Telford and Wrekin

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin
Unitary authority area, Borough
	Telford and Wrekin shown within Shropshire and England
	Coordinates: 52°40′52″N 2°26′19″W / 52.68111°N 2.43861°WCoordinates: 52°40′52″N 2°26′19″W / 52.68111°N 2.43861°W
Country	United Kingdom
Region	West Midlands
County	Shropshire
Admin HQ	Telford
Government
Area
• Total	112.09 sq mi (290.31 km2)
Population
• Total	166,800
• Density	1,500/sq mi (570/km2)
Time zone	GMT
ISO 3166 code	GB-TFW
Website	www.telford.gov.uk

Telford and Wrekin is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England with borough status. The district was created in 1974 as The Wrekin, then a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire. In 1998 the district became a unitary authority and was renamed Telford and Wrekin. It remains part of the Shropshire ceremonial county and shares institutions such as the Fire and Rescue Service and Community Health with the rest of Shropshire.

The borough's major settlement is Telford, a new town designated in the 1960s incorporating the existing towns of Dawley, Ironbridge, Ketley, Madeley, Oakengates and Wellington. After the Telford conurbation, which includes the aforementioned towns, the next-largest settlement is Newport, a market town separate to the Telford built-up area, located in the northeast of the borough.

The borough borders Staffordshire, but is mostly surrounded by the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire, whose unitary authority is Shropshire Council. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG21) and is one of four authority areas that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region.

History[]

Before the creation of The Wrekin district, Telford was a new town run by the Telford Development Corporation (TDC) from the 1960s to the changes in 1974. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and covered Dawley, Newport, Oakengates and Wellington urban districts, Wellington Rural District and part of Shifnal parish in the Shifnal Rural District.

On 1 April 1998, as a result of the Local Government Commission for England's review, the district became a unitary authority, independent from Shropshire County Council.

All of the council houses previously owned by Wrekin District Council and the subsequent Telford and Wrekin Council were transferred to a newly created housing association, the Wrekin Housing Trust, in 1999 which now owns the majority of social housing in Telford.^[1]

Telford and Wrekin applied unsuccessfully for city status in 2000. The district was granted borough status in 2002.

Towns, villages and other settlements[]

Telford and Wrekin (yellow) in the ceremonial and historic county of Shropshire.

Settlements in Telford and Wrekin -

Coalbrookdale
Crudgington
Edgmond
High Ercall
Ironbridge (town)
Jackfield
Newport (town)
- Church Aston
- Longford
Roden
Telford (new town)
- Dawley (town)
- Donnington
- Donnington Wood
- Hadley
- Ketley
- Lawley
- Madeley (town)
- Muxton
- Oakengates (town)
- Shawbirch
- Priorslee
- Stirchley
- St George's
- Trench
- Wellington (town)
Tibberton
Wrockwardine

Divisions[]

Parishes[]

The borough is divided into 29 civil parishes.

List of parishes

Wards[]

For the borough council itself there is a system of 30 wards to elect councillors.

	1 - Admaston and Bratton 2 - Apley Castle 3 - Arleston 4 - Brookside 5 - Church Aston and Lilleshall 6 - College 7 - Dawley and Aqueduct 8 - Donnington 9 - Dothill 10 - Edgmond and Ercall Magna 11 - Ercall 12 - Hadley and Leegomery 13 - Haygate 14 - Horsehay and Lightmoor 15 - Ironbridge Gorge	16 - Ketley and Overdale 17 - Madeley and Sutton Hill 18 - Malinslee and Dawley Bank 19 - Muxton 20 - Newport North and West 21 - Newport South and East 22 - Oakengates and Ketley Bank 23 - Park 24 - Priorslee 25 - Shawbirch 26 - St Georges 27 - The Nedge 28 - Woodside 29 - Wrockwardine 30 - Wrockwardine Wood and Trench

Election history[]

Borough elections are held every 4 years.

Previous Election Results

Governance[]

Telford and Wrekin operates a cabinet-style council. It has 54 elected councillors who appoint the seven cabinet members, including the leader, each year. The cabinet members make decisions as a whole and meet every two weeks.^[2]

Telford and Wrekin is currently a Labour controlled council.

Policing[]

Telford and Wrekin is part of the West Mercia Police police area. The force is based in Worcester (outside Shropshire) and the borough's area is a Territorial Policing Unit in the force's organisation.

Economy[]

Telford Plaza in Telford Town Centre.

St Mary's Street in Newport

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Telford and Wrekin at current basic prices published (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British pounds sterling.

Year	Regional gross value added^{[table 1]}	Agriculture^{[table 2]}	Industry^{[table 3]}	Services^{[table 4]}
1995	1,763	28	865	870
2000	2,072	20	773	1,279
2003	2,370	21	850	1,500

^ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
^ includes hunting and forestry
^ includes energy and construction
^ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

References[]

^ "About Us | the Wrekin Housing Group".
^ "Cabinet". Telford and Wrekin Council. Retrieved 5 May 2010.

External links[]

Telford & Wrekin Council

[3] Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

[4] udes hunting and forestry

[5] udes energy and construction

[6] udes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

[1] "About Us | the Wrekin Housing Group".

[2] "Cabinet". Telford and Wrekin Council. Retrieved 5 May 2010.

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show v t Ceremonial county of Shropshire
Unitary authorities	Shropshire Telford and Wrekin
Major settlements	Bishop's Castle Bridgnorth Broseley Church Stretton Cleobury Mortimer Clun Craven Arms Ellesmere Ludlow Market Drayton Much Wenlock Newport Oswestry Shifnal Shrewsbury Telford (Dawley Madeley Oakengates Wellington) Wem Whitchurch See also: List of civil parishes in Shropshire
Rivers	Camlad Clun Corve Ledwyche Onny Perry Rea Rea Brook Redlake Roden Severn Teme Tern Unk Vyrnwy Worfe
Canals	Llangollen Canal Montgomery Canal Shrewsbury Canal Shropshire Union Canal
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show v t Districts of the West Midlands Region
Herefordshire	Herefordshire
Shropshire	Shropshire Telford and Wrekin
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