Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
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| Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Unitary, Royal Borough |
| Region: | South East England |
| Ceremonial County: | Berkshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 188th 198.43 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Maidenhead |
| ONS code: | 00ME |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 127th 138,500 698 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 92.4% White 4.6% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrats |
| MPs: | Adam Afriyie, Theresa May |
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a unitary authority in Berkshire, South East England. It became a unitary authority on April 1, 1998.
It is home to Windsor Castle and Legoland.
The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 as a non-metropolitan district of Berkshire, under the Local Government Act 1972, from parts of the former administrative counties of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. From Berkshire came the boroughs of Maidenhead and New Windsor, and the rural districts of Cookham and Windsor, and from Buckinghamshire came the Eton urban district, and the parishes of Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury from the rural district of Eton. [1] It inherited royal borough status from Windsor, the site of Windsor Castle.
It gained unitary authority status in 1998 with the abolition of Berkshire County Council. [2]
[edit] Towns and villages
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead contains the following towns and villages
- Ascot
- Bray
- Clewer, Cookham
- Datchet, Dedworth
- Eton, Eton Wick
- Horton
- Maidenhead
- North Ascot (part)
- South Ascot, Sunningdale
- Waltham St. Lawrence
- White Waltham
- Windsor
[edit] Twin Towns
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is twinned with the following Towns:
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France - established 1955 with Royal Borough of New Windsor.- Saint-Cloud, France - established 1957 with Maidenhead.
Bad Godesberg, Germany - established 1960 with Maidenhead.- Goslar, Germany - established 1969 with Royal Borough of New Windsor.
Frascati, Italy - established 1972 with Maidenhead.
Kortrijk, Belgium - established 1981 with Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
