North West Coast, one of fifteen LCRN Networks , consisting of the five counties of Cheshire, South Cumbria,, Lancashire and Merseyside.
The most deprived local authority areas in the region (based on specific wards within those borough areas) are, in descending order—Liverpool, Knowsley, Blackpool, Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, Barrow-in-Furness, Halton, Hyndburn, Pendle, St Helens, Preston, Wirral and Copeland.
Towns and Cities in the North West Coast LCRN
ME = Merseyside, CU = Cumbria, LA = Lancashire, CH = Cheshire
Population > 400,000
Liverpool, ME
Population > 100,000
Warrington, CH
Blackpool, LA
Chester, CH
Preston, LA
Rochdale, GM
Blackburn, LA
St. Helens, ME
Population > 70,000
Population > 50,000
Runcorn, CH
Widnes, CH
Wallasey, ME
Ellesmere Port, CH
Crosby, ME
Population > 30,000
Accrington, LA
Lancaster, LA
Lytham St Annes, LA
Kirkby, ME
Skelmersdale, LA
Leyland, LA
Morecambe, LA
Chorley, LA
Huyton, ME
Winsford, CH
Population > 20,000
Nelson, LA
Kendal, CU
Darwen, LA
Fleetwood, LA
Congleton, CH
Wilmslow, CH
Ormskirk, LA
Penwortham, LA
Formby, ME
Litherland, ME
Rawtenstall, LA
Maghull, ME
Halewood, ME
Population > 10,000
Colne, LA
Poulton-le-Fylde, LA
Sandbach, CH
Moreton, ME
Nantwich, CH
Haslingden, LA
Upton, ME
Clitheroe, LA
Neston, CH
Ulverston, CU
Heysham, LA
Population > 5,000
Frodsham, CH
Windermere, CU
Millom, CU
Carnforth, LA