Salford ( ) is a town lying at the heart of the
City of Salford, a
metropolitan borough of
Greater Manchester, in
North West England. Salford is sited in a
meander of the
River Irwell, which forms in part its boundary with the city of
Manchester to the east. The Salford wards of Broughton and Kersal are on the other side of the river. Together with its neighbouring towns to the west, Salford forms the local government district of the City of Salford, which is administered from
Swinton. The former
County Borough of Salford, which included
Broughton,
Pendleton and
Kersal, was granted honorific
city status in 1926; it has a resident population of 72,750 and occupies an area of . The wider City of Salford district has a population of 219,200.