Metropolitan Borough of Bury

Borough of Bury
Metropolitan borough
Bury Town Hall
Coat of arms
Motto:  Forward in unity
Bury shown within Greater Manchester
Coordinates: 53°35′34″N 2°17′53″W / 53.59278°N 2.29806°W / 53.59278; -2.29806
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North West
Ceremonial county and city region	Greater Manchester
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Named for	Bury
Administrative HQ	Bury Town Hall
Government [1]
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	Labour
• Leader	Eamonn O'Brien (L)
• Mayor	Sandra Walmsley
• MPs	2 MPs James Frith (L) Christian Wakeford (L)
Area [2]
• Total	38 sq mi (99 km2)
• Rank	197th
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	194,606
• Rank	102nd
• Density	5,070/sq mi (1,957/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [4]
• Ethnic groups	List 82.9% White 10.6% Asian 2.6% Mixed 1.9% Black 1.9% other
Religion (2021) [4]
• Religion	List 48.8% Christianity 29.4% no religion 9.9% Islam 5.5% Judaism 0.5% Hinduism 0.3% Sikhism 0.3% Buddhism 0.3% other 4.9% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area	BL M
Dialling code	0161
ISO 3166 code	GB-BUR
GSS code	E08000002
Website	www.bury.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Bury is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is north of Manchester, to the east of Bolton and west of Rochdale. The borough is centred around the town of Bury but also includes the other towns of Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich.^[5] Bury bounds the Lancashire districts of Rossendale and Blackburn with Darwen to the north. With a population of 194,606 in 2022, it is the smallest borough in Greater Manchester.^[3]

Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, which covers 99 square kilometres (38 sq mi),^[6] was created on 1 April 1974, with the transfer of functions from the County Borough of Bury and the boroughs of Prestwich and Radcliffe, along with the urban districts of Tottington and Whitefield, and part of the urban district of Ramsbottom, all previously in Lancashire.