Castle Morpeth - Definition and Overview

Borough of Castle Morpeth
Shown within Northumberland
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	North East England
Admin. County:	Northumberland
Area: - Total	Ranked 72nd 618.23 km²
Admin. HQ:	Morpeth
ONS code:	35UE
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 341st 49,043 79 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.1% White
Politics
Castle Morpeth Borough Council http://www.castlemorpeth.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Labour + Liberal Democrats
MPs:	Peter Atkinson, Denis Murphy

Castle Morpeth is a local government district and borough in Northumberland, England. Its administrative centre is Morpeth. The 2001 census recorded it having a population of 49,001.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the borough of Morpeth and Morpeth Rural District, along with part of Castle Ward Rural District.

External links

• Statistics (http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/AreaProfileFrames.asp?aid=175722&hid=14&tid=13) about the Castle Morpeth borough from the Office of National Statistics Census 2001