North Somerset
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North Somerset District | |
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Geography | |
Status: | Unitary, District |
Region: | South West England |
Ceremonial County: | Somerset |
Area: - Total | Ranked 125th 374.68 km² |
Admin. HQ: | Weston-super-Mare |
ONS code: | 00HC |
Demographics | |
Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 70th 191,439 511 / km² |
Ethnicity: | 98.6% White |
Politics | |
North Somerset Council http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk | |
Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
Executive: | Conservative + Liberal Democrats |
MPs: | Liam Fox, John Penrose |
North Somerset is a unitary authority in England, historically part of the county of Somerset but now administered independently. Between 1974 and April 1, 1996, it was the Woodspring district of the county of Avon (named after Woodspring Priory, an isolated mediaeval church near the coast just north of Weston-Super-Mare).
It borders the administrative counties of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset and Somerset, and contains the parliamentary constituencies of Woodspring and Weston-Super-Mare.
Towns and villages
- Abbots Leigh,
- Backwell, Banwell, Barrow Gurney, Blagdon, Bleadon, Bourton, Brockley, Burrington, Butcombe,
- Chelvey, Christon, Churchill, North Somerset, Clapton-in-Gordano, Claverham, Clevedon, Cleeve, Congresbury
- Downside, Dundry
- East End, East Rolstone, Easton-in-Gordano
- Failand, Farleigh, Felton, Flax Bourton
- Ham Green, Hewish, Hutton
- Icelton
- Kenn, Kewstoke, Kingston Seymour
- Leigh Woods, Locking, Long Ashton, Lower Langford, Lower Failand, Loxton, Lulsgate Bottom
- Nailsea
- Portishead
- Weston-super-Mare
- Milton
- North End
- Pill, Portbury, Puxton
- Redcliff Bay, Redhill, Regil, Rickford
- Sandford, Sheepway, Sidcot, St George's, St Mary's Grove
- Tickenham
- Uphill, Upper Town
- Walton-in-Gordano, West Wick, West Hill, West End, West Town, Weston-in-Gordano, Wick St Lawrence, Winford, Winscombe, Worle, Wraxall, Wrington
- Yatton
Districts of England - South West England | |
Bath and North East Somerset | Bournemouth | Bristol | Caradon | Carrick | Cheltenham | Christchurch | Cotswold | East Devon | East Dorset | Exeter | Forest of Dean | Gloucester | Isles of Scilly | Kennet | Kerrier | Mendip | Mid Devon | North Cornwall | North Devon | North Dorset | North Somerset | North Wiltshire | Penwith | Plymouth | Poole | Purbeck | Restormel | Salisbury | Sedgemoor | South Gloucestershire | South Hams | South Somerset | Stroud | Swindon | Taunton Deane | Teignbridge | Tewkesbury | Torbay | Torridge | West Devon | West Dorset | West Somerset | West Wiltshire | Weymouth and Portland | |
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cornwall - Devon - Dorset - Gloucestershire - Somerset - Wiltshire |