between 10,000-30,000 that very important roles as in the rural areas ‘play ‘hubs’ around them (rural hinterland) in terms of providing services, employment and businesses’. South West towns identified as rural hub towns comprise: Amesbury (10,116), Ivybridge* (11,581), Bideford (28,672), Melksham*(19,357) Blandford (11,694), Midsomer Norton/Radstock Bodmin (14,614), (27,136), Bridport (13,737), Minehead (11,981), Brixham (16,693), Nailsea*(20,543), Burnham-on-Sea* (23,325), Newquay* (20,189), Calne (17,274), Penzance*(19,872), (13,074), Royal Wootton Bassett (11,265) Cinderford (12,942), Shepton Mallet (10,369), Cirencester (17,153), Sidmouth (12,569), Clevedon (21,002), St Austell* (25,447), Coleford (10,397), Street (12,911), Dawlish* (11,312), Swanage (12,594), Devizes (18,064), Tavistock (12,280), Dorchester* (19,060), Teignmouth* (17,483), Dursley* (14,992), Tewkesbury*(19,778), Frome*(26,203), Thornbury (11,687), Gillingham*(11,298), Tiverton (19,544), Helston (12,814), Truro*(23,041), Honiton*(11,483), Warminster*(17,490), Ilfracombe (11,184), Wellington (13,822), (11,343). (Bracketed figures show the 2011 Census population for each built-up area, excluding the population of the rural hinterlands for which each qualifies as a hub.)
between 10,000-30,000 that ‘play very important roles as ‘hubs’ in the rural areas around them (rural hinterland) in terms of providing services, employment and businesses’. South West towns identified as rural hub towns comprise: Amesbury (10,116), Bideford (28,672), Blandford (11,694), Bodmin (14,614), Bridport (13,737), Brixham (16,693), Burnham-on-Sea* (23,325), Calne (17,274), (13,074), Cinderford (12,942), Cirencester (17,153), Clevedon (21,002), Coleford (10,397), Dawlish* (11,312), Devizes (18,064), Dorchester* (19,060), Dursley* (14,992), Frome*(26,203), Gillingham*(11,298), Helston (12,814), Honiton*(11,483), Ilfracombe (11,184), Ivybridge* (11,581), Melksham*(19,357) Midsomer Norton/Radstock (27,136), Minehead (11,981), Nailsea*(20,543), Newquay* (20,189), Penzance*(19,872), Royal Wootton Bassett (11,265) Shepton Mallet (10,369), Sidmouth (12,569), St Austell* (25,447), Street (12,911), Swanage (12,594), Tavistock (12,280), Teignmouth* (17,483), Tewkesbury*(19,778), Thornbury (11,687), Tiverton (19,544), Truro*(23,041), Warminster*(17,490), Wellington (13,822), (11,343). (Bracketed figures show the 2011 Census population for each built-up area, excluding the population of the rural hinterlands for which each qualifies as a hub.)