Chelmsford (borough)
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| Borough of Chelmsford | |
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 Shown within Essex |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | East of England |
| Admin. County: | Essex |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 141st 342.24 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Chelmsford |
| ONS code: | 22UF |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 96th 161,100 471 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 96.7% White 1.1% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
 Chelmsford Borough Council http://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Simon Burns, Mark Francois, John Whittingdale |
 Former borough arms |
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Chelmsford is a local government district and borough in Essex, England. It is named after its main settlement, Chelmsford, which is also the county town of Essex.
The current district was formed on April 1, 1974 from the borough of Chelmsford, and most of the Chelmsford Rural District.
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[edit] Chelmsford borough council
The mayor of the borough is Cllr Margaret Hutchon and she is the first citizen of the borough and an ambassador for Chelmsford.[1] A cabinet of ten councillors, from the 57 that constitute the council, are led by Cllr Roy Whitehead.[2] Local elections are held every four years in the borough.
[edit] Parish and town councils[3]
The borough contains 26 parishes, 25 parish councils and one town council. They are:
[edit] Town council
- South Woodham Ferrers
[edit] Parish councils
- Boreham
- Broomfield
- Chignall
- Danbury
- East Hanningfield
- Galleywood
- Good Easter
- Great Baddow
- Great and Little Leighs
- Great Waltham
- Highwood
- Little Baddow
- Little Waltham
- Margaretting
- Pleshey
- Rettendon
- Roxwell
- Runwell
- Sandon
- South Hanningfield
- Springfield
- Stock
- West Hanningfield
- Woodham Ferrers and Bicknacre
- Writtle
[edit] Parish without a council
- Mashbury
[edit] Boundaries
To the north-west it borders the district of Uttlesford and to the north-east the boundary is with the district of Braintree. It shares its eastern boarder with Maldon. To the south-east its boarders the district of Rochford, to the south the district of Basildon and to the south-west it the borough of Brentwood. To the west the borough has a boundary with the district of Epping Forest.
[edit] Geography
The borough has two towns, the principle settlement Chelmsford in the centre and South Woodham Ferrers to the south east. The north west of the borough is predominantly rural. Villages are found trhoughout the borough.
The River Chelmer flows into the borough near North End and flows to Chelmsford where the River Can converges with it at the town centre, the River Chelmer then flows out of the borough between Boreham and Little Baddow. The River Can's source isin the north west of the borough. The River Wid flows from the South of the borough towards the centre past Writtle to join the River Can between Writtle and Chelmsford. The River Crouch flows along the part of the south-eastern boarder below South Woodham Ferrers. Hanningfield Reservoir, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, is located in the south of the borough.
[edit] Transport
The rail links, both national and international, which run through the borough, are all operated by 'one'. Two national rail services operate. The Great Eastern Main Line runs through the centre, stoping at Chelmsford railway station. Services via Chelmsford operate between London Liverpool Street and Ipswich, Clacton, Harwich, Braintree or Norwich. The Crouch Valley Line also runs through the far south-east tip of the borough, stopping at South Woodham Ferrers were services run from Wickford to Southminster from Woodham Ferrers railway station.
The Amsterdam Express, a rail/sea/rail international service also stops in the borough at Chelmsford, connecting the town to the Netherlands.
There are several primary routes within the borough. One of these, the A12, is also a trunk road and runs from London and the M25, centrally in a north-easterly direction through the borough bypassing the town of Chelmsford onwards to Suffolk and Norfolk. Two other significant primary routes are the A130 which runs north-south accross Essex and the A414, which begins as a primary route in Chelmsford but its terminus us Maldon in Essex. The A414 then runs west through Essex, meets the M11 and then its path continues into Hertfordshire via Harlow. Various other A- and B-Roads connect the borough, especially its main town, Chelmsford, to the rest of the county and beyond.
[edit] References
- ^ The Mayor of Chelmsford (HTML). www.chelmsford.gov.uk (October 2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-28.
- ^ About The Council (HTML). www.chelmsford.gov.uk (October 2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-28.
- ^ Parish Councils (HTML). www.chelmsford.gov.uk (October 2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-28.
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Chelmsford borough, Essex in the East of England: |
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Boreham • Broad's Green • Butt's Green • Chalk End • Chapel Row • Chatham Green • Chelmsford • Chignall Smealy • Chignall St James • Cooksmill Green • Danbury • Downham • East Hanningfield • Fanner's Green • Ford End • Galleywood • Galleyend • Good Easter • Great Baddow • Great Leighs • Great Oxney Green • Great Waltham • Highwood • Howe Green • Howe Street • Little Baddow • Little Leighs • Littley Green • Little Waltham • Margaretting • Margaretting Tye • Mashury • Newney Green • North End • Pepper's Green • Pleshey • Ramsden Heath • Rettendon • Rettendon Place • Roxwell • Runwell • Sandon • South Hanningfield • South Woodham Ferrers • Stock • Tye Green • West Hanningfield • Writtle • Woodham Ferrers |
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