Everything about Telford And Wrekin totally explained
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.
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.
Towns, villages and other settlements
Settlements in Telford and Wrekin -
Divisions
Parishes
The borough is divided into 28
parishes (External Link
) and these are grouped into three areas - Telford, Newport and Rural. For the council itself there's a system of 34 wards to elect councillors.
List of parishes
Wards
The borough divided into wards, with the Telford urban area highligted in Orange. |
1 Apley Castle
2 Arleston
3 Brookside
4 Church Aston and Lilleshall
5 College
6 Cuckoo Oak
7 Dawley Magna
8 Donnington
9 Dothill
10 Edgmond
11 Ercall
12 Ercall Magna
13 Hadley and Leegomery
14 Haygate
15 Horsehay and Lightmoor
16 Ironbridge Gorge
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17 Ketley and Oakengates
18 Lawley and Overdale
19 Madeley
20 Malinslee
21 Muxton
22 Newport East
23 Newport North
24 Newport South
25 Newport West
26 Park
27 Priorslee
28 St Georges
29 Shawbirch
30 The Nedge
31 Woodside
32 Wrockwardine
33 Wrockwardine Wood
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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 |
Agriculture |
Industry |
Services |
| 1995 |
1,763 |
28 |
865 |
870 |
| 2000 |
2,072 |
20 |
773 |
1,279 |
| 2003 |
2,370 |
21 |
850 |
1,500 |
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