Shropshire (district)

Shropshire
Unitary authority area
Clockwise from top:Shrewsbury;Ludlowfrom thecastle;theShropshire Hills;Market Drayton;andOswestry
Coat of arms
Shown within the ceremonial county ofShropshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	West Midlands
County	Shropshire
Unitary Authority	1 April 2009
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district
• Local Authority	Shropshire Council
•MPs	Daniel Kawczynski (C) Philip Dunne (C) Helen Morgan (LD) Mark Pritchard (C)
Population (2022)
• Total	327,178 (Ranked 36th)
Ethnicity(2021) ^[1]
•Ethnic groups	List 96.7%White 1.3%Asian 1.2%Mixed 0.4%other 0.3%Black
Religion(2021) ^[1]
•Religion	List 55.5%Christianity 37%no religion 0.5%Islam 0.2%Hinduism 0.1%Judaism 0.2%Sikhism 0.3%Buddhism 0.5%other 5.9% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0(Greenwich Mean Time)
Postcode	SY1-SY13, SY15, SY21, SY99,TF9, TF11-TF13,WV15-WV16,LL14,WR15
Post town	Shrewsburyand others
Dialling code	01743 and others
ONS code	17UD (ONS) E06000051 (GSS)
Website	shropshire.gov.uk

Shropshireis aunitary authority areain theceremonial countyofShropshire,^[2]in theWest Midlandsregion of England. It was created on 1 April 2009 from the former districts ofBridgnorth,North Shropshire,Oswestry,Shrewsbury and AtchamandSouth Shropshire.^[3]The district is governed byShropshire Council.It contains 188 civil parishes.^[4]

Geography

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The district covers the towns ofOswestry,Church Stretton,Craven Arms,Ellesmere,Wem,Whitchurch,Much Wenlock,Shifnal,Bridgnorth,Broseley,Clun,Knighton(part),Bishop's Castle,Cleobury Mortimer,Market DraytonandShrewsbury.

Neighbouring council areas
Local authority	In relation to the district
Cheshire East	North
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme	North east
Borough of Stafford	North east
Telford and Wrekin	North east
South Staffordshire	East
Wyre Forest District	South east
Malvern Hills District	South
Herefordshire	South
Powys	West and south west
Wrexham County Borough	North west
Cheshire West and Chester	North west (short border atGrindley Brook)

Governance

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The council has been under Conservative control since its creation in 2009, with the most recentelections taken place in 2021.

References

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^^a ^bUK Census(2021)."2021 Census Area Profile – Shropshire Local Authority (E06000051)".Nomis.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved5 January2024.
^"Lieutenancies Act 1997".legislation.gov.uk.Retrieved11 June2021.
^"The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008".legislation.gov.uk.Retrieved11 June2021.
^"Shropshire".Ordnance Survey.Retrieved11 June2021.

v t e Ceremonial countyofShropshire
Unitary authorities	Shropshire Telford and Wrekin
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Bishop's Castle Bridgnorth Broseley Church Stretton Cleobury Mortimer Clun Craven Arms Ellesmere Ludlow Market Drayton Much Wenlock Newport Oswestry Shifnal Shrewsbury Telford(Dawley Madeley Oakengates Wellington) Wem Whitchurch See also:List of civil parishes in Shropshire
Rivers	Camlad Clun Corve Ledwyche Onny Perry Rea Rea Brook Redlake Roden Severn Teme Tern Unk Vyrnwy Worfe
Canals	Llangollen Canal Montgomery Canal Shrewsbury Canal Shropshire Union Canal
Topics	Flag Geology Shrewsbury floods Settlements History(Civil War) Museums Schools Parliamentary constituencies SSSIs Country houses Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs Rail transport Windmills

v t e Districtsof theWest Midlands Region
Herefordshire	Herefordshire
Shropshire	Shropshire Telford and Wrekin
Staffordshire	Cannock Chase East Staffordshire Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stoke-on-Trent Tamworth
Warwickshire	North Warwickshire Nuneaton and Bedworth Rugby Stratford-on-Avon Warwick
West Midlands	Birmingham Coventry Dudley Sandwell Solihull Walsall Wolverhampton
Worcestershire	Bromsgrove Malvern Hills Redditch Worcester Wychavon Wyre Forest

v t e Unitary authorities of England
Areas	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
Elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

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