Coordinates: 52°23′20″N 2°15′18″W / 52.389°N 2.255°W
| Wyre Forest District | |
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Shown within Worcestershire |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Non-metropolitan district |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Worcestershire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 169th 195.41 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Stourport-on-Severn |
| ONS code: | 47UG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2008 est.) - Density |
Ranked 226th 98,700 505 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.2% White |
| Politics | |
| Wyre Forest District Council http://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Richard Taylor, Bill Wiggin |
This article is about the local government district in Worcestershire
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Wyre Forest is a local government district in Worcestershire, England, covering the towns of Kidderminster, Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley, and several civil parishes and their villages Its council is based in Stourport-on-Severn.
The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974, as a merger of Bewdley and Kidderminster municipal boroughs, Stourport-on-Severn Urban District Council and Kidderminster Rural District Council.
The Wyre Forest parliamentary constituency, which covers most of the district, is represented by the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern MP Dr Richard Taylor. His party was the dominant party, but in the May 2008 local election, the Conservative Party took control of the council.[clarification needed]
| Current Composition[1] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 22 | |
| Health Concern | 10 | |
| Liberal | 6 | |
| Labour | 2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 2 | |
A wiki with over 2000 articles regarding the district has been created at Wyfopedia
Contents |
Parishes in Wyre Forest District
Kidderminster is unparished.
- Areley Kings
- Bewdley
- Broome
- Chaddesley Corbett
- Churchill and Blakedown
- Kidderminster Foreign
- Ribbesford
- Rock
- Rushock
- Stone
- Stourport-on-Severn
- Upper Arley
- Wilden
- Wolverley and Cookley
Schools in Wyre Forest
- The Bewdley School and Sixth Form Centre
- The Chantry High School, Martley
- Wolverley C E Secondary School
- The Stourport High School & VIth Form Centre
- King Charles I. Secondary School
- Baxter College
References
- ^ Results of council election May 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
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