Lancaster

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Region: North West
Country: England

§ This page provides an overview of a UK's local authority district, bringing together various information to help you better understand this district.

Lancaster sits on the River Lune in north Lancashire, with a historic city dominated by Lancaster Castle, Georgian architecture, and a lively cultural scene. The district stretches to the coast, including Morecambe Bay with its seafront and views to the Lake District, and inland to the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Villages like Carnforth and Silverdale add charm, with nature reserves, limestone hills, and estuaries shaping the landscape. Lancaster blends coast, countryside, and heritage in equal measure.

The local authority for this district is: Lancaster City Council - responsible for district-level services. Since Lancashire is a two-tier area, county-level services are handled by: Lancashire County Council.

This district page, Lancaster, is a sub-page of this county page: Lancashire and this region page: North West. It zooms in to local authorities and parliamentary constituencies, and provides a list of wards in this district. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK local authority districts: List of Local Authority Districts.

Constituencies in Lancaster

A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.

Wards in Lancaster

Lancaster is divided into 27 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

  • Bare
  • Bolton & Slyne
  • Bowerham
  • Bulk
  • Carnforth & Millhead
  • Castle
  • Ellel
  • Halton-with-Aughton & Kellet
  • Heysham Central
  • Heysham North
  • Heysham South
  • John O'Gaunt
  • Lower Lune Valley
  • Marsh
  • Overton
  • Poulton
  • Scale Hall
  • Scotforth East
  • Scotforth West
  • Silverdale
  • Skerton
  • Torrisholme
  • University
  • Upper Lune Valley
  • Warton
  • West End
  • Westgate

Lancaster in International Geographies

In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, Lancaster is within an ITLs Level 3 area:

  1. (ITL 1) North West
  2. (ITL 2) ⇒ Lancashire
  3. (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Lancaster and Wyre

The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.

Districts in Lancashire