Vale of the White Horse

Vale of White Horse Vale of White Horse District
Non-metropolitan district
Vale of White Horse shown within Oxfordshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Oxfordshire
Historic county	Oxfordshire (north of River Thames) Berkshire (south of River Thames)
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Abingdon
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Vale of White Horse District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Nicola Blackwood Ed Vaizey
Area
• Total	223.4 sq mi (578.6 km2)
Area rank	77th (of 326)
Population (mid-2015 est.)
• Total	126,700
• Rank	171st (of 326)
• Density	570/sq mi (220/km2)
• Ethnicity	95.6% White 1.4% S.Asian 1.2% Chinese or other 1.1% Mixed Race 0.7% Black British
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	38UE (ONS) E07000180 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SU3462689188
Website	www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk

The Vale of White Horse is a local government district of Oxfordshire in England. Most of the district had been part of Wantage Rural District in the county of Berkshire until local government re-organisation in 1974. In 1974 the area of the rural district was split, with the parishes of Ardington, Blewbury, Childrey, Chilton, Denchworth, East Challow, East Hanney, East Hendred, Goosey, Grove, Harwell, Letcombe Bassett, Letcombe Regis, Lockinge, Sparsholt, Upton, West Challow, West Hanney and West Hendred becoming part of the Vale of White Horse district in Oxfordshire, and the rest becoming part of the Newbury district of a smaller Berkshire. The main town is Abingdon; other places include Faringdon and Wantage. There are 68 parishes within the district. Vale of White Horse District Council is located in Milton Park, Milton, and the current Leader of the Council is Matthew Barber.

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