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Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ...
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Rushcliffe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. ...
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Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ...
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West Bridgford is a leafy suburb of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies south of the city boundary, delimited by the River Trent, and forms the largest town in the borough of Rushcliffe. As part of the Rushcliffe Constituency its MP is The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke, QC (Conservative Party). The headquarters of Nottinghamshire County Council moved to the town in 1959 from the traditional county town of Nottingham. The town is enclosed by the A52 and the A6011 (former A52). Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ...
Nottingham is a city, unitary authority, and county town of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. ...
Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ...
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Rushcliffe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. ...
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Kenneth Harry Clarke, QC, MP, (born 2 July 1940) is a leading Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. ...
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History
View of West Bridgford from Sharphill Wood Most of the main roads in West Bridgford are named after wealthy families that dominated the town's early history, however, new developments that are in effect suburbs of the suburb are named after different things. For example, the Gamston development has roads named after the Lake District, and Compton Acres has roads named after Dorset and the Purbeck Coast. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 Ã 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 Ã 768 pixel, file size: 195 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) West Bridgford from Sharphill Wood File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dÉ.sÉt], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ...
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There are no 'Streets' in West Bridgford. When the town was planned in the Victorian period the roads were originally named as streets, for example, Musters Street and South Street. However, the planners eventually decided that the term 'street' was too urban and changed them all to 'roads', so today we have Musters Road and South Road. The only 'street' in the town is Village Street in Edwalton. West Bridgford is notably different to the other suburbs of Nottingham in a variety of ways. During the Victorian period, Nottingham was growing fast, but development in West Bridgford was restricted as much of the land was owned by the Musters family. Eventually, after much pressure, the Musters sold their land, but they also applied strict planning regulations to the area known as the West Bridgford Estate. This estate was planned over a grid of tree lined streets. The main roads such as Musters Road had restrictions on density of housing and housing size. All houses were specified a certain amount of bedrooms, for example. Smaller houses were permitted on side streets, and terraces were erected on roads such as Exchange Road for the servants of the wealthy Nottingham merchants who bought up property in West Bridgford. What has resulted from these strict plans is a community that is still very separate from Nottingham. The town has no formal ties with Nottingham. In Nottingham itself, West Bridgford is often called "Bread and Lard Island" in the belief that its inhabitants spend most of their money on big houses and fur coats so they could only afford to eat bread and lard behind closed doors.[citation needed] Not suffering from the urban problems of some of the city's less wealthy suburbs, West Bridgford is still regarded as one of the most prestigious suburbs of Nottingham. Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ...
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Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
Transport - Green Line 5 5A Gamston - Melton Road - Muster Road - Trent Bridge - Railway Station - City Centre.
- Green Line 6 Edwalton - Trevor Road - Central Avenue - Trent Bridge - Railway Station - City Centre.
- Green Line 7 Gamston - Abbey Park - Central Avenue - Trent Bridge - Railway Station - City Centre.
- Green Line 8 and 9 Wilford Hill Loop - Central Avenue - Trent Bridge - Railway Station - City Centre.
- Services 1,2,3,4,10 and Sky Link on Loughborough Road.
- Services 11 and 90 on Radcliffe Road.
Historically, West Bridgford UDC ran its own fleet of buses with a 'chocolate and custard' livery of brown and yellow. This was merged with Nottingham City Transport in 1968. Nottingham City Transport is Nottingham, East Midlands in Englands major bus operator, running a comprehensive network of services in the Nottingham City area and a handful of services beyond the boundaries of the conurbanation to Southwell, Newark, Loughborough, and Nottingham East Midlands Airport. ...
Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ...
Local Government West Bridgford was created an urban sanitary district in 1891. It became an urban district with an elected council under the Local Government Act 1894. In 1935, 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. Image File history File links Westbridgfordhall. ...
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South Wilford was a civil parish in Nottinghamshire from 1894 to 1935. ...
Rushcliffe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. ...
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Geography West Bridgford is bordered on the north side by the River Trent, spanned by two road bridges, Trent Bridge and Lady Bay Bridge, and one footbridge. Two spans of the original mediaeval bridge still remain, surrounded by a traffic island on the south side of the river. For other uses see Trent River. ...
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Neighbourhoods Abbey Park in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire is a housing estate that was constructed in the midâ to lateâ70s by Costain Homes on land that were previously uncultivated fields and allotments. ...
Compton Acres, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire is a prosperous housing development located to the South West of West Bridgfords main urban area, on the Rural-Urban minge. ...
Lady Bay is an area of West Bridgford, in Nottinghamshire, England. ...
Wilford Hill is a popular housing development of mainly detached three and four bedroom homes in West Bridgford. ...
Nearby Places West Bridgford should not be confused with East Bridgford, which lies some miles away and is much smaller. Nottingham is a city, unitary authority, and county town of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. ...
