# The Assisted Areas Order 1974, Part 1: NEW SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS


The Merseyside Special Development Area being the whole of the Merseyside Development Area and consisting of the area designated by the Skelmersdale New Town (Designation) Order 1961 as varied by the Skelmersdale New Town (Designation) Amendment Order 1969 as the site of a proposed new town, and the employment exchange areas of:—
Birkenhead Group (Bebington, Birkenhead and Wallasey)
Ellesmere Port
Hoylake
Liverpool Group (Bootle, Crosby, Garston, Kirkby, Liverpool Old Swan, Regent Road (Liverpool) and Walton)
Neston
Prescot
Runcorn
St. Helens
Widnes
The North West Wales Special Development Area being part of the Welsh Development Area and consisting of the employment exchange areas of:—
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Caernarvon
Bangor
Bethesda
Penygroes
Pwllheli
Porthmadog
Holyhead
Amlwch
Beaumaris
Llangefni

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/1372/schedule/part/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/assisted-areas-order-1974/schedule/part-1
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