Widmerpool

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Widmerpool
Widmerpool shown within Nottinghamshire
Population	262
OS grid reference	SK632280
District	Rushcliffe
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG12
Dialling code	0115
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Sherwood
List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire

Coordinates: 52°51′N 1°04′W / 52.85, -1.06

Widmerpool is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire , about 10 miles south of Nottingham. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 262 ^[1]. Until the 1960s there had not been any building in the village for 100 years. The parish church of St Peter and St Paul was rebuilt at a cost of £10,000 in the period 1888-1895. Widmerpool Hall on the north side of the village was built in 1872. It is currently undergoing renovation for residential purposes, and was previously the HQ of the AA Patrol Service Training School ^[2]. The development of Widmerpool Hall will provide 9 apartments, 11 mews style houses and 4 detached houses. There is a brook called Fairway Brook passing through Main Street and Old Hall Drive which joins the Trent near Newark. Widmerpool was recently awarded the 'Best Kept Village' award for Nottinghamshire^[3].

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There is a very detailed history of the village "Widmerpool a Century of Change 1900 to 2000" produced by Geoff Brooks of New Manor Farm Widmerpool (the oldest and one of the few people living in the village who was born there).