Rushcliffe is a local government district with

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status in

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. The population of the Local Authority at the 2011 Census was 111,129. Its council
Rushcliffe Borough Council(0115 981 9911)
is based in West Bridgford. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by merging the West Bridgford Urban District, the

Bingham Rural District Bingham was a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 from the Bingham rural sanitary district. It took in the parish of Gamston from Basford Rural District in 1935, an ...

and part of

Basford Rural District Basford was a rural district close to Nottingham, England, from 1894 to 1974. The district consisted of two detached parts, to the north and south of Nottingham. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the existing Basford ...

. The district was named after the old Rushcliffe wapentake. Rushcliffe means "cliff where brushwood grows", from Old English ''hris'' "brushwood" and clif "cliff".

Political representation

Forty four councillors were elected at the borough council election in May 2019. There are 29 Conservatives, giving them control of the council. There are also 7 Labour, 3 Independents, 3 Liberal Democrats and 2

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. The next borough council election is due in May 2023. The

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for the parliamentary constituency of Rushcliffe is the

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, Ruth Edwards. As of the December 2019 general election, Rushcliffe is one of eight Tory-held

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, out of a total of eleven. The

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is due in May 2024.

Geography

South-east of

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, the Rushcliffe boundary splits from the City of Nottingham boundary near the Holme Pierrepont Watersports Centre and then follows the

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to near RAF Syerston, which is the most northern part of the district, although Syerston the village itself is in the Newark and Sherwood district. It meets the River Devon near Cotham, then follows this river to the east southwards to where it meets the Leicestershire boundary. To the south, the Leicestershire/Rushcliffe boundary crosses the runways of the former RAF Langar with most of the airfield in Rushcliffe. Rushcliffe is split between an urbanised north-west, containing suburbs of

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that have not been incorporated into the city, and the south and east which is predominantly rural, which stretches to the Leicestershire border. Many of these villages lie in the

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. The Grantham Canal threads from nearby Grantham through Rushcliffe to the

. Villages in the

include Redmile, Hickling, Harby,

Stathern Stathern is an English village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir about north of Melton Mowbray. Its church has an unusual dedication and its school a long history. Its pub doubles as a po ...

and Langar. Some of these villages cross the county boundary; some have a Melton Mowbray (Leicestershire) address and postcode. East Leake, in the south of Rushcliffe, has a Loughborough postcode, crossing the boundary. Geographically, the River Soar marks the divide between the two counties. The borough also is home to numerous villages along the A60 corridor, heading to Loughborough (Leicestershire) three of these are, Bradmore, Bunny and

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Demographics

In 2001, there were around 43,600 households in the district, with about 106,000 people. 44% or nearly half of Rushcliffe's population lives in West Bridgford. The average house price is the highest in Nottinghamshire and in the top three in the East Midlands. It is one of the most affluent areas of the East Midlands, and consistently in the top ten of the nicest places to live in the UK.

Education

The district has the best

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results within Nottinghamshire and throughout the

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. . Rushcliffe Spencer Academy and

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have ranked regularly in the top 100 comprehensive schools in the UK for GCSE results. In 2014 West Bridgford was ranked at 63rd of all comprehensives in the UK with 83% achieving '5+ A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and maths GCSEs' and Rushcliffe 81st in the UK with 82% achieving 5 A*-C in 2014. The Becket School (partly geographically outside the Rushcliffe district), West Bridgford School and Rushcliffe Spencer Academy get

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results for 'Average point score per A level student (full-time equivalent)' in the top 10% of all schools in the UK, comprehensive or selective, better than many English

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s. These scores are in the top 2% for all UK comprehensives. Sutton Bonington is in the south of the district, which has the Sutton Bonington Campus of the

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Wards

*Abbey Ward * Bingham East Ward * Bingham West Ward * Bunny Ward *Compton Acres Ward *

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Ward *Cranmer Ward *Cropwell Ward *

East Bridgford East Bridgford is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, east of the city of Nottingham. It had a population of 1,814 at the 2011 census. The village adjoins the south bank of the River Trent, opposite the villa ...

Ward * Edwalton Ward * Gamston North Ward * Gamston South Ward * Gotham Ward * Keyworth and Wolds Ward *Lady Bay Ward *Leake Ward *Lutterell Ward *Musters Ward *Nevile and Langar Ward * Radcliffe on Trent Ward * Ruddington Ward * Sutton Bonington Ward * Thoroton Ward * Tollerton Ward *

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Ward

Notable residents

*Conservative politician Kenneth Clarke (the MP for the area from 1970 to 2019 and who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993 to 1997) lives in West Bridgford *Actress Sherrie Hewson (''

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'', ''Crossroads'' and '' Loose Women'') lives in the Edwalton Hall development *Famous rose grower

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lived with his family in West Bridgford *The majority of Nottingham Forest Football Club players live in Rushcliffe and have included Stuart Pearce, Andy Cole and

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. Former Manager Frank Clark lived in Keyworth. A number of ex-Nottingham Forest Players remain in the Rushcliffe area. * Former England Test cricketer, off spin bowler and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Graeme Swann

Arms

References

External links

Rushcliffe Country Park
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