Rushcliffe

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Borough of Rushcliffe
Shown within Nottinghamshire
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Nottinghamshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 114th 409.24 km²
Admin. HQ:	West Bridgford
ONS code:	37UJ
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 203rd 107,800 263 / km²
Ethnicity:	95.9% White 2.1% S.Asian
Politics
Image:Rushcliffearms.PNG Rushcliffe Borough Council http://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MP:	Kenneth Clarke

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.

[edit] Larger villages and towns

• Bingham: - Medium sized market town on the A52.
• Radcliffe:- Village (suburban in parts) on the A52
• 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).
• East Leake :- A large village with three pubs, old village centre and Secondary/primary Schools.
• Keyworth:- A large village with several pubs, council estate, old village centre and Secondary School.
• Ruddington:- Once the largest village in England with a shopping area, several housing estates and golf course.

[edit] Notable Residents and Visitors

• 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.

[edit] Links

Rushcliffe Country Park