West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): Ambition, Pride, Unity, Prosperity | |
 West Northamptonshire shown within Northamptonshire | |
| Coordinates: 52°14′13″N 0°53′42″W / 52.237°N 0.895°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Ceremonial county | Northamptonshire |
| Incorporated | 1 April 2021 |
| Administrative HQ | Northampton |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authority with leader and cabinet |
| • Body | West Northamptonshire Council |
| • House of Commons | 4 MPs
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| Area | |
• Total | 530 sq mi (1,380 km2) |
| • Land | 532 sq mi (1,377 km2) |
| • Water | 1 sq mi (3 km2) |
| • Rank | 16th |
| Population (2022)[3] | |
• Total | 429,013 |
| • Rank | 15th |
| • Density | 810/sq mi (311/km2) |
| Ethnicity (2021) | |
| • Ethnic groups | |
| Religion (2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcode area | |
| Dialling codes |
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| ISO 3166 code | GB-WNH |
| GSS code | E06000062 |
| ITL code | TLF24 |
| GVA | 2021 estimate[5] |
| • Total | £13.2 billion |
| • Per capita | £30,905 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate[5] |
| • Total | £14.7 billion |
| • Per capita | £34,385 |
| Website | westnorthants |
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West Northamptonshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England, and was created in 2021. It contains the county town of Northampton, as well as the towns of Daventry, Brackley and Towcester, and the large villages of Brixworth and Long Buckby; the rest of the area is predominantly agricultural villages though it has many lakes and small woodlands.
The West Coast Main Line and the M1 and M40 motorways pass through the district, and it includes the site of the Roman town of Bannaventa and the grade I listed Althorp House and its estate.
History
[edit]West Northamptonshire was formed on 1 April 2021[6] through the merger of the three non-metropolitan districts of Daventry, Northampton, and South Northamptonshire. The new West Northamptonshire Council therefore absorbed the functions of those districts' councils, plus those of the abolished Northamptonshire County Council. These changes were implemented by creating a new non-metropolitan district and a non-metropolitan county covering the area, both called West Northamptonshire. There is no county council; instead the district council performs county-level functions, making it a unitary authority.[7] West Northamptonshire remains part of the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire for the purposes of lieutenancy and shrievalty.[8]
In March 2018, following financial and cultural mismanagement by the cabinet and officers at Northamptonshire County Council, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid, sent commissioner Max Caller into the council, who recommended the county council and all-district and borough councils in the county be abolished, and replaced by two unitary authorities, one covering the West, and one the North of the county.[9] These proposals were approved in April 2019. It meant that the districts of Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire were merged to form a new unitary authority called West Northamptonshire, whilst the second unitary authority North Northamptonshire consists of the former Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering and Wellingborough districts.[10][11]
Governance
[edit]West Northamptonshire Council provides both county-level and district-level services. The whole area is also covered by civil parishes, which form a second tier of local government.[12]
Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]
The West Northamptonshire population was estimated to be around 406,733 people in 2020, in 2011, off of previous administrative boundaries, the population of the West Northamptonshire area was around 375,101 people, with it being 345,589 people in 2001.[13]
Gender
[edit]In 2020, there was around an estimated 202,004 men and 204,729 women.[13]
Ethnicity
[edit]| Ethnic Group | 1991[14] | 2001[15] | 2011[16] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| White: Total | 301,940 | 96.1% | 326,513 | 94.5% | 336,933 | 89.8% |
| White: British | – | – | 315,127 | 91.2% | 314,924 | 84% |
| White: Irish | – | – | 4,996 | 4,011 | ||
| White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller | – | – | – | – | 214 | |
| White: Other | – | – | 6,390 | 17,784 | ||
| Asian or Asian British: Total | 6,268 | 2% | 7,224 | 2.1% | 16,063 | 4.3% |
| Asian or Asian British: Indian | 2,918 | 3,915 | 6,471 | |||
| Asian or Asian British: Pakistani | 563 | 915 | 1,789 | |||
| Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi | 1,215 | 1,818 | 3,474 | |||
| Asian or Asian British: Chinese | 847 | 1,495 | 2,005 | |||
| Asian or Asian British: Other Asian | 725 | 576 | 2,324 | |||
| Black or Black British: Total | 4,746 | 1.5% | 5,078 | 1.5% | 11,598 | 3.1% |
| Black or Black British: Caribbean | 2,877 | 3,077 | 6,837 | |||
| Black or Black British: African | 513 | 1,465 | 3,298 | |||
| Black or Black British: Other Black | 1,356 | 536 | 1,463 | |||
| Mixed or British Mixed: Total | – | – | 4,412 | 1.3% | 8,823 | 2.4% |
| Mixed: White and Black Caribbean | – | – | 2,009 | 3,819 | ||
| Mixed: White and Black African | – | – | 353 | 1,241 | ||
| Mixed: White and Asian | – | – | 1,130 | 1,947 | ||
| Mixed: Other Mixed | – | – | 920 | 1,816 | ||
| Other: Total | 1,283 | 0.4% | 867 | 0.3% | 1,684 | 0.4% |
| Other: Arab | – | – | – | – | 579 | |
| Other: Any other ethnic group | 1,283 | 0.4% | 867 | 1,105 | ||
| Total | 314,237 | 100% | 345,589 | 100% | 375,101 | 100% |
Age structure
[edit]| 0-9 years | 10-19 years | 20-29 years | 30-39 years | 40-49 years | 50-59 years | 60-69 years | 70-79 years | 80+ years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52,453 | 48,857 | 45,494 | 52,919 | 54,387 | 57,322 | 43,181 | 34,676 | 17,865 |
Media
[edit]In terms of television, West Northamptonshire is served by BBC East and ITV Anglia with television signals received from the Sandy Heath transmitter. [17] However, some southwestern parts of the area such as Brackley is served by BBC South and ITV Meridian broadcasting from the Oxford TV transmitter. [18]
Radio stations for the area are:
- BBC Local Radio
- BBC Radio Northampton on 104.2 FM
- BBC Radio Oxford (covering Brackley) on 95.2 FM
- Independent Local Radio
- Heart East on 96.6 FM
- Smooth East Midlands (formerly Connect FM) on 97.2 FM
- Community radio
- NLive Radio on 106.9 FM
- Inspiration FM on 107.8 FM
The area is served by these local newspapers: Northampton Chronicle & Echo, Daventry Express and Banbury Guardian which covers Brackley.
