Wear Valley

For other uses, see Wear Valley (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 54°42′58″N 1°55′30″W / 54.716°N 1.925°W / 54.716; -1.925

Wear Valley District

Shown within Durham County Council area.
History
 • Origin Bishop Auckland Urban District
Crook and Willington Urban District
Tow Law Urban District
Weardale Rural District
 • Created 1974
 • Abolished 2009
 • Succeeded by County Durham
Status District
ONS code 20UJ
Government

Wear Valley District Council

 • HQ Crook

Wear Valley was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district in County Durham, England. Its council and district capital was Crook.

The district covered much of the Weardale area. In the west it was parished and rural, whereas in the east it was more urban. Crook and Willington are unparished.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the Bishop Auckland, Crook and Willington and Tow Law urban districts, along with Weardale Rural District.

The district was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, becoming part of the Durham County Council unitary authority.

After agreeing a new waste collection policy involving fortnightly collections under a Labour majority in 2007, the local elections in 2008 turned the council to Liberal Democrat control, who promptly reversed the policy - resulting in 15,000 of the £560,000 order for new tweenie waste bins sitting in a local farmers field at a cost of £1,000 per week.[1]

Wear Valley had a population of around 65,000 in 2001.

Electoral divisions

Largest Places

1. Bishop Auckland 24,000 2. Crook 13,000 3. Willington 5,000

References

  1. ↑ "Taxpayers pay £1,000 a week to store 15,000 wheelie bins in a field - while council chiefs decide what to do with them". Daily Mail. 2008-05-26. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
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