Shrewsbury and Atcham

Borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham
Shown within Shropshire
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	West Midlands
Admin. County:	Shropshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 75th 601.63 km²
Admin. HQ:	Shrewsbury
ONS code:	39UE
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 231st 95,425 159 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.4% White
Politics
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council http://www.shrewsbury-atcham.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MP:	Paul Marsden

Shrewsbury and Atcham is a local government district with borough status in Shropshire, England. Shrewsbury is the only actual town in the borough and Atcham is included in the name of the borough for historical reasons, although it is only a village. Other notable villages include Ford, Uffington, Pontesbury, Bayston Hill and Bomere Heath.

The borough unsuccesfully applied for city status in the 2000 and 2002 competitions. To the north of the borough is North Shropshire district and to the south is the South Shropshire district. The borough lies in the middle of Shropshire.

The River Severn runs through the borough and in recent years has brought severe and frequent floodings of parts of Shrewsbury and large areas of the countryside.

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Districts of England - West Midlands
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 | Warwick | Walsall | Wolverhampton | Worcester | Wychavon | Wyre Forest
Administrative Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire