Sovereign state United Kingdom Region West Midlands Admin HQ Bromsgrove | Constituent country England Non-metropolitan county Worcestershire Area 217 km² | |
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Status Non-metropolitan district Points of interest Avoncroft Museum of Historic B, Waseley Hills Country P, The Transport Museum, Lickey Hills Country Park, Clent Hills Destinations Redditch, Bromsgrove, Halesowen, Hagley, Alvechurch | ||
Bromsgrove is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is based in the town of Bromsgrove.
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Map of Bromsgrove District, UK
It borders the built up area of Birmingham to the north. Other places in the district include Alvechurch, Aston Fields, Belbroughton, Catshill, Clent, Hagley, Rubery, Stoke Prior and Wythall.
The current district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Bromsgrove urban district and Bromsgrove Rural District.
Since 2011, Bromsgrove has formed part of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership along with neighbouring authorities Birmingham, Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Redditch, Solihull, Tamworth and Wyre Forest.
Population
The following table illustrates the change in the district's population between 1801 and 2011.
Transport
Bromsgrove railway station is the local station for the centre of the district, but there are several others within the district. Road travel, especially to Birmingham, is also important in the district.
Barnt Green railway station and Alvechurch railway station are on the line to Redditch.
Hagley railway station and Wythall railway station are also on lines leading into Birmingham, which pass through the edges of the district.