Telford and Wrekin

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Telford and Wrekin is a unitary district with borough status in the West Midlands region of England. The district was created in 1974 as The Wrekin, then a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire.

The borough's major settlement is Telford, a new town designated in the 1960s incorporating the existing towns of Dawley, Madeley Oakengates and Wellington. The next largest population centre is Newport, a market town to the north of Telford.

Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin in England Telford and Wrekin (yellow) in the ceremonial and historic county of Shropshire
Geography
Status:	Unitary district, Borough
Region:	West Midlands
Ceremonial County:	Shropshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 158th 290.31 km²
Admin. HQ:	Telford
ONS code:	00GF
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 95th 161,600 557 / km²
Ethnicity:	94.8% White 2.9% S.Asian 1.2% Black
Politics
Borough of Telford and Wrekin http://www.telford.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MPs:	Mark Pritchard, David Wright

On April 1, 1998, as a result of the Local Government Commission for England's review, the district became a unitary authority, independent from Shropshire County Council. The headquarters of the council are in Telford Town Centre. It remains part of the Shropshire ceremonial county and shares institutions such as the Fire and Rescue Service with the rest of Shropshire. Telford and Wrekin comes under the West Mercia Constabulary, based in Worcester.

The borough borders Staffordshire, but is mostly surrounded by the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire. The district was formed on April 1, 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.

Telford and Wrekin applied unsuccessfully for City status in 2000. It was granted borough status in 2002.

Contents 1 Towns, villages and other settlements 2 Parishes, areas and wards 3 Economy 4 See also

[edit] Towns, villages and other settlements

Settlements in Telford and Wrekin -

• Coalbrookdale
• Crudgington
• Edgmond
• High Ercall
• Ironbridge
• Jackfield
• Newport (town)
• Roden
• Telford (new town)
  • Dawley (town)
  • Donnington
  • Donnington Wood
  • Hadley
  • Ketley
  • Madeley (town)
  • Muxton
  • Oakengates (town)
  • Priorslee
  • St George's
  • Trench
  • Wellington (town)
• Tibberton
• Wrockwardine

[edit] Parishes, areas and wards

The borough is divided into 28 parishes [1] and these are grouped into three areas - Telford, Newport and Rural. For the council itself there is a system of 34 wards to elect councillors.

• List of parishes

[edit] Economy

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[2]	Agriculture[3]	Industry[4]	Services[5]
1995	1,763	28	865	870
2000	2,072	20	773	1,279
2003	2,370	21	850	1,500

↑  includes hunting and forestry

↑  includes energy and construction

↑  includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

↑  Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

[edit] See also

• The Wrekin - prominent hill to the west of Telford
• 1990s UK local government reform