Wychavon is a local government district in

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, with a population size of 132,500 according to the 2021 census. Its council is based in the town of Pershore, and the other towns in the district are

Droitwich Spa Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich ) is an historic spa town in the Wychavon district in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe. It is located approximately south-west of Birmingham and north-east of Worcester. T ...

and

Evesham Evesham () is a market town and parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon. It lies within the Vale of Eves ...

. The district extends from the southeast corner of Worcestershire north and west. It borders all the other districts of Worcestershire, as well as the counties of

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and

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. The district was created under the

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, on 1 April 1974. It was a merger of the boroughs of Droitwich and Evesham along with Evesham

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and most of Droitwich Rural District and most of Pershore Rural District. The district's name, which was invented in 1973, contains two elements. "Wych" recalls the

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Kingdom of Hwicca, and "Avon" is for the River Avon. Wychavon District Council was a joint 'Council of the Year 2007', along with

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. It was also featured as the 'Best Council to work for by the ''

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''. It increasingly shares management and staff with neighbouring

Malvern Hills District Malvern Hills is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is based in the town of Malvern, and its area covers most of the western half of the county, including the outlying towns of Tenbury Wells and Upton-upon-Sev ...

Council.

Governance

Wychavon District Council is elected every four years, with currently 45

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s being elected at each election. Since gaining a majority on the council in 1987 the Conservatives have had control apart from a period between 1995 and the 1999 election when no party had a majority. As of the 2019 election the council was composed of the following councillors:

Wards

The Wychavon district spreads across the 3 Parliamentary constituencies of Mid Worcestershire, West Worcestershire and Redditch County and comprises 31 wards (represented by 45 councillors) containing 73

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es.

Civil parishes

The Wychavon district includes the following civil parishes: * Abberton Parish Meeting *

Abbots Morton Abbots Morton is a village and civil parish in the England, English county of Worcestershire. It consists of approximately 70 dwellings and 250 people. It retains 4 mixed working farms within the village boundaries. The village was the country re ...

Parish Council * Ashton under Hill Parish Council *

Badsey Badsey is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It has two parks and a small first school located in the centre of the village. Location The village of Badsey is located about two miles east of Evesham, ...

and Aldington Parish Council * Beckford Parish Council * Bickmarsh Parish Meeting *

Birlingham Birlingham is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire. The village is south of Pershore, located in a bend of the River Avon. Toponymy The name Birlingham is derived from the Old English ''Byrla–inga–hamm'', me ...

Parish Council * Bishampton and Throckmorton Parish Council *

Bredicot Bredicot is a small village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, about east of Worcester. It was formerly (as described in 1868) in the hundred of Oswaldslow. In the 11th century the name was ''Bradingecotan'' or ''Bradigcotan''.

Parish Meeting *

Bredon Bredon is a village and civil parish in Wychavon district at the southern edge of Worcestershire in England. It lies on the banks of the River Avon on the lower slopes of Bredon Hill. Location and geography Bredon is located 3 miles (5 km ...

, Bredon's Norton and Westmancote Parish Council *

Bretforton Bretforton is a rural village in Worcestershire, England, east of Evesham, in the Vale of Evesham. It is the largest farming village near Evesham. At the 2001 census, Bretforton had a population of 1,023 in 428 households. The area of the paris ...

Parish Council * Broadway Parish Council * Broughton Hackett Parish Meeting * Charlton Parish Council *

Childswickham Childswickham is a village in Worcestershire, England, situated within the flat open landscape of the Vale of Evesham, between the Bredon and Cotswold Hills, two miles from Broadway. It is an area predominantly of market gardening, arable and pa ...

Parish Council *

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Parish Meeting * Cleeve Prior Parish Council * Cookhill Parish Council * Cropthorne Parish Council * Crowle Parish Council * Defford and Besford Parish Council * Dodderhill Parish Council *

Drakes Broughton Drakes Broughton is a village in Worcestershire, England. The village is located on the B4084 road (previously the A44) 2 miles north-west of Pershore and 7 miles south-east of Worcester. The village has two pubs; the Old Oak and the Plough and ...

and

Wadborough Wadborough is a small village 2 miles outside Pershore and 7 miles from Worcester. The village is in Worcestershire, England. The village is an old farming community, with its nearest church a mile away in Pirton. In the 2001 census the parish o ...

with Pirton Parish Council * Droitwich Spa Town Council * Eckington Parish Council * Elmbridge Parish Council * Elmley Castle, Bricklehampton and Netherton Parish Council * Elmley Lovett Parish Council *

Town Council * Fladbury Parish Council *

Flyford Flavell Flyford Flavell is a village in Worcestershire , it has a traditional pub in the centre of the village adjacent to the village green and a first school (rated Good by Ofsted in November 2016). A garage and another pub lie on the periphery of the ...

, Grafton Flyford and North Piddle Parish Council * Great Comberton Parish Council *

Hadzor Hadzor is a small village near Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. There are around fourteen houses and a Roman Catholic church in the village, although there is no shop or school and the Church of England church was closed in the 1970s. Hadzor ...

Himbleton Himbleton is a village in Worcestershire, England. It lies about south-east of Droitwich and north-east of Worcester. There is an Anglican church, dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene. Located on Neight Hill in the village is a first school, Himb ...

Huddington Huddington is a village in Worcestershire, England. Location Huddington is located east of Worcester and south east of Droitwich Spa. History & Amenities Huddington is associated with Huddington Court and the Worcestershire element in the ...

and

Oddingley Oddingley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Worcestershire, approximately north-east of the county town of Worcester. History Toponymy Oddingley was recorded in 816 as ''Oddingalea''. It was listed in the Domesday Book of ...

