Types of subdivision in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom sub-national administrative division used in England

administrative division of Greater London

A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. A borough is usually smaller than a city.

geographical subdivisions of local government in Great Britain and Northern Ireland

territorial designation and lowest tier of local government in England, UK

type of local government district in England

level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government

honorary status granted by royal charter to settlements in the United Kingdom

thumb|300px|The Royal Burgh of Culross in Fife A burgh ( ) is an autonomous municipal corporation in Scotland, usually a city, town, or toun in Scots. This type of administrative division existed from the 12th century, when King David I created the first royal burghs. Burgh status was broadly analogous to borough status, found in the rest of the United Kingdom. Following local government reorganisation in 1975, the title of "royal burgh" remains in use in many towns, but now has little more than ceremonial value.

thumb|350px|A map of burhs named in the 10th-century Burghal Hidage. A burh () or burg was an Anglo-Saxon fortification or fortified settlement. In the 9th century, raids and invasions by Vikings prompted Alfred the Great to develop a network of burhs and roads to use against such attackers. Some were new constructions; others were situated at the site of Iron Age hillforts or Roman forts and employed materials from the original fortifications. As at Lundenburh (medieval London), many were also situated on rivers: this facilitated internal lines of supply while aiming to restrict access to the

subnational division of the United Kingdom

civil parish type low tier of local government in Wales

administrative territorial entity of the United Kingdom

Geographic classification system in the United Kingdom

granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

various types of electoral area in the UK

electoral districts at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors