Telford and Wrekin facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Telford and Wrekin
Unitary authority area and borough
Telford and Wrekin shown within Shropshire and England
Country	United Kingdom
Region	West Midlands
County	Shropshire
Admin HQ	Telford
Area
• Total	112.09 sq mi (290.31 km2)
Population
• Total	166,800
• Density	1,488.1/sq mi (574.56/km2)
Time zone	GMT
ISO 3166 code	GB-TFW

Telford and Wrekin is a unitary authority in 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, Madeley, Oakengates and Wellington. After the Telford conurbation, which includes the aforementioned towns, the next-largest settlement is Newport, a market town 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.

Telford and Wrekin applied unsuccessfully for City status in 2000, but 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
• Jackfield
• Newport (town)
  • Church Aston
  • Longford
• Roden
• Telford (new town)
  • Dawley (town)
  • Donnington
  • Donnington Wood
  • Hadley
  • Ketley
  • Madeley (town)
  • Muxton
  • Oakengates (town)
  • Priorslee
  • Stirchley
  • St George's
  • Trench
  • Wellington (town)
• Tibberton
• Wrockwardine

Divisions

Parishes

The borough is divided into 28 civil parishes and these are grouped into three areas: Telford, Newport and Rural.

• List of parishes

Wards

For the borough council itself there is a system of 34 wards to elect councillors (from 2014 there are 30 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

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

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.

See also

In Spanish: Telford and Wrekin para niños