Local authority · E06000051
Shropshire
In useShropshire is a local authority in England, published in boundary releases since December 2011.
The May 2026 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.
- Code
- E06000051
- Kind
- Local authority
- Area
- 3,187 km²
- Population
- 332,455Mid-2024 estimate
- In use
- 2011 to now
Where it sits
What it contains
198 LSOAs, as of the December 2021 boundaries
199 parishes, as of the May 2026 boundaries
72 wards, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Abbey
- Albrighton
- Bagley
- Battlefield
- Bayston Hill
- Belle Vue
- Bicton Heath
- Bishop's Castle
- Bridgnorth Castle
- Bridgnorth East
- Bridgnorth South & Alveley
- Bridgnorth West & Tasley
- Broseley
- Brown Clee
- Burnell
- Castlefields & Ditherington
- Cheswardine
- Chirbury & Worthen
- Claverley & Worfield
- Clee
- Cleobury Mortimer
- Clun
- Column & Sutton
- Copthorne
- Corvedale
- Craven Arms
- Ellesmere Urban
- Harlescott
- Highley
- Hodnet
- Llanymynech
- Longden
- Loton
- Ludlow East
- Ludlow North
- Ludlow South
- Market Drayton East & Rural
- Market Drayton North
- Market Drayton South
- Meole
- Monkmoor
- Much Wenlock
- Oswestry North
- Oswestry North East
- Oswestry South
- Oswestry South East
- Oteley & Reabrook
- Porthill
- Prees
- Quarry & Coton Hill
- Radbrook
- Rea Valley
- Ruyton & Baschurch
- Selattyn & Gobowen
- Severn Valley
- Shawbury
- Shifnal North
- Shifnal Rural
- Shifnal South
- St Martin's
- St Oswald
- Stottesdon, Kinlet & Hopton Wafers
- Sundorne & Old Heath
- Tern
- The Meres
- The Strettons
- Underdale
- Wem
- Whitchurch North
- Whitchurch South
- Whitchurch West
- Whittington
Neighbours
11 local authorities share a border with Shropshire, longest border first.
- Powys 164.4 km
- Telford and Wrekin 97.2 km
- Herefordshire, County of 57.7 km
- Wrexham 53.7 km
- South Staffordshire 52.8 km
- Cheshire East 40.1 km
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 32.0 km
- Malvern Hills 26.4 km
- Wyre Forest 24.4 km
- Stafford 9.2 km
- Cheshire West and Chester 2.5 km
Data published for it
37 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for Shropshire itself.
- Adult social care activity in England2025
- Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, England2025
- Air Quality2024
- Attainment 8 Gap2025
- Broadband Coverage2025
- Car Availability2021
- Child Poverty2022 to 2025 (4 years)
- Claimant Count2026
- Council Tax levels in England2026
- Crime2026
- Ethnicity2021
- EU Referendum Results2016
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions2005 to 2024 (20 years)
- House price to residence-based earnings ratio2025
- Housing supply: net additional dwellings2025
- Income2025
- Indices of Multiple Deprivation2025
- Jobs2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Land Area2024
- Life Expectancy2024
- Life Expectancy Series2003 to 2024 (22 years)
- Local authority revenue expenditure and financing2026
- Mobile Coverage2025
- NHS Waiting Times2026
- Planning applications in England2026
- Population (Local Authority)2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Public electric vehicle chargers by local authority2026
- Qualifications2021
- Road Collisions by Local Authority2024 and 2025
- School Performance (KS4)2025
- Subnational electricity consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Subnational gas consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Temporary Accommodation2026
- Travel to Work2021
- UK business: activity, size and location2025
- Unemployment2021
- Workplace income2025
Ask the API
Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the May 2026 release.
- The areaDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000051 - Its boundaryDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000051/geometry?tier=medium - Its historyDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000051/history - What it sits withinDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000051/parents - What it containsDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000051/children - Its neighboursDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000051/neighbours - What you can ask about itDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000051?include=capabilities