Teignbridge

For the constituency, see Teignbridge (UK Parliament constituency).

Coordinates: 50°34′55″N 3°37′41″W / 50.582°N 3.628°W / 50.582; -3.628

Teignbridge District
Non-metropolitan district
Teignbridge shown within Devon
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South West England
Non-metropolitan county	Devon
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Newton Abbot
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Teignbridge District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Anne Marie Morris Mel Stride
Area
• Total	246.3 sq mi (637.9 km²)
Area rank	56th (of 326)
Population (mid-2014 est.)
• Total	127,357
• Rank	167th (of 326)
• Density	520/sq mi (200/km²)
• Ethnicity	99.0% White
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	18UH (ONS) E07000045 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SX8475477137
Website	www.teignbridge.gov.uk

Teignbridge is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Newton Abbot.

Other towns in the district include Ashburton, Dawlish and Teignmouth. It is named for the old Teignbridge hundred.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Dawlish, Newton Abbot and Teignmouth urban districts along with Newton Abbot Rural District and part of St Thomas Rural District.

Settlements

Teignbridge contains the following towns and villages:

Districts of South West England

Devon	East Devon Exeter Mid Devon North Devon South Hams Teignbridge Torridge West Devon

Dorset	Christchurch East Dorset North Dorset Purbeck District West Dorset Weymouth and Portland

Gloucestershire	Cheltenham Cotswold District Forest of Dean District Gloucester Stroud District Tewkesbury Borough

Somerset	Mendip Sedgemoor South Somerset Taunton Deane West Somerset

Unitary authorities	Bath and North East Somerset Bournemouth Bristol Cornwall Isles of Scilly North Somerset Plymouth Borough of Poole South Gloucestershire Borough of Swindon Torbay Wiltshire

Ceremonial county of Devon

Devon Portal

Unitary authorities	Plymouth Torbay

Boroughs or districts	Exeter East Devon Mid Devon North Devon Torridge West Devon South Hams Teignbridge

Major settlements	Ashburton Axminster Bampton Barnstaple Bideford Bovey Tracey Bradninch Brixham Buckfastleigh Budleigh Salterton Chagford Chudleigh Chulmleigh Colyton Crediton Cullompton Dartmouth Dawlish Exeter Exmouth Great Torrington Hartland Hatherleigh Holsworthy Honiton Ilfracombe Ivybridge Kingsbridge Kingsteignton Lynton Modbury Moretonhampstead Newton Abbot North Tawton Northam Okehampton Ottery St Mary Paignton Plymouth Plympton Salcombe Seaton Sidmouth South Brent South Molton Tavistock Teignmouth Tiverton Torquay Totnes See also: List of civil parishes in Devon

Rivers	Ashburn Avon Axe Barle Bovey Bray Burn Clyst Creedy Culm Dart East Dart West Dart Erme Exe Heddon Lemon Lew Lumburn Lyd East Lyn West Lyn Meavy Mole Okement East Okement West Okement Otter Plym Sid Swincombe Tamar Tavy Taw Teign Thrushel Torridge Walkham Wallabrooke East Webburn West Webburn Wolf Yealm

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