Tewkesbury Borough

Tewkesbury Borough
Non-metropolitan district
Tewkesbury shown within Gloucestershire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South West England
Non-metropolitan county	Gloucestershire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Tewkesbury
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Tewkesbury Borough Council
• Leadership	Alternative - Sec.31 (Conservative)
• MPs	Mark Harper Laurence Robertson
Area
• Total	160.0 sq mi (414.4 km²)
Area rank	98th (of 326)
Population (mid-2014 est.)
• Total	85,784
• Rank	277th (of 326)
• Density	540/sq mi (210/km²)
• Ethnicity	98.6% White
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	23UG (ONS) E07000083 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SO8855933566
Website	www.tewkesbury.gov.uk

Tewkesbury Borough is a local government district and borough in Gloucestershire, England. It is named after its main town, Tewkesbury. Other places in the borough include Ashchurch, Bishop's Cleeve, Churchdown and Winchcombe. It is administratively distinct from the parish of Tewkesbury, which is served by Tewkesbury Town Council.

It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972,^[1] from the municipal borough of Tewkesbury, along with Cheltenham Rural District and part of Gloucester Rural District. Prior to assuming its borough charter the district was intended to be referred to as North Gloucestershire, and consultations have taken place in an attempt to change the name to avoid confusion with Tewkesbury proper.^[2]

Gloucestershire Airport is in the borough, near to Gloucester and Cheltenham. The Borough is also served by Ashchurch for Tewkesbury on the mainline as well as a number of Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway stations.

References

Ceremonial county of Gloucestershire

Unitary authorities	South Gloucestershire

Boroughs or districts	Cheltenham Cotswold Forest of Dean Gloucester Stroud Tewkesbury

Major settlements	Berkeley Bradley Stoke Cheltenham Chipping Campden Chipping Sodbury Cinderford Cirencester Coleford Dursley Fairford Filton Gloucester Kingswood Lechlade Lydney Minchinhampton Mitcheldean Moreton-in-Marsh Nailsworth Newent Northleach Painswick Patchway Stonehouse Stow-on-the-Wold Stroud Tetbury Tewkesbury Thornbury Winchcombe Wotton-under-Edge Yate See also: List of civil parishes in Gloucestershire

Rivers	Bristol Avon Warwickshire Avon Bybrook Boyd Cam Chelt Churn Coln Evenlode Eye Bristol Frome Stroud Frome Hazel Brook Leach Little Avon Lyd Severn Swilgate Thames Trym Windrush Wye

Topics	Flag Places Population of major settlements Parliamentary constituencies Schools SSSIs Country houses Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings History Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs Museums

Districts of South West England

Devon	East Devon Exeter Mid Devon North Devon South Hams Teignbridge Torridge West Devon

Dorset	Christchurch East Dorset North Dorset Purbeck District West Dorset Weymouth and Portland

Gloucestershire	Cheltenham Cotswold District Forest of Dean District Gloucester Stroud District Tewkesbury Borough

Somerset	Mendip Sedgemoor South Somerset Taunton Deane West Somerset

Unitary authorities	Bath and North East Somerset Bournemouth Bristol Cornwall Isles of Scilly North Somerset Plymouth Borough of Poole South Gloucestershire Borough of Swindon Torbay Wiltshire

Coordinates: 52°0′0″N 2°10′0″W / 52.00000°N 2.16667°W / 52.00000; -2.16667

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