NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bramcote

Bramcote is a settlement in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, about five miles south-west of Nottingham. It was a separate village but is now a suburb of Greater Nottingham. Originally one of the main roads between the cities of Nottingham and Derby (about 15 miles apart) passed through the village centre. Nowadays the main Nottingham - Derby road (the A52) passes a little to the north of the village centre, partially cutting the centre from the Bramcote Hills part of the village. The original road snakes through the old centre entering a steep-sided cutting just south of the centre, forming a blind bend known as 'Devils Bend'. Broxtowe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England, west of the city of Nottingham. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Nottingham is a city (and county town of Nottinghamshire) in the East Midlands of England. ... Greater Nottingham is the surrounding conurbation of the city of Nottingham. ...

Until the 1960's there was a country house estate on the north side of the village, but this had passed into public ownership. The house was demolished in 1968 and its grounds became a public park now known as 'Bramcote Park'. This includes grassed parkland and wooded hillside.

Part of the park now has four schools built in it - Bramcote Hills Primary School [1], Bramcote Hills Sport & Community College [2], Bramcote Park Business & Enterprise School[3] and a special school - Foxwood. Bramcote Park also contains a leisure centre with swimming pool [4].

In the village centre there is also a Primary School, a pre-school nursery and a large recreational park, King George's Park, on its west side on the slopes of a hill with views out over the Erewash valley to the north and west. St John's College, Nottingham is a Church of England theological college situated in Bramcote on the southern edge. St Johns College, Bramcote, Nottingham, is a Church of England theological college. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church[1] in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... A seminary is a specialized university-like institution for the purpose of instructing students (seminarians) in theology, often in order to prepare them to become members of the clergy. ...

Hope Vineyard meet at 10.15 on Sundays in Bramcote Park School. See their website.

The local Church of England parish church (built in 1861) on Church Street is St. Michael and All Angels. St. Michael's was built to replace St. Luke's (on Town Street) of which the tower only remains.

The website for the Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels can be found at website.

Local public houses are The Sherwin Arms, The Rose Grower and The White Lion (known locally as the 'Top House').

The Bramcote Hills Community Association [5] looks after the interests of residents of the part of the village on the NE side.

Nearby places are Beeston, Wollaton, Chilwell and Stapleford. Bramcote is part of the Borough of Broxtowe
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