Telford and Wrekin

Telford and Wrekin

Telford
Telford and Wrekin Telford
Unitary authority area and borough
	The Wrekin
	Nickname: Wrekin
	Shown within Shropshire
	Coordinates: 52°40′52″N 2°26′19″W
Country	United Kingdom
Region	West Midlands
County	Shropshire
Admin HQ	Telford
Government
Area
• Total	112.09 sq mi (290.31 km2)
Population
• Total	185,600
• Density	1,700/sq mi (640/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 88.2% White ; 5.4% Asian ; 2.6% Mixed ; 2.9% Black ; 0.9% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 47.6% Christianity ; 40.9% no religion ; 2.7% Islam ; 0.7% Hinduism ; 0.1% Judaism ; 1.5% Sikhism ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.5% other ; 5.6% not stated ;
Time zone	GMT
ISO 3166 code	GB-TFW
Website	telford.gov.uk

Telford and Wrekin is a borough and unitary authority in Shropshire, England. In 1974, a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire was created called the Wrekin, named after a prominent hill to the west of Telford. In 1998, the district became a unitary authority and was renamed "Telford and Wrekin", which remains part of the Shropshire ceremonial county and shares institutions such as the Fire and Rescue Service and Community Health with the rest the county.

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The borough's major settlement is Telford, which was designated a new town in the 1960s and incorporated the towns of Dawley, Madeley, Oakengates, and Wellington. After the Telford conurbation, which includes the aforementioned towns, the next-largest settlement is Newport which is located in the northeast of the borough and is not part of the original new town of Telford. The borough borders Staffordshire, but is surrounded by the unitary district of Shropshire which covers the area previously administered by Shropshire County Council.

The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 covering the area of five former districts, plus a small part of a sixth:^[2]

Dawley Urban District
Newport Urban District
Oakengates Urban District
Wellington Rural District
Wellington Urban District
From Shifnal Rural District, the part of the parish of Shifnal within the designated area of Telford New Town (which was added to the parish of Lilleshall)^[3]

The district was initially called "Wrekin", but during 1974 the council changed the name to "The Wrekin".^[4]^[5] A significant part of the new district was within the designated area of the Telford New Town, which had been initially designated in 1963 as Dawley New Town before being enlarged and renamed to Telford in 1968. The Telford Development Corporation existed alongside the elected councils until it was wound up in 1991, running various functions such as town planning which would otherwise have been council responsibilities.^[6]

On 1 April 1998, as a result of the Local Government Commission for England's review, the district became a unitary authority, independent from Shropshire County Council. On the same day the district's name was changed from "The Wrekin" to "Telford and Wrekin".^[7]

All of the council houses previously owned by Wrekin District Council and the subsequent Telford and Wrekin Council were transferred to a newly created housing association, the Wrekin Housing Trust, in 1999 which now owns the majority of social housing in Telford.^[8]

Telford and Wrekin applied unsuccessfully for city status in 2000. The district was granted borough status in 2002.

Thumb — Telford and Wrekin (yellow) in the ceremonial and historic county of Shropshire.

Settlements in Telford and Wrekin -

Coalbrookdale (town)
Crudgington
Edgmond
Great Bolas
High Ercall
Ironbridge (town)
Jackfield
Lilleshall
Little Wenlock
Newport (town)
- Church Aston
- Longford
Preston upon the Weald Moors
Roden
Telford (new town)
- Dawley (town)
- Donnington
- Donnington Wood
- Hadley
- Ketley
- Lawley
- Madeley (town)
- Muxton
- Oakengates (town)
- Shawbirch
- Priorslee
- Stirchley
- St George's
- Trench
- Wellington (town)
Sambrook, Shropshire
Tibberton
Waters Upton
Wrockwardine

Parishes

The borough is divided into 29 civil parishes.

List of parishes

Wards

For the borough council itself there is a system of thirty wards to elect councillors.

	1 – Admaston and Bratton 2 – Apley Castle 3 – Arleston 4 – Brookside 5 – Church Aston and Lilleshall 6 – College 7 – Dawley and Aqueduct 8 – Donnington 9 – Dothill 10 – Edgmond and Ercall Magna 11 – Ercall 12 – Hadley and Leegomery 13 – Haygate 14 – Horsehay and Lightmoor 15 – Ironbridge Gorge	16 – Ketley and Overdale 17 – Madeley and Sutton Hill 18 – Malinslee and Dawley Bank 19 – Muxton 20 – Newport North and West 21 – Newport South and East 22 – Oakengates and Ketley Bank 23 – Park 24 – Priorslee 25 – Shawbirch 26 – St Georges 27 – The Nedge 28 – Woodside 29 – Wrockwardine 30 – Wrockwardine Wood and Trench

Election history

Borough elections are held every 4 years.

Previous Election Results

Telford and Wrekin operates a cabinet-style council. It has 54 elected councillors who appoint the seven cabinet members, including the leader, each year. The cabinet members make decisions as a whole and meet every two weeks.^[9]

Telford and Wrekin is currently a Labour controlled council.

Telford and Wrekin is part of the West Mercia Police police area. The force is based in Worcester (outside Shropshire) and the borough's area is a Territorial Policing Unit in the force's organisation.

More information Ethnic Group, 2001 census ...

