Coordinates: 50°34′55″N 3°37′41″W / 50.582°N 3.628°W
For the constituency, see Teignbridge (UK Parliament constituency).
| Teignbridge District | |
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 Shown within Devon |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | South West England |
| Admin. County: | Devon |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 56th 673.87 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Newton Abbot |
| ONS code: | 18UH |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2008 est.) - Density |
Ranked 159th 127,600 189 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 99.0% White |
| Politics | |
| Teignbridge District Council http://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrat / Independent |
| MPs: | Anthony Steen, Richard Younger-Ross |
Teignbridge is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Newton Abbot.
Other towns in the district include Ashburton, Dawlish and Teignmouth. It is named for the old Teignbridge hundred.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Dawlish, Newton Abbot and Teignmouth urban districts along with Newton Abbot Rural District and part of St Thomas Rural District.
Settlements
Teignbridge contains the following towns and villages:
- Abbotskerswell
- Ashburton
- Ashcombe
- Ashton
- Bickington
- Bishopsteignton
- Bovey Tracey
- Bridford
- Broadhempston
- Buckfastleigh
- Buckland in the Moor
- Christow
- Chudleigh
- Coffinswell
- Dawlish
- Denbury
- Doddiscombsleigh
- Dunchideock
- Dunsford
- Exminster
- Haccombe
- Hennock
- Holcombe
- Ide
- Ideford
- Ilsington
- Ipplepen
- Kenn
- Kenton
- Kingskerswell
- Kingsteignton
- Lustleigh
- Mamhead
- Manaton
- Moretonhampstead
- Newton Abbot
- North Bovey
- Ogwell
- Powderham
- Shaldon
- Shillingford St George
- Starcross
- Stokeinteignhead
- Tedburn St Mary
- Teign Village
- Teigngrace
- Teignmouth
- Torbryan
- Trusham
- Whitestone
- Widecombe-in-the-Moor
- Woodland
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