Rushcliffe
Rushcliffe is a
local government district with
borough status in
Nottinghamshire,
England. Its council is based in
West Bridgford. It was formed on
1 April 1974 by merging the
West Bridgford Urban District, the
Bingham Rural District and part of
Basford Rural District. The
member of parliament for Rushcliffe is the
Conservative,
Kenneth Clarke. As of (May
2005), Rushcliffe is one of only two
Tory-held
constituencies in Nottinghamshire.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is based in the borough.
Rushcliffe is split between an urbanised north-west, containing suburbs of
Greater Nottingham, that have resisted incorporation into the city, and the south and east which is predominantly rural, and stretching to the
Leicestershire border. Many of these villages lie in the
Vale of Belvoir. The
Grantham Canal threads from nearby
Grantham through Rushcliffe to the
River Trent. Villages in the
Vale of Belvoir include
Redmile,
Hickling,
Harby,
Stathern and Langar. Some of these villages cross the boundary, which is sometimes unclear ie. Hickling is in Rushcliffe Borough Council, but has a
Melton Mowbray (Leicestershire) address and
postcode.
The Borough also is home to numerous villages along the A60 corridor, heading to
Loughborough (Leicestershire) some of these are,
Bradmore,
Bunny, and Wysall.
The district was named after the old
Rushcliffe wapentake.
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The Rushcliffe Countryside |
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Bingham: - Medium sized market town on the A52.
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Radcliffe:- Village (suburban in parts) on the A52
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Cotgrave:- (recently given town status) owing to its number of services. Once a small village, but became a small town due to the presence of the Cotgrave Colliery (now closed).
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Keyworth:- A large village with several pubs, council estate, old village centre and Secondary School.
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Ruddington:- Once the largest village in England with a shopping area, several housing estates and golf course.
*Conservative politician
Kenneth Clarke (who was
Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1993 and 1997) lives on Melton Road in West Bridgford.
*Actress
Sherrie Hewson (
Coronation Street,
Emmerdale, Crossroads &
Loose Women) lives in the
Edwalton Hall development of exclusive apartments.
*Famous Rose Grower
Harry Wheatcroft lived with his family in West Bridgford.
*
Prince Charles rides with the
Belvoir Hunt on occasions.
*The majority of
Nottingham Forest Football Club players live in Rushcliffe, and have included
Stuart Pearce,
Andy Cole and
Ian Wright. Former Manager
Frank Clark lived in Keyworth.