Ethnic Group	2001 census^[10]		2011 census^[11]		2021 census^[12]
Ethnic Group	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%

White: Total	150,014	94.8%	154,415	92.7%	163,638	88.2%
White: British	147,314	93%	149,096		153,936	83%
White: Irish	1,061		729		723
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller	–	–	166		203
White: Roma	–	–	–	–	187
White: Other	1,639		4,424		8,589
Asian or Asian British: Total	5,128	3.2%	6,991		10,067	5.4%
Asian or Asian British: Indian	2,623		3,076		4,559
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani	1,598	1%	2,243		3,368
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi	98		162		207
Asian or Asian British: Chinese	542		647		818
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian	267		863		1,115
Black or Black British: Total	928	0.6%	1,779		5,351	2.9%
Black or Black British: African	263		1,023		3,962
Black or Black British: Caribbean	567		607		748
Black or Black British: Other Black	98		149		641
Mixed: Total	1,728	1.1%	2,983		4,844
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean	935		1,423		2,083
Mixed: White and Black African	108		278		676
Mixed: White and Asian	452	0.3%	799		1,315
Mixed: Other Mixed	233		483		770
Other: Total	527		473		1,643
Other: Arab	–	–	86	–	242
Other: Any other ethnic group	527		387		1,401
Non-White: Total	8,311	5.2%	12,226	7.3%	21,905	11.8%

Total	158,325	100%	166,641	100%	185,543	100%

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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.

More information Year, Regional gross value added ...

Year	Regional gross value added^{[table 1]}	Agriculture^{[table 2]}	Industry^{[table 3]}	Services^{[table 4]}
1995	1,763	28	865	870
2000	2,072	20	773	1,279
2003	2,370	21	850	1,500

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[T 1]
Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
[T 2]
includes hunting and forestry
[T 3]
includes energy and construction
[T 4]
includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

The following people, military units and organisations have received the Freedom of the Borough of Telford and Wrekin.

People

Iris Butler: 2002
Richie Woodhall: 2002
Lee Carter: 2005
Elizabeth Holt: 2008
Peter Gibbons: 2009
George Whyle: 2011
Corporal Ricky Fergusson: 2012
Mickey Bushell: 2014
Alan Olver: 2015
John Alfred David Gill: 2017
Liam Davies: 2023

Military units

The Rifles: 29 May 2010^[13]^[14]

Organisations

Telford Crisis Support: 11 June 2022^[15]
The Wrekin Housing Group

Telford and Wrekin local elections
The Wrekin – prominent hill to the west of Telford
1990s UK local government reform
Shropshire Council – the other unitary authority in Shropshire
Healthcare in Shropshire

[1]
UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Shropshire Local Authority (E06000020)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
[2]
"The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 18 September 2022
[3]
"The New Parishes Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/688, retrieved 18 September 2022
[4]
"The English Non-metropolitan districts (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/551, retrieved 18 September 2022
[5]
"Shropshire". Database of Local Government Orders. Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
[6]
"Business-led 'revolution' continues". Birmingham Post. 28 January 1992. p. 27. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
[7]
"The Borough of Telford and Wrekin (Electoral Changes) Order 2002", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2002/2373, retrieved 18 September 2022, The name of the borough was changed from The Wrekin to Telford and Wrekin on 1st April 1998
[8]
"About Us | the Wrekin Housing Group".
[9]
"Cabinet". Telford and Wrekin Council. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
[10]
"Office of National Statistics; 2001 Census Key Statistics". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
[11]
"2011 Census: Ethnic Group, local authorities in England and Wales". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
[12]
"Ethnic group - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
[13]
"Honorary Freemen of the Borough". Telford and Wrekin Borough Council. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
[14]
"Council to honour the Rifles Regiment with the Freedom of the Borough - Telford & Wrekin Council". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
[15]
Robertson, Dominic (11 June 2022). "Freedom of the borough for Telford charity". The Shropshire Star. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

Telford & Wrekin Council

[13] [T 1]
Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

[14] [T 2]
includes hunting and forestry

[15] [T 3]
includes energy and construction

[16] [T 4]
includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

[2021_Nomis-1] [1]
UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Shropshire Local Authority (E06000020)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[2] [2]
"The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 18 September 2022

[3] [3]
"The New Parishes Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/688, retrieved 18 September 2022

[4] [4]
"The English Non-metropolitan districts (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/551, retrieved 18 September 2022

[5] [5]
"Shropshire". Database of Local Government Orders. Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[6] [6]
"Business-led 'revolution' continues". Birmingham Post. 28 January 1992. p. 27. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[7] [7]
"The Borough of Telford and Wrekin (Electoral Changes) Order 2002", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2002/2373, retrieved 18 September 2022, The name of the borough was changed from The Wrekin to Telford and Wrekin on 1st April 1998

[8] [8]
"About Us | the Wrekin Housing Group".

[9] [9]
"Cabinet". Telford and Wrekin Council. Retrieved 5 May 2010.

[10] [10]
"Office of National Statistics; 2001 Census Key Statistics". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

[:36-11] [11]
"2011 Census: Ethnic Group, local authorities in England and Wales". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2021.

[12] [12]
"Ethnic group - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

[17] [13]
"Honorary Freemen of the Borough". Telford and Wrekin Borough Council. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[18] [14]
"Council to honour the Rifles Regiment with the Freedom of the Borough - Telford & Wrekin Council". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

[19] [15]
Robertson, Dominic (11 June 2022). "Freedom of the borough for Telford charity". The Shropshire Star. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

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