North Shropshire
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| North Shropshire District | |
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 Shown within Shropshire non-metropolitan county |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Non-metropolitan district |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Administrative and Ceremonial county: | Shropshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 56th 679.17 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Wem |
| ONS code: | 39UC |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density |
Ranked 329th 59,500 88 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.9% White |
| Politics | |
| North Shropshire District Council http://www.northshropshiredc.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader and cabinet |
| Control: | Conservative/Independent |
| MP: | Owen Paterson |
North Shropshire is a local government district in Shropshire, England. The district council is based at Edinburgh House, in Wem. Other settlements include the towns of Ellesmere, Market Drayton, and Whitchurch, as well as the large villages of Shawbury and Baschurch. The district borders onto Wales, Cheshire and Staffordshire as well as the Shropshire districts of Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham and the unitary Telford and Wrekin.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of Market Drayton Rural District and North Shropshire Rural District. It is entirely surrounded by boroughs (including the county borough of Wrexham).
The district and its council will be abolished on 1st April 2009 when the new Shropshire unitary authority is established, as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England.
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[edit] Settlements
The district council has classified Wem, Market Drayton, Whitchurch and Ellesmere as the market towns of North Shropshire, while it has given the classification of "main service villages" to Baschurch, Cheswardine, Clive, Cockshutt, Dudleston Heath, Hadnall, Hinstock, Hodnet, Prees, Shawbury, Tilstock, Welshampton and Woore. There are many other smaller villages and hamlets.
[edit] Infrastructure
The main roads in the district are the A41, A49 and the A53. There are no motorways.
There are four railway stations in the district - Yorton, Wem, Prees and Whitchurch - all on the Welsh Marches Line. The Shrewsbury to Chester Line runs through the district too, but the station at Baschurch has closed. The Shropshire Union Canal goes through the district too, passing Market Drayton at one point. The Ellesmere Canal/Llangollen Canal is the other canal in the district.
[edit] Local businesses
North Shropshire is also home to one of the largest independent leading gas installation, maintenance and service company. Shropshire Gas. Malcolm Carter founded the company in Market Drayton in 1978 which is a main town within North Shropshire.
Also in North Shropshire is Müller UK . In 1991 construction started on a new £30m state of the art production facility in Market Drayton, Shropshire. It now has over 30,000 people working at the site.
[edit] See also
- North Shropshire constituency - the name of the UK Parliament constituency which covers North Shropshire district and also Oswestry borough.
- Parishes in North Shropshire - the main subdivisions used within the district.
[edit] External links
- Shropshire Tourism Information on North Shropshire - facts, history, attractions
- North Shropshire's local radio station
- Shropshire Gas
- Müller UK
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