Shropshire (district)

Shropshire
Shropshire
Unitary authority area
	Clockwise from top: Shrewsbury; Ludlow from the castle; the Shropshire Hills; Market Drayton; and Oswestry
	Coat of arms
	Shown within the ceremonial county of Shropshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	West Midlands
County	Shropshire
Unitary Authority	1 April 2009
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district
• Local Authority	Shropshire Council
• MPs	Julia Buckley (L); Stuart Anderson (C); Helen Morgan (LD); Mark Pritchard (C);
Area
• Land	1.234 sq mi (3.197 km2)
Population (2024)
• Total	332,455 (Ranked 34th)
• Density	269.3/sq mi (103.99/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 96.7% White ; 1.3% Asian ; 1.2% Mixed ; 0.4% other ; 0.3% Black ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 55.5% Christianity ; 37% no religion ; 0.5% Islam ; 0.2% Hinduism ; 0.1% Judaism ; 0.2% Sikhism ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.5% other ; 5.9% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
Postcode	SY1-SY13, SY15, SY21, SY99, TF9, TF11-TF13, WV15-WV16, LL14, WR15
Post town	Shrewsbury and others
Dialling code	01743 and others
ISO 3166 code	GB-SHR
ONS code	17UD (ONS); E06000051 (GSS)
Website	shropshire.gov.uk

Shropshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Shropshire,^[2] in the West Midlands region of England. It was created on 1 April 2009 from the former districts of Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham and South Shropshire.^[3] The district is governed by Shropshire Council. It contains 188 civil parishes.^[4]

Geography

Neighbouring council areas
Local authority	In relation to the district
Cheshire East	North
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme	North east
Borough of Stafford	North east
Telford and Wrekin	North east
South Staffordshire	East
Wyre Forest District	South east
Malvern Hills District	South
Herefordshire	South
Powys	West and south west
Wrexham County Borough	North west
Cheshire West and Chester	North west (short border at Grindley Brook)

The council was under Conservative control from its creation in 2009 until 2025, when control passed to the Liberal Democrats.