Redhill () is a small community forming part of the much larger town of
Arnold in Nottinghamshire, England. It is approximately north of the city of
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 south-east of Sheffield and nor ...
in the
borough of Gedling
Gedling is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. The council is based in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, Arnold. The borough also includes Carlton, ...
.
The area is home to approximately 2,000 people, many of whom are
commuters. The population is shown in the Gedling ward of Bonington.
Facilities
Although there is no commercial centre to Redhill, there is
Redhill Academy
Redhill Academy is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status, situated on Redhill Road in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England.
The school has around 1,575 pupils, 360 of which are sixth form AS/A2 level students. The head teacher is ...
, a specialist
performing arts
The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which involve the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. P ...
school, Redhill
Leisure Centre
A leisure centre, sports centre, or recreation centre is a purpose-built building or site, usually owned and provided by the local government authority, where people can engage in a variety of sports and exercise, and keep fit.
Typical facilit ...
and Redhill Stores and a newsagent. There are also two
pubs
A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption Licensing laws of the United Kingdom#On-licence, on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the ...
: ‘The Ram Inn’ and ‘The Waggon And Horses’.
Redhill also hosts the nearest municipal cemetery for the residents of the Greater Arnold area.
Redhill also boasts a unisex hairdressing salon, two car servicing garages and a used car dealership.
Bus services
;
Nottingham City Transport
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) is the major bus operator of the city of Nottingham, England. NCT operates extensively within Nottingham as well as beyond the city boundaries into Nottinghamshire county. Publicly owned, it is today the second ...
*87: Nottingham - Sherwood- City Hospital - Edwards Lane - Redhill - Arnold
;
Stagecoach
A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, ) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by ...
*Pronto: Chesterfield - Mansfield - Nottingham
* Sherwood Arrow: Worksop - Retford - Ollerton -Nottingham
History
It is generally accepted by historians that Redhill takes its name from the
clay
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, ). Most pure clay minerals are white or light-coloured, but natural clays show a variety of colours from impuriti ...
-like red soil making up the hill at the centre of the community.
Running through Redhill is the primary road leading north out of Nottingham, now named Mansfield Road, which is part of the
A60.
Prior to it was considered to be the southern limit of Sherwood Forest.
A professional guide to lead travellers safely through the forest to Mansfield could be hired from the now-demolished ‘Guide House’, which stood on the eastern side of Mansfield Road to the north of Roscoe Avenue.
References
External links
The Redhill Academy
Villages in Nottinghamshire
Gedling
{{Nottinghamshire-geo-stub