35-834: Edwalton is an area of West Bridgford and former civil parish in the Rushcliffe district, in Nottinghamshire , England, covering Gamston and the older Edwalton village. The population of the Rushcliffe Ward was 3,908 at the 2011 Census. Results from the 2021 census now indicates that the population has risen to 5,774. One of the earliest mentions of Edwalton village is in the Domesday book where it features among lands given to Hugh de Grandmesnil by King William 1 . This land required more than three ploughs and consisted of 20 acres (8.1 ha) of meadow. After
70-587: A complex of sports fields at the eastern end of the village. There is an amateur dramatics group which stages regular productions at the Grange Hall, as well as numerous other clubs and associations. There are local branches of the Boys' Brigade and Scouts . The village has four public houses , its own football , golf and cricket clubs. There is also a Kickboxing club through KickboxUK ( Professional Kickboxing Association – Radcliffe-on-Trent). In 1999
105-495: A diversity of buildings, mostly Victorian, although larger properties are being demolished for development, as no protection exists for the common housing stock. St. Giles Church is medieval, but was heavily restored at the end of the 19th century. West Bridgford was created as an urban sanitary district in 1891 and became an urban district with an elected council under the Local Government Act 1894 . In 1935,
140-434: A gym, swimming pool and croquet lawn. In recent years developers have laid out new housing estates in the area known locally as Sharphill Farm. These are primarily of high-specification family homes, with good road links for commuters. Edwalton is varied architecturally. Landmark bespoke houses are common, but most of it is now composed of large housing estates, first built in the early 1950s, with subsequent estates added in
175-655: A number of football teams for all ages. West Bridgford Colts FC are thought to be the largest FA-approved football organisation in the country, running over 144 teams (checked Feb 2024) the club includes West Bridgford Football Club the Senior section for Colts, which started in 2011 on Saturday afternoons in the Nottinghamshire Senior League . Also playing in the Nottinghamshire Senior League are Magdala Amateurs who play at
210-655: A parish council were rejected after a two-stage consultation process, culminating in a report issued in February 2014 by Rushcliffe Borough Council. Eedwalton has recently had an expansion which has led to a sharp population increase with several new build sites being built near the A52. Edwalton has also gained a new retail park which is situated off the A52 Wheatcroft Roundabout, this offers an ALDI supermarket, McDonalds , Costa Coffee , Subway , Greggs ,
245-605: A pet shop and also a nursery school. The new Porsche Centre Nottingham is now also located there within the retail park. Edwalton has a state primary school and a golf course . There is also a general store, post office, newsagent, café, hair salon, pharmacy and a dog groomer within the main shopping area of Earlswood Drive. The Anglican Church of the Holy Rood, Edwalton is located on Village Street. Edwalton Community Church in Wellin Lane offers community services such as
280-560: A pre-school, a toddlers group, a ladies' fellowship group and children's activities, and a "Blessings in a Box" scheme for the financially challenged. Churches: Schools: Amenities: West Bridgford West Bridgford ( / ˈ b r ɪ dʒ f ər d / ) is a town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Rushcliffe , in the county of Nottinghamshire , England. It lies south of Nottingham city centre, east of Wilford , north of Ruddington and west of Radcliffe-on-Trent ; it
315-874: A rowing shell manufacturer, Raymond Sims Ltd . Several of the town's secondary schools feature rowing activities. West Bridgford has two large Rugby Union clubs: Nottingham Moderns RFC in Wilford village and West Bridgford Rugby Club . Nottingham RFC moved its training base and reserve team ground from Ireland Road, Beeston , to Lady Bay after the 2005/2006 season. It plays first-team fixtures at Meadow Lane , just over Trent Bridge from West Bridgford. There are two interlinked Karate clubs in West Bridgford: South Notts Shotokan Karate Club (SNSKC) and West Bridgford Shotokan Karate Club (WBSKC), both of which are KUGB clubs. West Bridgford Hockey Club on Loughborough Road
350-467: A small mainly residential area, lies between it and Radcliffe, which is mainly on the northern side of the major, east-west, A52 trunk road . At its western end it the Radcliffe Road runs along the north-eastern edge of Trent Bridge cricket ground. Radcliffe has a railway station connecting it to Nottingham and beyond in the west and Grantham and beyond to the east. The village is served by
385-472: A small village in the mid-19th century into a town of over 36,000 inhabitants by 2021. The northern boundary of West Bridgford is the River Trent . The river is spanned by two road bridges and a pedestrianised bridge allowing access from the town to the city of Nottingham. The bridges link to cycling routes in the city centre, railway station and the university areas. The central West Bridgford area has