(Saleway) Parish Council * Hampton Lovett and Westwood Parish Council * Hanbury Parish Council * Hartlebury Parish Council *

Harvington Harvington is a village near Evesham in Worcestershire, England. Bounded by the River Avon to the south and the Lench Hills to the north, three miles northeast of Evesham and now on the Worcestershire/Warwickshire border. The village today is ...

Parish Council *

Hill and Moor Hill and Moor is a civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It includes the village Lower Moor and the hamlets of Upper Moor, Hill, Worcestershire, Hill and Hill Furze. External linksThe Parish of Hill and Moor
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Parish Council * Hindlip, Martin Hussingtree and Salwarpe Parish Council *

Hinton-on-the-Green Hinton on the Green is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire in England. It is situated at the foot of Bredon Hill, about two miles south of Evesham. Description At a little over three square miles, the land is ...

and Aston Somerville Parish Council *

Honeybourne Honeybourne is a village and civil parish about east of Evesham in Worcestershire, England. Much of the parish is farmland. RAF Honeybourne just south of the village was operational from 1940 until 1947. History Honeybourne was two villag ...

Parish Council * Inkberrow Parish Council *

Kemerton Kemerton is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire in England. It lies at the extreme south of the county in the local government district of Wychavon. Until boundary changes in 1931, it formed part of neighbouring Gloucestershire, and ...

Parish Council * Kington and Dormston Parish Council * Little Comberton Parish Council *

Naunton Beauchamp Naunton Beauchamp (pronounced 'Bo-schomp') is a village and is also a civil parish within Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England. It is in the centre of the county, about four and a half miles from Pershore and nine miles from Worcester ...

Parish Council *

North and Middle Littleton North and Middle Littleton is a civil parish located in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. The parish comprises the villages of North Littleton and Middle Littleton, and is located near the larger settlement of South Littleton. ...

Parish Council * North Claines Parish Council * Norton and

Lenchwick Norton and Lenchwick is a civil parish in the Wychavon district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. The parish population in 2021 was 1,056. The parish contains the village of Norton Norton may refer to: Places Norton, meaning 'nort ...

Parish Council *

Norton juxta Kempsey Norton-juxta-Kempsey is a civil parish to the south of Worcester in the United Kingdom. It contains the villages of Norton and Littleworth. The parish has a population of approximately 2,500. As the parish name suggest, it adjoins Kempsey to th ...

Parish Council *

Offenham Offenham is a large rural village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England, located about three miles east of Evesham, in the Vale of Evesham. The River Avon flows through Offenham. The civil parish extends beyond the ...

Parish Council * Ombersley and

Doverdale Doverdale is a small village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, to the west of Droitwich. It has a parish church. Doverdale Manor is one of largest properties in the village and is grade II listed. Since 1973 there has been a combin ...

Parish Council * Overbury and

Conderton Conderton is a small hamlet in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. Toponymy The name Conderton is derived from the Old English ''Cantware-tūn'', meaning "Farmstead of the Kent dwellers or Kentishmen". It has been recorded as ''Cant ...

Parish Council *

Pebworth Pebworth is a village and civil parish in the county of Worcestershire, lying about 5 miles north-north-west of the town of Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire. Until 1931, the parish – which includes the hamlet of Broad Marston – was its ...

Parish Council *

Peopleton Peopleton is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 640, with 245 households. Location Peopleton is located about south east of Worcester and north of Pershore. Th ...

Parish Council * Pershore Town Council * Pinvin Parish Council * Rous Lench Parish Council *

Sedgeberrow Sedgeberrow is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England, about south of Evesham. It stands beside the River Isbourne, a tributary of the River Avon. History The Toponymy has evolved through forms incl ...

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South Littleton South Littleton is a village and civil parish located in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. South Littleton is located midway between Evesham and Bidford on Avon. South Littleton is the largest of The Littletons, with North an ...

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Spetchley Spetchley Hall Spetchley is a hamlet and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, that lies in the district of Wychavon, half a mile from Worcester, along the A44 road. Spetchley contains Spetchley Park, a country mansion with extensive garde ...

Parish Meeting * South Lenches Parish Council *

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Parish Council *

Stoulton Stoulton or Stoughton is a village and civil parish about 5 miles south west of Worcester, in the Wychavon district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Hawbridge. In 2011 the parish had a population of ...

Parish Council *

Strensham Strensham is a village in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire. In the 2001 census, the civil parish of Strensham had a population of 314 across 127 households. Since 1991, the population has risen 28.7% from 244 residents. History The Ch ...

Parish Council * Tibberton Parish Council *

Upton Snodsbury Upton Snodsbury is a village in Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, located five miles east of Worcester just off the A422 road. It is surrounded by low hills and farmland. History The church is dedicated to Saint Kenelm and includes sta ...

Parish Council * Upton Warren Parish Council * White Ladies Aston Parish Meeting * Whittington Parish Council * Wick Parish Council *

Wickhamford Wickhamford is a village and a civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It is situated on the A44 road approximately halfway between the towns of Evesham and Broadway. It is mentioned in 1086 in the Domesday Book under the name of ''Wiquene'' ...

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Wyre Piddle Wyre Piddle is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It is on the River Avon, near where that river is joined by the Piddle Brook - between Evesham and Pershore. History Two archaeological excava ...

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References

{{West_Midlands Non-metropolitan districts of Worcestershire