Eden District | |
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 Shown withinCumbria | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | North West England |
| Ceremonial county | Cumbria |
| Historic county | Cumberland (part) Westmorland (part) |
| Founded | 1 April 1974 (1974-4-1) |
| Abolished | 31 March 2023 (2023-3-31) |
| Admin. HQ | Penrith |
| Government | |
| • Type | Eden District Council |
| • Leadership: | Alternative - Sec.31 |
| Area | |
• Total | 827 sq mi (2,142 km2) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 54,955 |
| • Density | 66/sq mi (26/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
| ONS code | 16UF (ONS) E07000030 (GSS) |
| Ethnicity (2021) | 94.8% White British 3.4% Other White0.8% Asian 0.7% Mixed race 0.2% Black 0.3% Other |
| Website | https://www.eden.gov.uk/ |
Eden was alocal government district inCumbria, England, based atPenrith Town Hall inPenrith. It was named after theRiver Eden, which flowed north through the district towardCarlisle. Its population of 49,777 at the2001 census,[1] increased to 52,564 at the 2011 Census.[2] A 2019 estimate was 53,253.[3] In July 2021 it was announced that, in April 2023, Cumbria would be divided into twounitary authorities.[4] On 1 April 2023, Eden District Council was abolished and its functions transferred to the new authorityWestmorland and Furness, which also covers the former districts ofBarrow-in-Furness andSouth Lakeland.[5]
The Eden District area of 2,156 sq. km (832 square miles) made it, after 2009, the eighth largest inEngland and the largest non-unitary district. It also had the lowest population density of any district in England and Wales, with a mean of 25 persons per square kilometre.[6]
In 2011, the population was 5 per cent above its 2001 level.[6]
The district council was created on 1 April 1974 under theLocal Government Act 1972, fromPenrith Urban District,Alston with Garrigill Rural District andPenrith Rural District, all inCumberland, andAppleby Municipal Borough, part ofLakes urban district andNorth Westmorland Rural District, all inWestmorland. The district included parts of theLake District andYorkshire Dalesnational parks.
It was shown in a national detailed Land Use Survey by theOffice for National Statistics in 2005 that Eden District had the second lowest proportion of land taken up by roads of any district in England: 0.8 per cent, fractionally greater thanCraven inNorth Yorkshire, which also adjoins the Pennines. This compares with a maximum of over 20 per cent in four London boroughs and theCity of London.[7]
In that detailed survey (to the nearest square metre) it was shown that Eden District had the greatest proportion of green space (which excludes domestic gardens) of any district, 97.9 per cent, as shown by the following extract:
| District | % Green space (June 2005)[7] |
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| Copeland | 96.0% |
| Scarborough | 96.1% |
| Ryedale | 96.3% |
| West Somerset | 96.6% |
| Northumberland | 96.7% |
| West Devon | 97.2% |
| Richmondshire | 97.5% |
| Eden | 97.9% |
Below is a list of thewards that formed Eden (with numbers of councillors):
Eden includedKing George's Fields, named afterKing George V, at Appleby andPatterdale.
The council owned the Penrith Leisure Centre, which is run by a private company under contract. The council also owned a number of playing fields and recreation grounds elsewhere in the district, notably the sports grounds at Frenchfield nearCarleton on the outskirts of Penrith. Italso owned and ranPenrith and Eden Museum and the Penrith Tourist Information Centre.
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