Warwick (district)
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| Warwick District | |
|---|---|
 Shown within Warwickshire |  Warwickshire within England |
| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Warwickshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 161st 282.88 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Royal Leamington Spa |
| ONS code: | 44UF |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density | Ranked {{English district rank / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 92.9% White 4.7% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Warwick District Council http://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | |
| MPs: | James Plaskitt, Jeremy Wright |
The district comprises the towns of Warwick itself, Leamington Spa, Kenilworth and Whitnash, and also includes the surrounding rural areas.
Despite being named after Warwick, the district council headquarters are actually based in Leamington Spa. Warwick hosts the county council headquarters.
The district was created on 1 April 1974, by a merger of the former Leamington Spa and Warwick municipal boroughs, the Kenilworth urban district and the Warwick Rural District.
The Warwick district includes the settlements and parishes of:
- Ashow
- Baddesley Clinton, Baginton, Barford, Beausale, Bishops Tachbrook, Blackdown, Bubbenhall, Budbrooke, Bushwood
- Cubbington
- Eathorpe
- Haseley, Hatton, Honiley, Hunningham
- Kenilworth
- Lapworth, Leek Wootton
- Norton Lindsey
- Offchurch, Old Milverton
- Radford Semele, Rowington, Royal Leamington Spa
- Sherbourne, Shrewley, Stoneleigh
- Wappenbury, Warwick, Wasperton, Weston-under-Wetherley, Whitnash, Wroxall
| Districts of the West Midlands |
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| 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 | |
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Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire |
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