City of Salford

Salford
City and metropolitan borough
Salford Civic Centre, Swinton and the headquarters of Salford City Council
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Latin: Salus Populi Suprema Lex, lit. 'the welfare of the people is the highest law'
Salford shown within Greater Manchester
Coordinates: 53°28′51″N 2°17′42″W / 53.4807°N 2.2950°W / 53.4807; -2.2950
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North West
Ceremonial county and city region	Greater Manchester
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Named for	Salford
Administrative HQ	Salford Civic Centre
Areas of the city (2011 census BUASD)	List Agecroft Barton upon Irwell Blackfriars Boothstown Broughton Cadishead City Centre Eccles (Town) Greengate Irlams o' th' Height Kersal Langworthy Little Hulton Linnyshaw Monton Ordsall Patricroft Peel Green Pendlebury (Town) Pendleton Salford Quays Seedley Swinton (Town) Walkden (Town) Wardley Weaste Winton Worsley
Government [1]
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	Salford City Council
• Executive	Mayor and cabinet
• Control	Labour
• Elected mayor	Paul Dennett (L)
• Ceremonial mayor	Gina Reynolds
• MPs	3 MPs Michael Wheeler (L) Rebecca Long-Bailey (L) Graham Stringer (L)
Area [2]
• Total	37 sq mi (97 km2)
• Rank	201st
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	278,064
• Rank	58th
• Density	7,410/sq mi (2,861/km2)
Demonym	Salfordian
Ethnicity (2021) [4]
• Ethnic groups	List 82.3% White 6.1% Black 5.5% Asian 3.1% Mixed 2.9% other
Religion (2021) [4]
• Religion	List 47.7% Christianity 35.6% no religion 5.0% Islam 3.8% Judaism 0.8% Hinduism 0.4% Buddhism 0.3% Sikhism 0.4% other 6.0% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area	M
Dialling code	0161
ISO 3166 code	GB-SLF
GSS code	E08000006
Website	salford.gov.uk

Salford (/ˈsɒlfərd/ SOL-fərd),^[5] also known as the City of Salford, is a metropolitan borough with city status in Greater Manchester, England. The borough is named after its main settlement, Salford, but covers a larger area which includes the towns of Eccles, Swinton, Walkden and Pendlebury.^[6] The borough had a population of 278,064 in 2022,^[3] and is administered from the Salford Civic Centre in Swinton.

Salford is the historic centre of the Salford Hundred an ancient subdivision of Lancashire. The City of Salford is the fifth-most populous district in Greater Manchester.^[3] The city's boundaries, set by the Local Government Act 1972, include five former local government districts. It is bounded on the southeast by the River Irwell, which forms part of its boundary with Manchester to the east, and by the Manchester Ship Canal to the south, which forms its boundary with Trafford. The metropolitan boroughs of Wigan, Bolton, and Bury lie to the west, northwest, and north respectively. Some parts of the city, which lies directly west of Manchester, are highly industrialised and densely populated, but around one-third of the city consists of rural open space. The western half of the city stretches across an ancient peat bog, Chat Moss.

Salford has a history of human activity stretching back to the Mesolithic age. There are over 250 listed buildings in the city, including Salford Cathedral, and three Scheduled Ancient Monuments. With the Industrial Revolution, Salford and its neighboring settlements grew alongside the textile industry. The former County Borough of Salford was granted city status in 1926 and thus making it the second city in Greater Manchester after neighbouring Manchester. The city and its industries experienced a decline throughout much of the 20th century. Since the 1990s, parts of Salford have undergone regeneration, especially Salford Quays, home of BBC North and Granada Television, and the area around the University of Salford.

Salford Red Devils are a professional rugby league club in Super League and Salford City F.C. is a professional football club in League Two.