Settlements and parishes
[edit]For a county-wide list for Northamptonshire see List of places in Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire is entirely covered by civil parishes, of which there are 166.[19]
- Abthorpe, Adstone, Althorp, Arthingworth, Ashby St Ledgers, Ashton, Aston le Walls, Astrop, Aynho
- Badby, Barby, Blakesley, Blisworth, Boddington, Boughton, Brackley, Bradden, Brafield-on-the-Green, Braunston, Brington, Brixworth, Brockhall, Bugbrooke, Byfield
- Caldecote, Canons Ashby, Castle Ashby, Chacombe, Chapel Brampton, Charlton, Charwelton, Chipping Warden, Church Brampton, Church Stowe, Clay Coton Clipston, Cogenhoe, Cold Ashby, Cold Higham, Cosgrove, Coton, Cottesbrooke, Courteenhall, Creaton, Crick, Croughton, Culworth
- Daventry, Deanshanger, Denton, Dodford, Draughton
- East Farndon, East Haddon, Easton Neston, Edgcote, Elkington, Evenley, Everdon, Eydon
- Farthinghoe, Farthingstone, Flore, Fawsley
- Gayton, Grafton Regis, Grange Park, Great Brington, Great Oxendon, Greatworth, Greens Norton, Grimscote, Guilsborough
- Hackleton, Hanging Houghton, Hannington, Harlestone, Harpole, Hartwell, Haselbech, Hellidon, Helmdon, Hinton-in-the-Hedges, Holcot, Holdenby, Hollowell
- Kelmarsh, Kilsby, King's Sutton, Kislingbury
- Lamport, Lilbourne, Litchborough, Little Brington, Little Houghton, Long Buckby, Lower Catesby
- Maidford, Maidwell, Marston St. Lawrence, Marston Trussell, Middleton Cheney, Milton Malsor, Moreton Pinkney, Moulton
- Naseby, Nether Heyford, Newbottle, Newnham, Northampton, Norton
- Old, Old Stratford, Overthorpe, Overstone
- Passenham, Pattishall, Paulerspury, Pitsford, Potterspury, Preston Capes
- Quinton
- Radstone, Ravensthorpe, Roade, Rothersthorpe
- Scaldwell, Shutlanger, Sibbertoft, Silverstone, Slapton, Spratton, Stanford-on-Avon, Staverton, Stoke Bruerne, Sulby, Sulgrave, Syresham
- Teeton, Thenford, Thornby, Thorpe Mandeville, Tiffield, Towcester
- Upper Catesby, Upper Heyford, Upper Stowe
- Wappenham, Walgrave, Warkworth, Watford, Weedon Bec, Weedon Lois, Welford, Welton, West Haddon, Weston, Whilton, Whiston, Whitfield, Whittlebury, Wicken, Winwick, Woodend, Woodford Halse
- Yardley Gobion, Yardley Hastings, Yelvertoft
Locations
[edit]The district includes the site of the Roman fortified town of Bannaventa,[20] and the grade I listed stately home Althorp House and its estate.[21]
See also
[edit]- 2019–2023 structural changes to local government in England
- 2021 West Northamptonshire Council election
- North Northamptonshire, another district created in Northamptonshire in April 2021.
- West Northamptonshire Development Corporation
References
[edit]- ^ "Councillors and democracy". West Northamptonshire Council. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ a b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – West Northamptonshire Local Authority (E06000062)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ a b Fenton, Trevor (25 April 2023). "Regional gross domestic product: local authorities". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Northampton's parks and historic buildings may be managed by another council after unitary changes". Northampton Chronicle. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2020/156, retrieved 14 July 2024
- ^ "Lieutenancies Act 1997". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. 1997 c. 23. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Northamptonshire County Council: statement". 27 March 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Northamptonshire: Unitary authorities plan approved". BBC News. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "AT LAST! Northamptonshire's new unitary councils are made law by parliament". Northampton Chronicle. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "West Northamptonshire (Unitary District, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ 1991 census data taken from NOMIS which was extracted using the 'local authorities: district / unitary (prior to April 2015)' geography type.
- ^ "Office of National Statistics; 2001 Census Key Statistics". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "2011 Census: Ethnic Group, local authorities in England and Wales". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Full Freeview on the Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) transmitter". UK Free TV. 1 May 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Full Freeview on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter". UK Free TV. 1 May 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "West Northamptonshire - with parishes". City Population. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Site of Bannaventa (1003879)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ Historic England. "Althorp House (1356626)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
