East_Staffordshire East_Staffordshire

East Staffordshire - Definition and Overview

Borough of East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire
Shown within Staffordshire
Geography
Status:Borough
Region:West Midlands
Admin. County:Staffordshire
Area:
- Total
Ranked 120th
390.00 km²
Admin. HQ:Burton-upon-Trent
ONS code:41UC
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
Ranked 209th
104,318
267 / km²
Ethnicity:93.9% White
4.3% S.Asian
Politics
East Staffordshire Borough Council
http://www.eaststaffsbc.gov.uk/
Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
Executive:Conservative
MPs:Janet Dean, Michael Fabricant

East Staffordshire is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire in England. It has two main towns - towns Burton-upon-Trent famous for its breweries and Uttoxeter for its racecourse.

Villages in the area are Tutbury, Rolleston on Dove, Hanbury, Doveridge.

The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the former county borough of Burton-upon-Trent with Uttoxeter urban district and Tutbury Rural District and Uttoxeter Rural District.



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Birmingham | Bridgnorth | Bromsgrove | Cannock Chase | Coventry | Dudley | East Staffordshire | Herefordshire | Lichfield | Malvern Hills | Newcastle-under-Lyme | North Shropshire | North Warwickshire | Nuneaton and Bedworth | Oswestry | Redditch | Rugby | Sandwell | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Solihull | South Shropshire | South Staffordshire | Stafford | Staffordshire Moorlands | Stoke-on-Trent | Stratford-on-Avon | Tamworth | Telford and Wrekin | Warwick | Walsall | Wolverhampton | Worcester | Wychavon | Wyre Forest

Administrative Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire

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