NORTH SHROPSHIRE

North Shropshire District
North Shropshire ''Shown within Shropshire non-metropolitan county''
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 () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	98.9% White
Politics
North Shropshire District Council http://www.northshropshiredc.gov.uk/
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).

Contents

Settlements

Infrastructure

See also

External links

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.

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.

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.

External links

★ Shropshire Tourism Information on North Shropshire - facts, history, attractions