Shrewsbury and Atcham

52°37′41″N 2°45′32″W / 52.628°N 2.759°W / 52.628; -2.759

Borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham
Shown within Shropshire non-metropolitan county
History
• Origin	Borough of Shrewsbury Atcham Rural District
• Created	1 April 1974
• Abolished	31 March 2009
• Succeeded by	Shropshire
Status	District, Borough
ONS code	39UE
Government	Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council
• HQ	Shrewsbury
• Motto	Floreat Salopia

Shrewsbury and Atcham was a local government district with borough status in Shropshire, England, between 1974 and 2009.

Shrewsbury was the only town in the borough; Atcham, although itself only a village, was included in the name as a reflection of the incorporation into the borough of the former Atcham Rural District. Other notable villages included Alberbury, Bayston Hill, Bomere Heath, Condover, Cressage, Cross Houses, Dorrington, Ford, Hanwood, Minsterley, Montford Bridge, Nesscliffe, Pontesbury, Uffington and Westbury.

The Borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham covered 602 square kilometres (232 sq mi), which was 19% of the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire. To the north of the borough was the North Shropshire district and the Borough of Oswestry and to the south were the South Shropshire and Bridgnorth districts. The borough lay in the middle of Shropshire and on the border with Wales. A 2006 estimate put the population of the borough at 95,900 (this accounted for approx 40% of the total population for the non-metropolitan county).

The district and its council was abolished on 1 April 2009 when the new Shropshire unitary authority was established, as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England.