Borough of Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury Borough
Tewkesbury Borough
Non-metropolitan district and borough
	Tewkesbury Abbey in the town of Tewkesbury which the district is named after and governed from
	Tewkesbury shown within Gloucestershire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South West England
Non-metropolitan county	Gloucestershire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Tewkesbury
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Tewkesbury Borough Council
• MPs	Mark Harper; Laurence Robertson
Area
• Total	160.0 sq mi (414.4 km2)
• Rank	83rd (of 296)
Population (2022)
• Total	97,000
• Rank	248th (of 296)
• Density	610/sq mi (230/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 95.1% White ; 2% Asian ; 1.8% Mixed ; 0.6% Black ; 0.5% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 51% Christianity ; 40.8% no religion ; 7.7% other ; 0.5% Islam ;
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	23UG (ONS); E07000083 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SO8855933566

The Borough of Tewkesbury is a local government district with borough status in Gloucestershire, England. The borough is named after its largest town, Tewkesbury, which is where the council is based. The district also includes the town of Winchcombe and numerous villages including Bishops Cleeve, Ashchurch, Churchdown, Innsworth and Brockworth as well as other hamlets and surrounding rural areas. Parts of the district lie within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.