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Shepway District
Shown within Kent
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Kent
Area: - Total	Ranked 134th 356.70 km²
Admin. HQ:	Folkestone
ONS code:	29UL
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 222nd 99,500 279 / km²
Ethnicity:	97.3% White 1.5% S.Asian
Politics
Shepway District Council http://www.shepway.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative (council NOC)
MP:	Michael Howard

Shepway is a local government district in Kent, England. It 'subtitles' itself as Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh. It has council offices in Folkestone; and there are town councils in Hythe, New Romney and Lydd, with a parish council at Sandgate.

The district is divided into wards. Those wards are Elham and Stelling Minnis; North Downs West and East (2 wards); Tolsford*; Folkestone East; Folkestone Cheriton; Folkestone Morehall; Folkestone Park ; Folkestone Harbour; Folkestone Harvey Central; Folkestone Harvey West; Folkestone Sandgate; Lympne and Stanford; Hythe East; Hythe Central; Hythe West; Dymchurch and St Mary's; New Romney Town and Coast (2 wards); and Lydd. Romney Marsh ward is the entire inland portion of the district.

Tolsford is an area of small villages below the North Downs and west of Folkestone. It is named after Tolsford Hill.

The motorway M20 and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link both cross the district: at Cheriton is the western end of the Tunnel.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 as a merger of the boroughs of Folkestone, Hythe, Lydd and New Romney, along with Elham Rural District and Romney Marsh Rural District. It is named after the historical Lathe of Shepway.

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