Stratford-on-Avon (district)
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| Stratford-on-Avon District | |||
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| Geography | |||
| Status: | District | ||
| Region: | West Midlands | ||
| Admin. County: | Warwickshire | ||
| Area: - Total | Ranked 26th 977.87 km² | ||
| Admin. HQ: | Stratford-upon-Avon | ||
| ONS code: | 44UE | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density | Ranked {{English district rank / km² | ||
| Ethnicity: | 98.7% White | ||
| Politics | |||
| Stratford-on-Avon District Council http://www.stratford.gov.uk/ | |||
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet | ||
| Executive: | |||
| MPs: | John Maples, James Plaskitt | ||
The district is named "Stratford-on-Avon" to distinguish it from its main town of Stratford-upon-Avon where the district council is based, although this name often causes confusion.
The district is mostly rural and covers most of the southern half of Warwickshire. As well as Stratford, the district also includes the towns of Alcester, Southam, and Shipston-on-Stour, and the large villages of Studley and Wellesbourne.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, Alcester Rural District, Shipston-on-Stour Rural District, Southam Rural District and a majority of Stratford-upon-Avon Rural District.
Other than Stratford-upon-Avon the district includes:
- Admington, Alcester, Alderminster, Ardens Grafton, Arlescote, Arrow, Aston Cantlow, Atherstone-on-Stour, Avon Dassett,
- Barcheston and Willington, Barton-on-the-Heath, Bearley, Beaudesert, Bidford-on-Avon, Billesley, Binton, Bishops Itchington, Brailes, Broom, Burmington, Burton Dassett, Butlers Marston
- Chadshunt, Chapel Ascote, Charlecote, Cherington and Stourton, Chesterton and Kingston, Claverdon, Clifford Chambers and Milcote, Combroke, Compton Verney, Compton Wynyates, Coughton
- Dorsington
- Ettington, Exhall
- Farnborough, Warwickshire, Fenny Compton, Fulbrook
- Gaydon, Great Alne, Great Wolford
- Halford, Hampton Lucy, Harbury, Haselor, Henley-in-Arden, Hodnell and Wills Pastures, Honington
- Idlicote, Ilmington
- Kineton, Kinwarton
- Ladbroke, Langley, Lighthorne, Lighthorne Heath, Little Compton, Little Wolford, Long Compton, Long Itchington, Lower Shuckburgh, Loxley, Luddington, Long Marston
- Milcote, Moreton Morrell, Morton Bagot
- Napton-on-the-Hill, Newbold Pacey
- Old Stratford and Drayton, Oldberrow, Oversley Green, Oxhill
- Pillerton Hersey, Pillerton Priors, Preston Bagot, Preston-on-Stour, Priors Hardwick, Priors Marston
- Quinton
- Radbourne, Radway, Ratley and Upton
- Salford Priors, Sambourne, Shipston-on-Stour, Shotteswell, Snitterfield, Southam, Spernall, Stockton, Stoneton, Stourton and Cherington, Stratford-upon-Avon, Stretton-on-Fosse, Studley, Sutton-under-Brailes
- Tanworth-in-Arden, Temple Grafton, Tidmington, Tredington, Tysoe
- Ufton, Ullenhall, Upper Shuckburgh, Warmington, Watergall, Weethley, Welford-on-Avon, Wellesbourne, Weston-on-Avon, Whatcote, Weethley, Whichford, Whitchurch, Wilmcote, Wixford, Wolverton, Wootton Wawen, Wormleighton
| Districts of the West Midlands |
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Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire |
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