User:Dukwon/Redditch Borough
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Borough of Redditch | |
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 The borough of Redditch shown within Worcestershire | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | West Midlands |
| County | Worcestershire |
| Created | 1974 |
| Borough status | 15 May 1980 |
| UK Parliament | Redditch |
| District | Redditch |
| Wards | 12
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| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | Redditch Borough Council |
| • Council leader | Bill Hartnett (Conservative) |
| • Mayor | Joe Baker |
| Area | |
• District | 21 sq mi (54 km2) |
| • Rank | 240th |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• District | 84,300 |
• Estimate (2022)[3] | 87,132 |
| • Rank | 273rd |
| • Density | 4,160/sq mi (1,606/km2) |
| • Urban | 98.4% |
| • Rural | 1.6% |
| Postcode districts | B96, B97, B98 |
| Post town | redditch |
| Dialling code | 01527 |
| Website | www |
Redditch is a non-metropolitan district of England with borough status, located within the county of Worcestershire. Its council is based in the town of Redditch, which occupies the north-eastern half of the district. The south-western, rural half contains the villages of Astwood Bank and Feckenham. Neighbouring districts are Bromsgrove to the north, Wychavon to the west and Stratford-on-Avon to the east. The district contains 12 wards and 1 civil parish, Feckenham[5] the rest of the district is an unparished area.
History
[edit]It was formed as Redditch Urban District in 1894, on 1 April 1931 it gained part of Alcester Rural District, on 1 April 1933 it gained part of Bromsgrove Rural District and part of Feckenham Rural District, on 1 April 1965 it gained part of Alcester Rural District, on 1 April 1966 it gained part of Bromsgrove Rural District and lost part to Bromsgrove Rural District, on 1 April 1969 it gained part of Alcester Rural District.[6] On 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the urban district was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district of Hereford and Worcester with the same boundaries as the urban district.[7] On 1 April 1998 Hereford and Worcester was abolished and the district became part of Worcestershire.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ 2011 Census
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ a b ONS Urban/Rural Classification by LSOA and population by LSOA, mid-2011
- ^ "Redditch". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Redditch UD through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "The Hereford and Worcester (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2022.