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Telford and Wrekin
EnglandTelfordWrekin.png ''Telford and Wrekin in England'' Shropshire Telford and Wrekin.PNG ''Telford and Wrekin (yellow) in the ceremonial and historic county of Shropshire''
Geography
Status:	Unitary district, Borough
Region:	West Midlands
Ceremonial County:	Shropshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 158th 290.31 km²
Admin. HQ:	Telford
ONS code:	00GF
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	94.8% White 2.9% S.Asian 1.2% Black
Politics
Borough of Telford and Wrekin http://www.telford.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Mark Pritchard (C) David Wright (L)

'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.

Contents

Towns, villages and other settlements

Divisions

Parishes

Wards

Economy

See also

Towns, villages and other settlements

Settlements in Telford and Wrekin -

★ Coalbrookdale

★ Crudgington

★ Edgmond

★ High Ercall

★ Ironbridge

★ Jackfield

★ 'Newport' (town)

★ Roden

★ 'Telford' (new town)

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★ Dawley (town)

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★ Donnington

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★ Donnington Wood

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★ Hadley

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★ Ketley

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★ Madeley (town)

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★ Muxton

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★ Oakengates (town)

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★ Priorslee

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★ St George's

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★ Trench

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★ 'Wellington' (town)

★ Tibberton

★ Wrockwardine

Divisions

Parishes

The borough is divided into 28 parishes and these are grouped into three areas - Telford, Newport and Rural. For the council itself there is 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

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

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

includes hunting and forestry
includes energy and construction
includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

See also

★ The Wrekin - prominent hill to the west of Telford

★ 1990s UK local government reform