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Bromsgrove District

Coordinates: 52°20′06″N 2°03′29″W / 52.335°N 2.058°W / 52.335; -2.058
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52°20′06″N 2°03′29″W / 52.335°N 2.058°W / 52.335; -2.058

Bromsgrove District
Bromsgrove the largest settlement and administrative centre of the district. Parts of the district are contiguous with Birmingham and Redditch.
Bromsgrove the largest settlement and administrative centre of the district. Parts of the district are contiguous with Birmingham and Redditch.
Bromsgrove shown within Worcestershire
Bromsgrove shown within Worcestershire
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionWest Midlands
Non-metropolitan countyWorcestershire
StatusNon-metropolitan district
Admin HQBromsgrove
Incorporated1 April 1974
Government
 • TypeNon-metropolitan district council
 • BodyBromsgrove District Council
 • LeadershipLeader & Cabinet (No overall control)
 • MPsSajid Javid
Area
 • Total83.8 sq mi (217.0 km2)
 • Rank139th (of 296)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total100,076
 • Rank245th (of 296)
 • Density1,200/sq mi (460/km2)
 • Ethnicity
94.7% White
2.6% S.Asian
1.2% Mixed Race
1.0% Black British
Time zoneUTC0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code47UB (ONS)
E07000234 (GSS)
OS grid referenceSO9604870812
Websitewww.bromsgrove.gov.uk
Rubery, a suburb of Birmingham one side but the otherside a village in the district of Bromsgrove too.
Alvechurch, one of the many rural villages in the district

Bromsgrove is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is based in the town of Bromsgrove. It borders the built up area of Birmingham to the north. Other places in the district include Alvechurch, Aston Fields, Belbroughton, Catshill, Clent, Hagley, Rubery, Stoke Prior and Wythall. The current district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Bromsgrove urban district and Bromsgrove rural district. Bromsgrove forms part of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership.

Population

The following table illustrates the change in the district's population between 1801 and 2011.

Year Population[1]
1801 14,486
1811 16,330
1821 18,312
1831 20,720
1841 21,124
1851 22,960
1861 27,321
1871 31,682
1881 36,043
1891 41,992
1901 44,224
1911 46,574
1921 44,176
1931 41,903
1941 50,338
1951 60,470
1961 68,919
1971 78,555
1981 86,982
1991 92,251
2001 87,486
2011 93,600[2]
Barnt Green, one of the many outlying villages in the district

Transport

Bromsgrove railway station is the local station for the district's centre, but there are several others within the district. Road travel, especially to Birmingham, is also important in the district.

Barnt Green railway station and Alvechurch railway station are on the line to Redditch.

Hagley railway station and Wythall railway station are also on lines leading into Birmingham, which pass through the edges of the district.

Hagley, one of the many villages in the district and also forms a small part of the Black Country near both Stourbridge and Halesowen.

Bromsgrove is situated on Route 5 and 46 of the National Cycle Network.[3] This gives cyclists easy access to Droitwich, Redditch, Birmingham and beyond.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Vision of Britain". GIS Project. Retrieved 14 January 2006.
  2. ^ Office for National Statistics, first release of data from 2011 census.
  3. ^ "Sustrans". Sustrans.org.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2019.