Westmoreland, Bath

For other uses, see Westmoreland (disambiguation).
Westmoreland
Westmoreland
 Westmoreland shown within Somerset
Population 6,469 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceST734646
Unitary authorityBath and North East Somerset
Ceremonial countySomerset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BATH
Postcode district BA2
Dialling code 01225
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Avon
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentBath
List of places
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Coordinates: 51°22′44″N 2°23′02″W / 51.379°N 2.384°W / 51.379; -2.384

Westmoreland is an electoral ward in the south-west of Bath, England. It covers an area straddling the border between the localities of Oldfield Park and Twerton, and is bordered to the north by the River Avon.[2]

Westmoreland is rarely used as the name of an area of Bath, and is primarily used just for electoral purposes within the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, electing two councillors.[3] Confusingly Westmoreland Road and Westmoreland Station Road, near the Westmoreland goods station closed in 1961, are not in the ward, but about a mile away in Widcombe ward.[2]

Oldfield Park railway station, Oldfield Park Infant School[4] and Oldfield Park Junior School[5] are located in the ward. The north-west end of the Moorland Road shopping area is in the ward.

Westmoreland has a considerable student population, from the University of Bath and Bath Spa University, both in private rental, and for Bath Spa University students accommodation blocks on former industrial land by the River Avon.

The electoral wards surrounding the ward are: Widcombe and Oldfield to the east, Southdown to the north-west, Twerton to the west, and Newbridge and Kingsmead to the north over the River Avon.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ward Maps". Bath & North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "Oldfield Park Infant School". Oldfield Park Infant School. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Oldfield Park Junior School". Oldfield Park Junior School. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
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