South Warwickshire (district)
South Warwickshire | |
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Future unitary authority area | |
 Shakespeare's birthplace | |
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| Coordinates: 52°17′00″N 1°35′21″W / 52.2834°N 1.5892°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Ceremonial county | Warwickshire |
| Incorporated | 1 April 2028 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authority |
| • Body | South Warwickshire Council |
| Area | |
• Total | 486.8 sq mi (1,260.8 km2) |
| Population (2024 estimate) | |
• Total | 301,147 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
South Warwickshire will be a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Warwickshire, England. It is planned to be formed on 1 April 2028, with elections to the new authority taking place in May 2027.[1] Its largest settlement will be Royal Leamington Spa[2] and it will also include the towns of Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon, Kenilworth, Whitnash, Southam, Alcester, Shipston-on-Stour and Henley-in-Arden, as well as the large villages of Bidford-on-Avon, Studley and Wellesbourne.[3] According to 2024 ONS estimates the area has a population of 301,147.[4][5]
Formation
It will be formed as part of the 2027–28 local government reforms from the existing Warwickshire districts of Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick, with the three northern Warwickshire districts going to form a North Warwickshire unitary.[6]
The proposal for two unitary councils was supported by all the district councils in Warwickshire apart from Rugby Borough Council.[7] The alternative proposal for a single unitary, which was backed by Rugby Borough Council and Warwickshire County Council, was not accepted.[7][8][9]
Governance
The area will be run by South Warwickshire Council, which will comprise 56 councillors.[10]
Parishes
The district will be divided into 145 civil parishes. The parishes are:[11][12]
- Admington, Alcester, Alderminster, Arrow with Weethley, Ashow, Aston Cantlow, Atherstone-on-Stour, Avon Dassett
- Baddesley Clinton, Baginton, Barcheston, Barford, Barton-on-the-Heath, Bearley, Beaudesert, Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall, Bidford-on-Avon, Billesley, Binton, Bishops Itchington, Bishops Tachbrook, Blackdown, Brailes, Bubbenhall, Budbrooke, Burmington, Burton Dassett, Burton Green, Bushwood, Butlers Marston
- Chadshunt, Chapel Ascote, Charlecote, Cherington, Chesterton and Kingston, Claverdon, Clifford Chambers and Milcote, Combrook, Compton Verney, Compton Wynyates, Coughton, Cubbington
- Dorsington
- Eathorpe, Ettington, Exhall
- Farnborough, Fenny Compton, Fulbrook
- Gaydon, Great Alne, Great Wolford
- Halford, Hampton Lucy, Harbury, Haselor, Hatton, Henley-in-Arden, Hodnell and Wills Pastures, Honington, Hunningham
- Idlicote, Ilmington
- Kenilworth, Kineton, Kinwarton
- Ladbroke, Langley, Lapworth, Leek Wootton and Guy's Cliffe, Lighthorne, Lighthorne Heath, Little Compton, Little Wolford, Long Compton, Long Itchington, Long Marston, Loxley, Luddington
- Milcote, Moreton Morrell, Morton Bagot
- Napton-on-the-Hill, Newbold Pacey, Northend, Norton Lindsey
- Offchurch, Old Milverton, Oldberrow, Oversley Green, Oxhill
- Pillerton Hersey, Pillerton Priors, Preston Bagot, Preston-on-Stour, Priors Hardwick, Priors Marston
- Quinton
- Radbourne, Radford Semele, Radway, Ratley and Upton, Rowington, Royal Leamington Spa
- Salford Priors, Sambourne, Sherbourne, Shipston-on-Stour, Shotteswell, Shrewley, Snitterfield, Southam, Spernall, Stockton, Stoneleigh, Stoneton, Stourton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Stretton-on-Fosse, Studley, Sutton-under-Brailes
- Tanworth-in-Arden, Temple Grafton, Tidmington, Tredington, Tysoe
- Ufton, Ullenhall, Upper and Lower Shuckburgh
- Wappenbury, Warmington, Watergall, Warwick, Wasperton, Welford-on-Avon, Wellesbourne, Weston-on-Avon, Weston Under Wetherley, Whatcote, Whichford, Whitchurch, Whitnash, Willington, Wilmcote, Wixford, Wolverton, Wootton Wawen, Wormleighton
References
- ↑ "Why Warwickshire has split into north and south". Stratford Herald. 23 July 2026.
- ↑ "Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Figure 1". Office for National Statistics.
- ↑ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey.
- ↑ "Stratford-on-Avon". City Population. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ "Warwick". City Population. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ "Local government reorganisation: decision letter to Leaders in Warwickshire" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Consultation on Proposals for Local Government Reorganisation in Warwickshire - Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government - Citizen Space". Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Consultation on Proposals for Local Government Reorganisation in Warwickshire". Gov.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ Gilbert, Simon (16 July 2026). "Two-council plan for Warwickshire gets government go-ahead". BBC News.
- ↑ "Government letter to Chief Executives of Warwickshire Councils" (PDF). Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
- ↑ "Stratford-on-Avon District - parishes". City Population. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ↑ "Warwick District - parishes". City Population. Retrieved 22 January 2024.