About Halton Borough Council
Halton is a local government district in North West England, with borough status and administered by a unitary authority.
It was created in 1974 as a district of Cheshire, and became a unitary authority area on 1 April 1998.
It consists of the towns of Widnes and Runcorn and the civil parishes of Hale, Daresbury, Moore, Preston Brook, Halebank and Sandymoor.