Warwick (district)

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Warwick District
Warwick
Shown within Warwickshire

Warwickshire within England
Geography
Status: Shire district
Region: West Midlands
Admin. County: Warwickshire
Area:
- Total
Ranked 161st
282.88 km²
Admin. HQ: Royal Leamington Spa
ONS code: 44UF
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2006 est.)
- Density
Ranked 137th
132,900
470 / km²
Ethnicity: 92.9% White
4.7% S.Asian
Politics
Warwick District Council
http://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive: Conservative
MPs: James Plaskitt, Jeremy Wright

Warwick is a local government district of central Warwickshire in England. The current leader of the district council is Conservative Party member Michael Coker.

The district comprises the towns of Warwick itself, Leamington Spa, Kenilworth and Whitnash, and also includes the surrounding rural areas. The district is bordered to the south and west by Stratford district to the north-east by Rugby borough and to the north by Coventry City Council.

Despite being named after Warwick, the district council headquarters are actually based in Leamington Spa. It employs over 500 people in a four storey building near to the River Leam. Warwick hosts the county council headquarters. The district council deal with issues such as waste management, council tax, planning/building regulations, council housing and council house repairs. The county council looks after such matters as education, social services, culture and highways.

The district was created on 1 April 1974, by a merger of the former Leamington Spa and Warwick municipal boroughs, the Kenilworth urban district and the Warwick Rural District. The council claims to have the 33rd cheapest council tax out of the 238 shire districts in the country[1]. The district is trialing a scheme which will allow all residents, for a fee, to connect to wireless broadband internet anywhere in the district, indoors or out[2]. This is the first such scheme in Europe. It has been announced that on 6th August 2007 on-street parking will be charged for in certain parts of central Leamington, Warwick and Kenilworth for the first time.

The Warwick district includes the settlements and Parishes of:

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