South Staffordshire

For the water company, see South Staffordshire Water.
South Staffordshire District
Non-metropolitan district

South Staffordshire shown within Staffordshire
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region West Midlands
Non-metropolitan county Staffordshire
Status Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ Codsall
Incorporated 1 April 1974
Government
 • Type Non-metropolitan district council
 • Body South Staffordshire District Council
 • Leadership Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
 • MPs Gavin Williamson
Jeremy Lefroy
Area
 • Total 157.3 sq mi (407.3 km2)
Area rank 101st (of 326)
Population (mid-2014 est.)
 • Total 110,692
 • Rank 211th (of 326)
 • Density 700/sq mi (270/km2)
 • Ethnicity 98.0% White
Time zone GMT (UTC0)
 • Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)
ONS code 41UF (ONS)
E07000196 (GSS)
OS grid reference SJ8701803171
Website www.sstaffs.gov.uk

South Staffordshire is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. The district lies to the north and west of the West Midlands county, bordering Shropshire to the west and Worcestershire to the south. It contains no towns of major size, and many of the settlements within the district are considered dormitory villages for Stafford, Telford, and the West Midlands conurbation.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Cannock Rural District (in the north) and Seisdon Rural District (in the south).

Its council is based in Codsall,[1] one of the larger settlements in the district, along with Brewood, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Kinver, Landywood, Penkridge, Perton and Wombourne. Other villages in the district include Coven, Essington, Featherstone, Gospel End, Huntington, Lower Penn, Pattingham, Seisdon and Trysull.

The district covers a similar geographic area to South Staffordshire parliamentary constituency, although the north of the district is covered by the Stafford constituency. Sir Patrick Cormack of the Conservative Party held the South Staffordshire seat, and its predecessor, Staffordshire South-West, between 1974–2010, when he retired and the seat was won by Gavin Williamson for the Conservative Party.

Countryside

There are many beauty spots within the South Staffordshire district, for example the village of Wombourne has the Wom Brook Walk and the Bratch Locks on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal in the nearby village of Bratch. Other sites include:

Bunkers Tree Wood is also in the area and contains a large Corvid roost.

Local Government

As of March 2011, the political make-up of the local council was as follows:[6]

Party Number of Councillors
Conservative 42
Independent 5
Labour 1
Liberal Democrats 1

References

  1. ↑ "South Staffordshire Council: Directions" (PDF). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "South Staffordshire Railway". Leisure Services. South Staffordshire Council. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Baggeridge County Park". South Staffordshire Council. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bluebell Walk at Smith's Rough". South Stafforshire Council. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  5. ↑ "Kinver Edge and the Rock Houses". National Trust. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.

Coordinates: 52°37′33″N 2°11′30″W / 52.6258°N 2.1918°W / 52.6258; -2.1918

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