Holme Pierrepont is a hamlet located 5 miles south of the city of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. ...
Gamston lies near West Bridgford, and is a suburb of Nottingham. ...
Edwalton is a prestigious suburb to the south of Nottingham, attached and conjoined to [[West Bridgford and Gamston. ...
The Clifton Estate was owned by the Clifton family (who resided at Clifton Hall). ...
Wilford is a village close to the centre the city of Nottingham, UK, on the banks of the River Trent. ...
East Bridgford is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, east of the city of Nottingham. ...
Sporting Heritage
Trent Bridge cricket ground. West Bridgford is renowned for its sporting facilities and heritage. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Nottingham Forest Football Club play at the City Ground on the banks of the River Trent. Founded in 1865, the clubs glory days are considered to be 1975 -1993, under its famous manager Brian Clough who died in 2004. Under Clough's guidance in the 1977-78 season, Forest became the last team to date to win the English First Division Championship a year after winning promotion from the English Second Division. In 1978-79 Forest went on to win the European Cup after beating F.C Malmo (1-0) in Munich’s Olympic Stadium and retained the trophy again in 1979-80 by beating SV Hamburg (1-0) in Madrid. The club also won the Europe Super Cup and three League Cups. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English football club, based at the City Ground, which is just outside the official boundary of Nottingham on the south side of the River Trent. ...
The City Ground is a football stadium in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Trent. ...
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Brian Howard Clough, OBE (21 March 1935 â 20 September 2004) was a successful footballer and subsequently football manager, most notable for his success with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. ...
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Malmö FF is a Swedish football club from Malmö. Malmö FF is in the highest division in Sweden, and has won the Swedish championship fifteen times. ...
Hamburger Sportverein (short HSV or Hamburger SV) are the principal football club in Hamburg, Germany. ...
Trent Bridge cricket ground was first used for cricket in 1838 and hosted its first Test Match in 1899, for England playing against Australia. It is the third oldest ground to be used as a test cricket venue after Lord's in London and Eden Gardens in Calcutta, India. It has been described by some as the finest test cricket location in the world. For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ...
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A Test match between South Africa and England in January 2005. ...
The Pavilion The Grand Stand Match in progress The Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground This memorial stone to Lord Harris is in the Harris Garden at Lords Lords Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in St Johns Wood in London, at grid reference TQ268827. ...
Inside the stadium Eden Gardens situated in Kolkata is the oldest cricket ground in India and is also considered one of the finest in the world. ...
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Trent Bridge is also home to Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, a first-class English cricket club. Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire. ...
First-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. ...
The National Watersports Centre is Britain’s centre for water sports and is located in Holme Pierrepont, next to West Bridgford. Its facilities include a regatta lake, a white water slalom and water‐ski jumps. West Bridgford also hosts two rowing clubs, Nottingham Rowing Club and Nottingham and Union Rowing Club, and a rowing shell manufacturers, Raymond Sims Ltd. Several of the town's secondary schools have rowing activities on their curriculum. A view of the Sports Centre across the rowing lake The Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre is located in the village of Holme Pierrepont near Nottingham, England and on the River Trent. ...
A rowing club is a club for people interested in the sport of Rowing. ...
Nottingham Rowing Club is a rowing club in West Bridgford, Nottingham. ...
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Retail
Central Avenue, West Bridgford West Bridgford's main shopping district runs from Central Avenue through Tudor Square to Gordon Road. There are a few corporate chain stores such as Vision Express, Boots, Greggs, Blockbuster Video, Argos, Pizza Express and Pizza Hut. These established chains complement a variety of independent specialist shops like Strawberry Blinds, the BuyTheBook bookshop (pictured right), cafes (Bar des Amis), contemporary restaurants, typified by Five Rivers serving fusion Indian cuisine and the unique No.8 Deli providing fresh, seasonal foods. Caffè Nero opened a new outlet in late 2005, whilst Marks & Spencers likewise opened a food supermarket in early 2006. Following a large urban planning operation in 2000, central West Bridgford has become an ideal location for quality shopping and unique, innovative retailers. There is a large Morrisons close to the A52 in Gamston. Image File history File links Centralavenue. ...
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Vision Express is a leading High Street optician in the United Kingdom, selling glasses and contact lenses. ...
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Greggs plc is the largest specialist retail bakery chain in the United Kingdom. ...
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Pizza Express restaurant in London PizzaExpress is a chain of pizza restaurants originating in the United Kingdom. ...
Pizza Hut is a restaurant chain and international franchise based in Addison, Texas, USA (a northern suburb of Dallas) specializing in American-style pizza along with side dishes including (depending on location) buffalo wings, breadsticks, and garlic bread. ...
Caffè Nero (Italian for black coffee) or Caffè Nero Group Plc is a British coffee shop chain. ...
