Gateshead
Working for our part of Rural England with the Rural Services Network Location: North East Population: 200,996 (Mid-year estimate 2015) Interesting fact: The Gateshead Angel of the North is Britain’s largest sculpture, designed by Antony Gormley for Gateshead Council. It was erected in 1998 and weighs 200 tons, is 20m high […]
Telford & Wrekin
Working for our part of Rural England with the Rural Services Network Location: West Midlands Population: 171,159 (Mid-year estimate 2015) Interesting facts: It has been suggested that the Wrekin may have been the inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth in the acclaimed series of books ‘The Lord of the Rings’, although […]
Swindon
Working for our part of Rural England with the Rural Services Network Location: South West Population: 217,160 (Mid-year estimate 2015) Interesting fact: Swindon Hill, 500 feet above sea level, attracted settlement from earliest times for its strategic position and excellent water supply. It is a great rock of Portland limestone that […]
Wellingborough
Working for our part of Rural England with the Rural Services Network Location: East Midlands Population: 77,184 (Mid-year estimate 2015) Interesting fact: Wellingborough was originally named “Wendelingburgh”, the town was founded in the early 6th century Saxon period by a Saxon leader called Waende and is mentioned in the Domesday Book […]
Sunderland
Working for our part of Rural England with the Rural Services Network Location: North East Population: 277,150 (Mid-year estimate 2015) Interesting fact: In 1814 there were 24 shipyards in Sunderland which increased to more than 60 by 1840. Over 150 wooden ships were build in Sunderland in 1850. There were 2,025 employed shipwrights […]
Solihull
Working for our part of Rural England with the Rural Services Network Location: West Midlands Population: 210,445 (Mid-year estimate 2015) Interesting fact: Solihull is the best place to live in the UK, according to a new Quality of Life Index from uSwitch (Nov 2013) Solihull Solihull is a member of […]
