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Borough of Chelmsford
Chelmsford ''Shown within Essex''
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	East of England
Admin. County:	Essex
Area: - Total	Ranked 141st 342.24 km²
Admin. HQ:	Chelmsford
ONS code:	22UF
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	96.7% White 1.1% S.Asian
Politics
Arms of Chelmsford Borough Council Chelmsford Borough Council http://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Simon Burns, Mark Francois, John Whittingdale
Former borough arms

'Chelmsford' is a local government district and borough in Essex, England. It is named after its main settlement, Chelmsford, which is also the county town of Essex.
The current district was formed on April 1, 1974 from the borough of Chelmsford, and most of the Chelmsford Rural District.

Contents

Chelmsford borough council

Town council

Parish councils

Parish without a council

Boundaries

Geography

Transport

References

External link

Chelmsford borough council

The mayor of the borough is Cllr David Lee and he is the first citizen of the borough and an ambassador for Chelmsford.^[1] A cabinet of ten councillors, from the 57 that constitute the council, are led by Cllr Roy Whitehead.^[2] Local elections are held every four years in the borough.
===Parish and town councils^[3]===
The borough contains 26 parishes, 25 parish councils and one town council. They are:

Town council

★ South Woodham Ferrers

Parish councils

★ Boreham

★ Broomfield

★ Chignall

★ Danbury

★ East Hanningfield

★ Galleywood

★ Good Easter

★ Great Baddow

★ Great and Little Leighs

★ Great Waltham

★ Highwood

★ Ingateston

★ Little Baddow

★ Little Waltham

★ Margaretting

★ Pleshey

★ Rettendon

★ Roxwell

★ Runwell

★ Sandon

★ South Hanningfield

★ Springfield

★ Stock

★ West Hanningfield

★ Woodham Ferrers and Bicknacre

★ Writtle

Parish without a council

★ Mashbury

Boundaries

To the north-west it borders the district of Uttlesford and to the north-east the boundary is with the district of Braintree. It shares its eastern border with Maldon. To the south-east its borders the district of Rochford, to the south the district of Basildon and to the south-west it the borough of Brentwood. To the west the borough has a boundary with the district of Epping Forest.

Geography

The borough has two towns, the principal settlement Chelmsford in the centre and South Woodham Ferrers to the south east. The north west of the borough is predominantly rural. Villages are found throughout the borough.
The River Chelmer flows into the borough near North End and flows to Chelmsford where the River Can converges with it at the town centre, the River Chelmer then flows out of the borough between Boreham and Little Baddow. The River Can's source isin the north west of the borough. The River Wid flows from the South of the borough towards the centre past Writtle to join the River Can between Writtle and Chelmsford. The River Crouch flows along the part of the south-eastern border below South Woodham Ferrers. Hanningfield Reservoir, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, is located in the south of the borough.

Transport

The rail links, both national and international, which run through the borough, are all operated by 'one'. Two national rail services operate. The Great Eastern Main Line runs through the centre, stoping at Chelmsford railway station. Services via Chelmsford operate between London Liverpool Street and Ipswich, Clacton, Harwich, Braintree or Norwich. The Crouch Valley Line also runs through the far south-east tip of the borough, stopping at South Woodham Ferrers were services run from Wickford to Southminster from South Woodham Ferrers railway station.
The Amsterdam Express, a rail/sea/rail international service also stops in the borough at Chelmsford, connecting the town to the Netherlands.
There are several primary routes within the borough. One of these, the A12, is also a trunk road and runs from London and the M25, centrally in a north-easterly direction through the borough bypassing the town of Chelmsford onwards to Suffolk and Norfolk. Two other significant primary routes are the A130 which runs north-south across Essex and the A414, which begins as a primary route in Chelmsford but its terminus us Maldon in Essex. The A414 then runs west through Essex, meets the M11 and then its path continues into Hertfordshire via Harlow. Various other A- and B-Roads connect the borough, especially its main town, Chelmsford, to the rest of the county and beyond.

References

1. The Mayor of Chelmsford
2. About The Council
3. Parish Councils

External link

★ Chelmsford Borough Council