Marks & Spencer plc (known also as M&S or Your M&S and sometimes colloquially as Marks and Sparks or Marks) is a British retailer. ...
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Gamston lies near West Bridgford, and is a suburb of Nottingham. ...
West Bridgford has a place in British retail history as the location of the UK's first major out-of-town shopping development. In 1964 an American company called GEM opened a store on Loughbrough Road, West Bridgford. However, despite ambitious expansion plans, GEM's British operations were not a success, with only one other store (at Crossgates, Leeds) being opened. National concessionaires withdrew from the stores and in 1966 the fledgling ASDA company (then known as 'Associated Dairies') of Leeds, acquired a controlling interest in the GEM operations. The Loughborough Road site still houses a major ASDA store, although this was resited and rebuilt some years ago. (For a fuller history of the site and GEM, see Whysall (2005) in International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, 15(2), 111-124). ASDA is a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom offering food, clothing and general merchandise products. ...
Pubs and Restaurants As West Bridgford expanded in the Victorian and Edwardian periods The West Bridgford Protection Society was formed that worked hard to prevent any licensed premises being opened in West Bridgford. This has meant that there have been a relatively small number of pubs in the area until recent years. Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...
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The first pub in West Bridgford was the Trent Bridge Inn, next to Trent Bridge Cricket Ground. In the late 1930s, planning was granted for the Wolds Hotel, effectively a pub (on Loughborough Road) and Test Match Hotel on Gordon Road. Many of these establishments are called 'Inns' as public houses were prohibited in West Bridgford, but hotels were thought to be more acceptable. In reality, places like the Test Match never operated as a hotel. The Test Match was refurbished a few years ago by its then owners, Hardy and Hansons Kimberley Brewery, and was recognised as the best refurbishment in Britain by CAMRA, reflecting the care and attention given to preserving its distinctive art deco features (which were recognised as important by English Heritage). Hardy and Hansons has since been taken over by Greene King. West Bridgford nightlife has been growing in recent years, particularly after the opening of new drinking establishments such as Bar des Amis, Monkey Tree and the Pearl. Other drinking establishments include the long running West End Cabaret on Central Avenue, and the Stratford Haven on Stratford Road. Along with many established local restaurants a new branch of Pizza Express has opened on Central Avenue. A bar/restaurant called Fire&Ice recently opened on Bridgford Road which features an authentic wood fired pizza oven, but has quickly become more popular as a venue for late night drinking along with the very recently refurbished Oriental Pearl. Many of the pubs and bars in West Bridgford are frequented by people who live south of Nottingham, before heading onto the larger bars and clubs in Nottingham itself. However, increased interest in West Bridgford has attracted around 20-40% more people from town to stay in West Bridgford according to local taxi firms who say they seem to take more and more people from Nottingham to West Bridgford every week.
Education
The West Bridgford School There are two state funded secondary schools, the West Bridgford School and Rushcliffe Comprehensive. The Becket School is the local Catholic school, although in a separate LEA from West Bridgford. The private Grosvenor School is also located on Melton Road in Edwalton. A campus of South Nottingham College is located in the town. The University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University are located close to West Bridgford. Image File history File links Westbridgforschoolsign. ...
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The West Bridgford School is a co-educational secondary school in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire // The West Bridgford School is an 11-18 coeducational school in the suburb of West Bridgford, south-east Nottingham, in the district of Rushcliffe. ...
The Main School site on Ruddington Lane The Becket School, Nottingham (Mixed comprehensive secondary 11 - 18) was formed in 1975 by the amalgamation of two schools. ...
Catholic schools are education ministries of the Roman Catholic Church. ...
A Local Education Authority (LEA) is the part of a council in England or Wales that is responsible for education within that councils jurisdiction. ...
The University of Nottingham is a leading research and teaching university in the city of Nottingham, in the East Midlands of England. ...
Arkwright Building Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a university in Nottingham, England. ...
The number of highly ranked schools in West Bridgford is often cited as a reason for its relatively high property prices. This, along with the gentle nature of the town, a leisure centre and proximity to the beautiful south Nottinghamshire countryside, including the Vale of Belvoir, ensure that West Bridgford is a popular location for families to live in. A plate from Joness Views (1819), showing Belvoir Castles dominant position overlooking the Vale of Belvoir. ...
Local Facilities Notable Residents The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke, QC MP lives on Melton Road. Kenneth Harry Clarke, QC, MP, (born 2 July 1940) is a leading Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. ...
Harry Wheatcroft, the famous rose grower lived with his family in West Bridgford. The Wheatcroft family garden centre is located in Edwalton, now owned by a chain. Harry Wheatcroft (1898 - 1977) was a famous rose grower. ...
Numerous Nottingham Forest F.C. and Notts County F.C players live in West Bridgford and adjoining Edwalton. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Notts County F.C are a football club based in Nottingham, England. ...
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