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#1732797783841420-900: A team of retail consultants to recommend improvements and changes to the town's shopping areas and the wider public realm. These included better road design, with landscaping points to improve the movement of people from Gordon Road through to Central Avenue. Both roads have independent retailers and national chains. Other proposals included moving Bridgford Road car park underground and putting retail space at ground level. These proposals have largely been abandoned and, presently in 2024, have not been followed through. The West Bridgford School and Rushcliffe School are secondary schools with academy status . The Becket School and The Nottingham Emmanuel School are Catholic and Church of England schools respectively, both in West Bridgford, but operated through Nottingham City Council . The Becket School
455-436: Is a community separate from Nottingham, with no ties of governance to it. Though some services like business waste and cycling park provisions are carried out or provided by Nottingham City Council . In Nottingham, West Bridgford was sometimes negatively dubbed "Bread and Lard Island", suggesting that its residents had spent so much on big houses and fur coats that they could only afford to eat bread and lard. It grew from
490-528: Is also south-west of Colwick and south-east of Beeston , which are on the opposite bank of the River Trent . The town is part of the Nottingham Urban Area and had a population of 36,487 in the 2021 Census . West Bridgford was founded between 919 and 924, when defences and houses were built at the south end of Trent Bridge . It was established by Edward the Elder to protect Nottingham and
525-531: Is commonly accepted as the division from West Bridgford. Edwalton contains some of Nottingham's most expensive properties: Valley Road, Melton Road, Croft Road and Village Street include properties worth over a million pounds. Edwalton Hall, the largest, was once the residence of the Chaworth family and is now an exclusive complex of mews houses and apartments . For a time it became a hotel and restaurant, before being developed by Crosby Homes . Today it includes
560-896: Is fed by primary schools around Nottingham, but by only one school in West Bridgford: St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School. The other feeder schools are Blessed Robert, St Edmund Campion, Our Lady and St Edward's. The West Bridgford School's feeder primary schools are West Bridgford Infant and Junior School, Jesse Gray Primary School, Heymann Primary School and Greythorn Primary School. Rushcliffe School's feeder primary schools are Abbey Road Primary School, Pierpont Gamston Primary School, Edwalton Primary School, Lady Bay Primary School and St Peter's School in Ruddington . Local news and television programmes are BBC East Midlands and ITV Central . Television signals are received from
595-603: The Census 2021 to 8,144 Radcliffe has a population of about 8,000. It is to the east of Nottingham , close to but not part of the Greater Nottingham built-up area. However, the Greater Nottingham Partnership sees the whole of Rushcliffe as part of the conurbation. The village lies on the south bank and cliff overlooking the River Trent . The "Rad" part of its name is a corruption of
630-710: The Lake District , and Compton Acres from Dorset and the Purbeck Coast . At the end of the First World War , the Musters family sold the Trent Bridge Inn and Trent Bridge cricket ground to the county cricket club. The club owned the inn briefly, then sold it at a profit to a brewery. After pressure, the Musters sold land for building, but strict planning regulations were stipulated for
665-589: The Old English for red, in reference to the dark red colour of the cliffs, which are formed of Triassic red shale with gypsum banding. Nearby places are Shelford , East Bridgford , Holme Pierrepont and Stoke Bardolph . To the south-east of the parish lies the former Saxondale Hospital, which has been redeveloped into some 350 dwellings and renamed Upper Saxondale , which was formerly within Radcliffe, but has now become its own civil parish. Harlequin ,
700-462: The Trentbarton bus company, which runs daily services to Nottingham – once every 10 minutes on weekdays. The village has an Anglican parish church, St. Mary's , and Roman Catholic and Methodist churches. The village has a number of community spaces, such as Cliff Walk (which runs beside the river to nearby Shelford village), Rockley Memorial Park, a recreation ground and skate park, and
735-520: The Waltham TV transmitter, and the Nottingham relay transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Nottingham , Hits Radio East Midlands , Capital Midlands , Smooth East Midlands and Greatest Hits Radio Midlands . The Nottingham & Long Eaton Topper newspaper was established in 1994. The nearest railway station is Nottingham , which lies approximately 1.5 miles north-west of
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#1732797783841770-526: The 1980s to the present day. Many council houses and flats were privately bought under the Right to buy scheme of the 1980s. Only a small number now belong to Rushcliffe Borough Council. Its housing stock passed in early 2003 to Spirita Housing Association. On 1 April 2012 Spirita was dissolved and ownership was taken over by Metropolitan Housing Association Group, based in London. Plans to provide Edwalton with
805-763: The ROKO Ground. Trent Bridge Cricket Ground was first used in 1838 and held its first test match in 1899, when England played against Australia. It is the third oldest ground used as a test cricket venue after Lord's in London and Eden Gardens in Calcutta , India . Trent Bridge is home to Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club , a first-class cricket club. There are two rowing clubs in West Bridgford: Nottingham Rowing Club and Nottingham and Union Rowing Club , along with
