West Berkshire
West Berkshire District | |
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status | Unitary Authority |
region | South East England |
Ceremony county | Berkshire |
Administrative headquarters | Newbury |
surface | 704.17 km² |
Residents | 158,527 |
was standing | June 30, 2018 |
ISO-3166-2 | GB-WBK |
ONS code | 00MB |
GSS code | E06000037 |
Website | www.westberks.gov.uk |
founding | April 1, 1998 |
West Berkshire is a Unitary Authority in the county of Berkshire . The administrative seat is Newbury ; other important places are Hungerford and Thatcham .
history
The local authority was founded on April 1, 1974 as District Newbury and was created from the merger of Borough Newbury, the Rural Districts Bradfield, Hungerford and Newbury and part of the Rural District Wantage. When the Berkshire County Council was dissolved on April 1, 1998 , the district was given the status of a Unitary Authority and has since been called West Berkshire.
Communities
West Berkshire is divided into 63 parishes ( Parish ):
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Of these parishes 54 have their own, Tidmarsh and Sulham have a joint parish council (Parish Council) . In seven churches there is no such committee, instead, find citizens' assemblies (Parish Meetings) instead. Hungerford, Newbury and Thatcham are small towns (town) and accordingly have a Town Council .
Web links
- West Berkshire in the database of the Ordnance Survey (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mid 2018 Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
- ↑ Parish / Town Council contact details on the Werst Berkshire Council website, accessed April 7, 2018.
Coordinates: 51 ° 27'57.6 " N , 1 ° 16'53" W.