Information about the wider economy in the County of North Somerset and Parliamentary Constituancy of Woodspring that Weston-super-Mare is the major Town and administrative centre of.

North Somerset District Council are based at Weston-super-Mare town hall, the administrative HQ for the Local Authority.
North Somerset is a unitary authority in England. Its area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county.

Between 1974 and April 1, 1996, it was the Woodspring district of the county of Avon (named after Woodspring Priory, an isolated mediaeval church near the coast just north of Weston-super-Mare). The district of Woodspring was formed on April 1, 1974 from the municipal borough of Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon and Portishead urban districts, Long Ashton Rural District, and part of Axbridge Rural District.

North Somerset borders the local government areas of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset and the non-metropolitan county of Somerset, and contains the parliamentary constituencies of Woodspring and Weston-super-Mare.

Its administrative headquarters are in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare.

www.gos.gov.uk/gosw/docs/220636/309014/nsomersetstatbrief

Towns and villages

Abbots Leigh,

Backwell, Banwell, Barrow Gurney, Blagdon, Bleadon, Bourton, Brockley, Burrington, Butcombe,

Chelvey, Christon, Churchill, Clapton in Gordano, Claverham, Clevedon, Cleeve, Congresbury

Downside, Dundry

East End, East Rolstone, Easton in Gordano

Failand, Farleigh, Felton, Flax Bourton

Ham Green, Hewish, Hutton

Icelton

Kenn, Kewstoke, Kingston Seymour

Leigh Woods, Locking, Long Ashton, Lower Langford, Lower Failand, Loxton, Lulsgate Bottom

Maiden Head, Milton

Nailsea, North End

Portishead

Pill, Portbury, Puxton

Redcliff Bay, Redhill, Regil, Rickford

Sandford, Sheepway, Sidcot, St George's, St Mary's Grove

Tickenham

Uphill, Upper Town

Walton in Gordano, West Wick, West Hill, West End, West Town, Weston in Gordano, Weston-super-Mare, Wick St Lawrence, Winford, Winscombe, Woolley, Worle, Wraxall, Wrington

Yatton

Status: Unitary district

Region: South West England

Traditional county: Somerset

Ceremonial county: Somerset

Area:- Total Ranked 125th 374.68 km˛

Admin. HQ: Weston-super-Mare

ONS code: 00HC

Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density Ranked 69th 195,100 521 / km˛

Ethnicity: 98.6% White

North Somerset Council www.n-somerset.gov.uk

Leadership: Leader & Cabinet

Executive: Conservative / Liberal Democrats

MPs: Liam Fox, John Penrose