Shropshire (district)

Shropshire
Unitary authority area
Clockwise from top: Shrewsbury; Ludlow from the castle; the Shropshire Hills; Market Drayton; and Oswestry
Coat of arms
Shown within the ceremonial county of Shropshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	West Midlands
County	Shropshire
Unitary Authority	1 April 2009
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district
• Local Authority	Shropshire Council
•  MPs	Julia Buckley (L) Stuart Anderson (C) Helen Morgan (LD) Mark Pritchard (C)
Population  (2022)
• Total	327,178 (Ranked 36th)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
•  Ethnic groups	List 96.7% White 1.3% Asian 1.2% Mixed 0.4% other 0.3% Black
Religion (2021) [1]
•  Religion	List 55.5% Christianity 37% no religion 0.5% Islam 0.2% Hinduism 0.1% Judaism 0.2% Sikhism 0.3% Buddhism 0.5% other 5.9% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
Postcode	SY1-SY13, SY15, SY21, SY99, TF9, TF11-TF13, WV15-WV16, LL14, WR15
Post town	Shrewsbury and others
Dialling code	01743 and others
ISO 3166 code	GB-SHR
ONS code	17UD (ONS) E06000051 (GSS)
Website	shropshire.gov.uk

Shropshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, ^[2] in the West Midlands region of England. It was created on 1 April 2009 from the former districts of Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham and South Shropshire. ^[3] The district is governed by Shropshire Council. It contains 188 civil parishes. ^[4]

Geography

The district covers the towns of Oswestry, Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Ellesmere, Wem, Whitchurch, Much Wenlock, Shifnal, Bridgnorth, Broseley, Clun, Knighton (part), Bishop's Castle, Cleobury Mortimer, Market Drayton and Shrewsbury.

Neighbouring council areas

Local authority	In relation to the district
Cheshire East	North
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme	North east
Borough of Stafford	North east
Telford and Wrekin	North east
South Staffordshire	East
Wyre Forest District	South east
Malvern Hills District	South
Herefordshire	South
Powys	West and south west
Wrexham County Borough	North west
Cheshire West and Chester	North west (short border at Grindley Brook)

Governance

Main article: Shropshire Council

The council was under Conservative control from its creation in 2009 until 2025, when control passed to the Liberal Democrats.

References

1. UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Shropshire Local Authority (E06000051)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
2. "Lieutenancies Act 1997". legislation.gov.uk . Retrieved 11 June 2021.
3. "The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
4. "Shropshire". Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 11 June 2021.