Torridge

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Torridge District

Shown within Devon
Geography
Status	District
Admin. County	Devon
Area - Total	Ranked 25th 985.31 km²
Region	South West England
Admin. HQ	Bideford
ONS code	18UK
Demographics
Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density	Ranked {{English district rank / km²
Ethnicity	99.0% White
Politics
Torridge District Council http://www.torridge.gov.uk
Leadership	Alternative - Sec.31
Control
MP	Geoffrey Cox

Torridge is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Bideford. Other towns and villages in the district include Holsworthy, Great Torrington, Hartland and Westward Ho!. The Island of Lundy is administratively part of the District. To the south of the district bordering cornwall, near Welcombe the rugged coastine has a wild untouched beauty , due to it's accessibility, but the South West Coast Path is well defined.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the boroughs of Bideford and Great Torrington, the Northam urban district, Bideford Rural District, Holsworthy Rural District and Torrington Rural District.

The beach at Westward Ho!

A view of Bideford and the long bridge

The district is named for the River Torridge.

Districts of South West England
Bath and North East Somerset | Bournemouth | Bristol | Caradon | Carrick | Cheltenham | Christchurch | Cotswold | East Devon | East Dorset | Exeter | Forest of Dean | Gloucester | Isles of Scilly | Kennet | Kerrier | Mendip | Mid Devon | North Cornwall | North Devon | North Dorset | North Somerset | North Wiltshire | Penwith | Plymouth | Poole | Purbeck | Restormel | Salisbury | Sedgemoor | South Gloucestershire | South Hams | South Somerset | Stroud | Swindon | Taunton Deane | Teignbridge | Tewkesbury | Torbay | Torridge | West Devon | West Dorset | West Somerset | West Wiltshire | Weymouth and Portland
Counties with multiple districts: Cornwall - Devon - Dorset - Gloucestershire - Somerset - Wiltshire

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