North Warwickshire
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- This is about the district of North Warwickshire, there is also the North Warwickshire constituency
| Borough of North Warwickshire | |
|---|---|
 Shown within Warwickshire |
 Warwickshire within England |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Warwickshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 160th 284.27 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Atherstone |
| ONS code: | 44UB |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 324th 62,300 219 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.6% White |
| Politics | |
| North Warwickshire Borough Council http://www.northwarks.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Alternative — Sec.31 |
| Control: | Liberal Democrats / Conservative |
| MP: | Mike O'Brien |
North Warwickshire is a local government district and borough in Warwickshire, England. The main town in the district is Atherstone where the council is based. Other significant places include Coleshill, Polesworth and Kingsbury.
The North Warwickshire district was created on 1 April 1974 by a merger of the Atherstone Rural District and parts of the Meriden Rural District (the rest of which was merged into the West Midlands county).
North Warwickshire is a mostly rural area with several small towns. The area historically had a large coal mining industry, but this has almost died out. The district is relatively remote from the rest of Warwickshire, as the county is almost split in two by the West Midlands.
The boundaries of North Warwickshire are almost the same as the North Warwickshire parliamentary constituency. However the constituency also includes Bedworth. The local MP is Mike O'Brien.
It borders the Warwickshire district of Nuneaton and Bedworth to the east, the county of Leicestershire to the north-east, Staffordshire to the north-west, and the West Midlands to the south and south-west.
[edit] Parishes and settlements
Settlements in North Warwickshire include:
- Ansley, Arley, Astley, Atherstone, Austrey
- Baddesley Ensor, Baxterley, Bentley, Blythe End
- Caldecote, Coleshill, Corley, Curdworth
- Dordon
- Fillongley
- Gilson, Great Packington, Grendon, Warwickshire
- Hartshill, Heath Whitacre
- Kingsbury
- Lea Marston, Little Packington
- Mancetter, Maxstoke, Merevale, Middleton, Moxhull
- Nether Whitacre, Newton Regis
- Over Whitacre
- Polesworth
- Seckington, Shustoke, Shuttington,
- Warton, Water Orton, Whitacre Heath, Wiggins Hill, Wishaw
Birmingham • Bridgnorth • Bromsgrove • Cannock Chase • Coventry • Dudley • East Staffordshire • Herefordshire • Lichfield • Malvern Hills • Newcastle-under-Lyme • North Shropshire • North Warwickshire • Nuneaton and Bedworth • Oswestry • Redditch • Rugby • Sandwell • Shrewsbury and Atcham • Solihull • South Shropshire • South Staffordshire • Stafford • Staffordshire Moorlands • Stoke-on-Trent • Stratford-on-Avon • Tamworth • Telford and Wrekin • Walsall • Warwick • Wolverhampton • Worcester • Wychavon • Wyre Forest
Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