840-747: The River Trent. Rushcliffe Borough Council's headquarters are at Rushcliffe Arena, a joint headquarters and leisure facility on Rugby Road. Nottingham Forest Football Club play at the City Ground , beside the River Trent. The club was founded in 1865 and has played at the site since 1898. Between 1975 and 1993, Nottingham Forest was managed by Brian Clough and won a Football League title, two European Cups and four Football League Cups ; it fielded players including Trevor Francis , Peter Shilton , John Robertson , Martin O'Neill , Stuart Pearce and Roy Keane . At local level, West Bridgford has
875-494: The West Bridgford Estate. This was planned over a grid of tree-lined roads. The main roads, such as Musters Road, had restrictions on housing density and size. All houses had to contain a specified number of bedrooms. Smaller houses were permitted on side roads and terraces were erected on roads such as Exchange Road for the servants of wealthy Nottingham merchants who had bought West Bridgford property. The result
910-399: The area are operated by several companies: West Bridgford UDC 's own fleet of buses, with a brown-and-yellow livery, merged with Nottingham City Transport in 1968. Radcliffe-on-Trent Radcliffe-on-Trent is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire , England. The population of the civil parish at the Census 2011 was 8,205, falling slightly at
945-487: The fledgling Asda superstore chain, owned by a Leeds -based dairy farming conglomerate, Associated Dairies, acquired a controlling interest in the GEM operations. The Loughborough Road site has an Asda store, although it was replaced by a much larger one on land adjacent to the old site in 1999. The original building was demolished and replaced by a car park and petrol station area. In 2018, Rushcliffe Borough Council appointed
980-419: The marriage of the heir to West Bridgford's landowners, the Musters family, into the Chaworth family, the areas of West Bridgford and Edwalton were joined as West Bridgford Urban District and now as part of Rushcliffe Borough. In 1931 the parish had a population of 290. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with West Bridgford. While the official boundaries of Edwalton are uncertain, Boundary Road
1015-473: The parishes of Edwalton and South Wilford were added to the urban district. This then became part of the larger borough of Rushcliffe under the Local Government Act 1972 . The town is part of the constituency of Rushcliffe , which is held currently by James Naish of the Labour Party . Nottinghamshire County Council 's headquarters are at County Hall , a municipal building on the south bank of
1050-515: The surrounding area against incursions from Danes in the North of England. A survey during Edward's reign indicates that the population at this time was 192 people, 19 of whom were farmers. Some main roads in central West Bridgford are named after wealthy families that dominated its early history. There are no 'streets' named in West Bridgford. The roads in the Gamston development have names from
1085-567: The through line to Nottingham not long after. Only a stub remains in use south of the old station site to Melton Mowbray as the Old Dalby Test Track. The site of Edwalton station has since been redeveloped for housing. There was also a station in Ruddington on the Great Central Main Line between Loughborough Central and Nottingham Victoria ; this closed in 1969 and since been left unused. Bus services in
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1120-473: The town in the city centre. It is a principal station on the Midland Main Line ; East Midlands Railway operates regular inter-city services to Leicester and London St Pancras . The former Manton Route from Nottingham to Melton Mowbray ran to the east of the town, although no station was ever built here. Instead, there was a station at Edwalton but it closed to passengers in 1944, with
1155-528: The village was twinned with Bussy-St-Georges, a French town which lies east of Paris. Radcliffe has an infant and nursery school, a junior school and a medium-sized secondary, South Nottinghamshire Academy , formerly known as Dayncourt School. John Boot , the founder of the pharmacy chain Boots , was born in Radcliffe in 1815. The 19th-century Nottinghamshire and England cricket captain George Parr
1190-501: Was born and died in the village. He also played for the Radcliffe on Trent Cricket Club. Evidence of the Parr family's long association with Radcliffe appears in several street and building names. Professional footballer Ian Woan (born 1967) lived near Radcliffe while playing for Nottingham Forest F.C. As of 2024, Woan is assistant manager of Everton F.C. Gary Mills , who played in the victorious 1980 European Cup Final , making him
1225-473: Was the childhood hockey club of Olympic Gold medallist and former West Bridgford resident Helen Richardson-Walsh . West Bridgford was the location of the UK's first major out-of-town superstore. In 1964, an American company, GEM , opened a store on Loughborough Road. Despite ambitions, GEM's British operations were not a success, with only two other such stores opening. National concessionaires withdrew, and in 1966
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