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Bramcote Hills forms the northern area of the village and
Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...
suburb of
Bramcote Bramcote is a suburban village in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, England, between Stapleford and Beeston. It is in Broxtowe parliamentary constituency. The main Nottingham–Derby road today is the A52, Brian Clough Way. Nearby ...
,
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, built in the 1950s. It is separated from the main part of the village by the A52 Derby Road (the ''
Brian Clough Brian Howard Clough ( ; 21 March 1935 – 20 September 2004) was an English football player and manager, primarily known for his successes as a manager with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. He is one of four managers to have won the Englis ...
Way''). It takes the name from an old family seat of Bramcote Hills, the home of the Sherwin and Sherwin-Gregory family. To the north is Bramcote Ridge, Bramcote Moor and
Wollaton Wollaton is a suburb and former parish in the western part of Nottingham, England. Wollaton has two Wards in the City of Nottingham (''Wollaton East and Lenton Abbey'' and ''Wollaton West'') with a total population as at the 2011 census of 24,69 ...
. To the southeast is the town of Beeston. The
Bramcote Hills Sport & Community College Bramcote Hills Sports and Community College was a mixed state school in Nottinghamshire. It taught children from 11 to 18 (Years 7-13). It is located in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire. It was part of the White Hills Park Federation with Executive Head ...
was located in the area — now the site is part of the
Alderman White School and Language College Alderman White School is a mixed, 11-18 secondary school in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire. The school is a member of The White Hills Park Federation Trust and became an academy on 1 October 2012, rebranding from Alderman White School & Language Colle ...
. This together with the nearby
Bramcote College Bramcote College is a co-educational secondary school located in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, England. It is a member of The White Hills Park Federation Trust. History This was the first school to be built on the Bramcote Hills Site. In 1948 i ...
forms the White Hills Park Federation. The Bramcote Hills Primary School is also based in Bramcote Hills. Bramcote Hills Park is a stretch of woodland and fields that used to be a part of the manor house, but the house was demolished in 1968 and its grounds became the public park. You can still see the manor house ruins in Bramcote Hills Park today.The Bramcote History Group
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Places in the Borough of Broxtowe {{Nottinghamshire-geo-stub