Stratford-on-Avon District

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Stratford-on-Avon
—  Non-metropolitan district  —
Shown within Warwickshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	West Midlands
Administrative county	Warwickshire
Founded
Admin. HQ	Stratford-upon-Avon
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Leadership:	Leader and cabinet
• MPs:	Nadhim Zahawi (C) Chris White (C)
Area
• Total	377.6 sq mi (977.9 km2)
Area rank	27th
Population (2011 est.)
• Total	120,800
• Rank	Ranked 178th
• Density	Bad rounding here320/sq mi (Bad rounding here120/km2)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode
ISO 3166-2
ONS code	44UE (ONS) E07000221 (GSS)
OS grid reference
NUTS 3
Ethnicity (2011 Census) [1]	97.3% White (93.6% White British) 1.3% Asian 1.0% Mixed 0.2% Black 0.1% Other
Religion (2011 Census) [2]	70.3% Christian 0.3% Buddhist,0.2% Hindu,0.1% Jewish,0.2% Muslim,0.2% Sikh,0.3% Other Religion 21.2% No Religion 7.1% Religion not stated
Website	stratford.gov.uk

Stratford-on-Avon is a local government district of southern Warwickshire in England.

The district is named "Stratford-on-Avon" to distinguish it from its main town of Stratford-upon-Avon where the district council is based, although this name often causes confusion [1].

The district is mostly rural and covers most of the southern half of Warwickshire. As well as Stratford, the district also includes the towns of Alcester, Southam, and Shipston-on-Stour, and the large villages of Studley and Wellesbourne.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, Alcester Rural District, Shipston-on-Stour Rural District, Southam Rural District and a majority of Stratford-upon-Avon Rural District.

[edit] Education

In the state sector, children start school in the school year (1 September to 31 August) in which they turn five. They stay at primary school for seven years until they are eleven. As part of Warwickshire, Stratford-on-Avon still maintains the grammar school system. In the final year of primary school, children are given the opportunity of sitting the eleven plus exam in order to compete for a place at one of the grammar schools.

The grammar schools in the district are King Edward VI, Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls and Alcester Grammar.

The area gets the best GCSE results overall in Warwickshire.

[edit] Politics

Elections to the district council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 53 seats on the council being elected at each election. The Conservative party has controlled the council for most of the time since the first election in 1973, and recently has had a majority since the 2003 election. As a result of the last election in 2010 the Conservatives had 30 councillors, compared to 20 Liberal Democrats and 3 independents.^[3]

[edit] Parishes and settlements

Other than Stratford-upon-Avon the district includes:

• Admington, Alcester, Alderminster, Ardens Grafton, Arlescote, Arrow, Aston Cantlow, Atherstone-on-Stour, Avon Dassett,
• Barcheston and Willington, Barton-on-the-Heath, Bearley, Beaudesert, Bidford-on-Avon, Billesley, Binton, Bishops Itchington, Brailes, Broom, Burmington, Burton Dassett, Butlers Marston
• Chadshunt, Chapel Ascote, Charlecote, Cherington and Stourton, Chesterton and Kingston, Claverdon, Clifford Chambers and Milcote, Combrook, Compton Verney, Compton Wynyates, Coughton
• Dorsington
• Ettington, Exhall
• Farnborough, Fenny Compton, Fulbrook
• Gaydon, Great Alne, Great Wolford
• Halford, Hampton Lucy, Harbury, Haselor, Henley-in-Arden, Hodnell and Wills Pastures, Honington
• Idlicote, Ilmington
• Kineton, Kinwarton
• Ladbroke, Langley, Lighthorne, Lighthorne Heath, Little Compton, Little Wolford, Long Compton, Long Itchington, Long Marston, Lower Shuckburgh, Loxley, Luddington
• Milcote, Moreton Morrell, Morton Bagot
• Napton-on-the-Hill, Newbold Pacey, Northend
• Old Stratford and Drayton, Oldberrow, Oversley Green, Oxhill
• Pillerton Hersey, Pillerton Priors, Preston Bagot, Preston-on-Stour, Priors Hardwick, Priors Marston
• Quinton
• Radbourne, Radway, Ratley and Upton
• Salford Priors, Sambourne, Seckington, Shipston-on-Stour, Shotteswell, Snitterfield, Southam, Spernall, Stockton, Stoneton, Stourton and Cherington, Stratford-upon-Avon, Stretton-on-Fosse, Studley, Sutton-under-Brailes
• Tanworth-in-Arden, Temple Grafton, Tidmington, Tredington, Tysoe
• Ufton, Ullenhall, Upper Shuckburgh, Warmington, Watergall, Weethley, Welford-on-Avon, Wellesbourne, Weston-on-Avon, Whatcote, Whichford, Whitchurch, Wilmcote, Wixford, Wolverton, Wootton Wawen, Wormleighton

[edit] See also

• List of wards in Stratford district by population

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Stratford-on-Avon District Council YouTube channel

v t e Stratford-on-Avon District towns, parishes and settlements Warwickshire County Council elections District Council elections Stratford-on-Avon Constituency Towns Alcester Henley-in-Arden Shipston-on-Stour Southam Stratford-upon-Avon Large Villages Bidford-on-Avon Bishops Itchington Harbury Kineton Studley Wellesbourne Other Civil Parishes (Villages and Hamlets) Admington Alderminster Ardens Grafton Arlescote Arrow Aston Cantlow Atherstone-on-Stour Avon Dassett Barton-on-the-Heath Bearley Beaudesert Billesley Binton Brailes Burmington Burton Dassett Butlers Marston Charlecote Claverdon Clifford Chambers Combrook Compton Verney Compton Wynyates Coughton Ettington Exhall Fenny Compton Gaydon Great Alne Great Wolford Halford Hampton Lucy Honington Ilmington Kinwarton Ladbroke Lighthorne Lighthorne Heath Little Compton Long Itchington Long Marston Lower Shuckburgh Loxley Luddington Morton Bagot Moreton Morrell Napton-on-the-Hill Oldberrow Oxhill Preston Bagot Preston-on-Stour Priors Hardwick Priors Marston Quinton Radbourne Radway Salford Priors Sambourne Snitterfield Spernall Stockton Tanworth-in-Arden Temple Grafton Tredington Ullenhall Upper Shuckburgh Warmington Welford-on-Avon Weston-on-Avon Whichford Whitchurch Wilmcote Wixford Wolverton Wootton Wawen Wormleighton List of Parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire List of places in Warwickshire List of civil parishes in Warwickshire

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Coordinates: 52°11′25″N 1°42′31″W / 52.1902°N 1.7087°W / 52.1902; -1.7087