It is named after its only town, Bromsgrove, where its council is based, but also includes several villages and surrounding rural areas.

Other places in the district include Alvechurch, Aston Fields, Belbroughton, Catshill, Clent, Hagley, Rubery, Stoke Prior and Wythall.

The neighbouring districts are Redditch, Wychavon, Wyre Forest, South Staffordshire, Dudley, Birmingham, Solihull and Stratford-on-Avon.

The town of Bromsgrove had been governed by improvement commissioners from 1846,[3] who were replaced by an elected local board in 1859,[4] which in turn was converted into an urban district council in 1894.

[12] Much of the district is also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government for their areas.

[13] Bromsgrove forms part of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership.

[39] The following table illustrates the change in the population of the area that makes up the modern district between 1801 and 2011.