425: A district will consist of a market town and its more rural hinterland. However districts are diverse with some being mostly urban such as Dartford, and others more polycentric such as Thurrock. Non-metropolitan districts are subdivisions of English non-metropolitan counties which have a two-tier structure of local government. Two-tier non-metropolitan counties have a county council and several districts, each with
60-661: A mean of 25 persons per square kilometre. In 2011, the population was 5 per cent above its 2001 level. The district council was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , from Penrith Urban District , Alston with Garrigill Rural District and Penrith Rural District , all in Cumberland , and Appleby Municipal Borough, part of Lakes urban district and North Westmorland Rural District , all in Westmorland . The district included parts of
75-457: A style enjoyed by a predecessor authority, which can date back centuries. Some districts such as Oxford or Exeter have city status , granted by letters patent , but this does not give the local council any extra powers other than the right to call itself a city council . By 1899, England had been divided at district level into rural districts , urban districts , municipal boroughs , county boroughs and metropolitan boroughs . This system
90-491: A type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially shire counties ) in a two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with borough status are known as boroughs , able to appoint a mayor and refer to itself as a borough council. Some shire counties now have no sub divisions so are a single Non-metropolitan district such as Cornwall. Typically
105-502: The City of London . In that detailed survey (to the nearest square metre) it was shown that Eden District had the greatest proportion of green space (which excludes domestic gardens) of any district, 97.9 per cent, as shown by the following extract: Below is a list of the wards that formed Eden (with numbers of councillors): Eden included King George's Fields , named after King George V , at Appleby and Patterdale . The council owned
120-604: The District Councils' Network , special interest group which sits within the Local Government Association . The network's purpose is to "act as an informed and representative advocate for districts to government and other national bodies, based on their unique position to deliver for local people." This is a list of two-tier non-metropolitan counties and their districts. All unitary authorities are also non-metropolitan districts, which, with
135-737: The Lake District and Yorkshire Dales national parks . It was shown in a national detailed Land Use Survey by the Office for National Statistics in 2005 that Eden District had the second lowest proportion of land taken up by roads of any district in England: 0.8 per cent, fractionally greater than Craven in North Yorkshire , which also adjoins the Pennines. This compares with a maximum of over 20 per cent in four London boroughs and
150-738: The Penrith Leisure Centre, which is run by a private company under contract. The council also owned a number of playing fields and recreation grounds elsewhere in the district, notably the sports grounds at Frenchfield near Carleton on the outskirts of Penrith. It also owned and ran Penrith and Eden Museum and the Penrith Tourist Information Centre. 54°40′00″N 2°45′16″W / 54.6667°N 2.7544°W / 54.6667; -2.7544 Non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts , or colloquially " shire districts ", are
165-454: The areas for Wales and England had been enacted separately and there were no Welsh metropolitan areas, the term 'non-metropolitan district' does not apply to Wales. A similar system existed in Scotland , which in 1975 was divided into regions and districts, this was also abolished in 1996 and replaced with a fully unitary system . In England most of the district councils are represented by
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#1732780053515180-487: The exception of those of Berkshire , are coterminous with non-metropolitan counties. For a full list of districts of all types including unitary authorities, metropolitan districts and London boroughs , see Districts of England . This is a list of former two-tier districts in England which have been abolished, by local government reorganisations such as the 2009 structural changes to local government in England . It does not include districts that still exist after becoming
195-526: The two-tier structure, but reforms in the 1990s and 2009 reduced their number to 192. A further 55 non-metropolitan districts are now unitary authorities, which combine the functions of county and borough/district councils. In Wales , an almost identical two-tier system of local government existed between 1974 and 1996 (see Districts of Wales ). In 1996, this was abolished and replaced with an entirely unitary system of local government, with one level of local government responsible for all local services. Since
210-467: Was abolished and its functions transferred to the new authority Westmorland and Furness , which also covers the former districts of Barrow-in-Furness and South Lakeland . The Eden District area of 2,156 sq. km (832 square miles) made it, after 2009, the eighth largest in England and the largest non- unitary district. It also had the lowest population density of any district in England and Wales, with
225-620: Was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and the Local Government Act 1972 . Non-metropolitan districts were created by this act in 1974 when England outside Greater London was divided into metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties. Metropolitan counties were sub-divided into metropolitan districts and the non-metropolitan counties were sub-divided into non-metropolitan districts. The metropolitan districts had more powers than their non-metropolitan counterparts. Initially, there were 296 non-metropolitan districts in
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