North West England

North West
North West
Region
	From top, left to right: Liverpool; Manchester; Blackpool; Chester; Forest of Bowland; Morecambe Bay; Lake District
	North West region shown within England
	Coordinates: 54°04′30″N 02°45′00″W / 54.07500°N 2.75000°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
GO established	1994
RDA established	1998
GO abolished	2011
RDA abolished	31 March 2012
Subdivisions	5 counties Cheshire ; Cumbria ; Greater Manchester ; Lancashire ; Merseyside ; 2 combined authorities Greater Manchester ; Liverpool City Region ; 35 districts 8 unitary ; 15 metropolitan ; 12 non-metropolitan in 1 non-metropolitan county ;
Government
• Type	Local authority leaders' board
• Body	North West Regional Leaders Board
• MPs	75 MPs (of 650)
Area
• Total	5,759 sq mi (14,915 km2)
• Land	5,447 sq mi (14,108 km2)
• Rank	6th
Population (2022)
• Total	7,516,113
• Rank	3rd
• Density	1,380/sq mi (533/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 85.6% White ; 8.4% Asian ; 2.3% Black ; 2.2% Mixed ; 1.5% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 52.5% Christianity ; 32.6% no religion ; 7.6% Islam ; 0.7% Hinduism ; 0.4% Judaism ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.2% Sikhism ; 0.4% other ; 5.3% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ITL code	TLD
GSS code	E12000002

North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. The North West had a population of 7,417,397 in 2021.^[4] It is the third-most-populated region in the United Kingdom, after the South East and Greater London. The largest settlements are Manchester and Liverpool.