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==Local Government== |
==Local Government== |
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The Brookside estate, all the roads leading off Brookside Avenue (except Mount Pleasant Drive which is part of the parish of [[Little Dawley]]), Stirchley Park, most of Stirchley Village and Holmer Lake are part of the Brookside ward for both [[Telford and Wrekin Council]] and [[Stirchley and Brookside Parish Council]]. Following a review of local government boundaries, a new single member ward for Holmer Lake for the parish council will be created in 2015. |
The Brookside estate, all the roads leading off Brookside Avenue (except Mount Pleasant Drive which is part of the parish of [[Dawley|Little Dawley]]), Stirchley Park, most of Stirchley Village and Holmer Lake are part of the Brookside ward for both [[Telford and Wrekin Council]] and [[Stirchley and Brookside Parish Council]]. Following a review of local government boundaries, a new single member ward for Holmer Lake for the parish council will be created in 2015. |
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There are currently 8 parish councillors representing Brookside ward and 2 borough councillors, both of whom were also elected as parish councillors in the 2011 local election. |
There are currently 8 parish councillors representing Brookside ward and 2 borough councillors, both of whom were also elected as parish councillors in the 2011 local election. |
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Revision as of 21:25, 30 June 2014
| Brookside | |
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| Population | 6,923 2011 Census |
| OS grid reference | SJ 703056 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BROOKSIDE |
| Postcode district | TF3 |
| Dialling code | 01952 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Brookside is a housing estate and borough and parish council ward in Telford, Shropshire, England. The original settlement of Brookside is a Radburn estate built in the early 1970s as part of the development of Telford New Town and is entirely within the confines of Brookside Avenue, a 1.7 mile ring road. Significant development has taken place around the outside of Brookside Avenue since the estate was built, the majority of which is part of Stirchley Park but falls within the Brookside ward for both Telford and Wrekin Council and Stirchley and Brookside Parish Council.
History
There is little recorded history of Brookside given its relative unimportance compared to neighbouring Stirchley with its ancient manor and historic church. The Brookside area was farm land prior to development of the Brookside estate. In the 1970s a housing estate was built on the farm land which was named Brookside, a reference to it being situated alongside the Mad Brook (more accurately, Made Brook which gives the nearby town of Madeley its name).
Local Government
The Brookside estate, all the roads leading off Brookside Avenue (except Mount Pleasant Drive which is part of the parish of Little Dawley), Stirchley Park, most of Stirchley Village and Holmer Lake are part of the Brookside ward for both Telford and Wrekin Council and Stirchley and Brookside Parish Council. Following a review of local government boundaries, a new single member ward for Holmer Lake for the parish council will be created in 2015.
There are currently 8 parish councillors representing Brookside ward and 2 borough councillors, both of whom were also elected as parish councillors in the 2011 local election.