29-513: Compton Acres is a housing development located to the south west of West Bridgford , Nottinghamshire , England, on the rural-urban fringe. Compton Acres also borders with the villages of Ruddington and Wilford . Most of the estate was built in the 1990s. The name Compton Acres is taken from a garden in Poole, Dorset . Many of the streets are named after areas in Dorset , or trees. The architecture of
58-486: A diversity of buildings, mostly Victorian, although larger properties are being demolished for development, as no protection exists for the common housing stock. St. Giles Church is medieval, but was heavily restored at the end of the 19th century. West Bridgford was created as an urban sanitary district in 1891 and became an urban district with an elected council under the Local Government Act 1894 . In 1935,
87-627: A number of football teams for all ages. West Bridgford Colts FC are thought to be the largest FA-approved football organisation in the country, running over 144 teams (checked Feb 2024) the club includes West Bridgford Football Club the Senior section for Colts, which started in 2011 on Saturday afternoons in the Nottinghamshire Senior League . Also playing in the Nottinghamshire Senior League are Magdala Amateurs who play at
116-851: A rowing shell manufacturer, Raymond Sims Ltd . Several of the town's secondary schools feature rowing activities. West Bridgford has two large Rugby Union clubs: Nottingham Moderns RFC in Wilford village and West Bridgford Rugby Club . Nottingham RFC moved its training base and reserve team ground from Ireland Road, Beeston , to Lady Bay after the 2005/2006 season. It plays first-team fixtures at Meadow Lane , just over Trent Bridge from West Bridgford. There are two interlinked Karate clubs in West Bridgford: South Notts Shotokan Karate Club (SNSKC) and West Bridgford Shotokan Karate Club (WBSKC), both of which are KUGB clubs. West Bridgford Hockey Club on Loughborough Road
145-466: A small village in the mid-19th century into a town of over 36,000 inhabitants by 2021. The northern boundary of West Bridgford is the River Trent . The river is spanned by two road bridges and a pedestrianised bridge allowing access from the town to the city of Nottingham. The bridges link to cycling routes in the city centre, railway station and the university areas. The central West Bridgford area has
174-893: A team of retail consultants to recommend improvements and changes to the town's shopping areas and the wider public realm. These included better road design, with landscaping points to improve the movement of people from Gordon Road through to Central Avenue. Both roads have independent retailers and national chains. Other proposals included moving Bridgford Road car park underground and putting retail space at ground level. These proposals have largely been abandoned and, presently in 2024, have not been followed through. The West Bridgford School and Rushcliffe School are secondary schools with academy status . The Becket School and The Nottingham Emmanuel School are Catholic and Church of England schools respectively, both in West Bridgford, but operated through Nottingham City Council . The Becket School
203-436: Is a community separate from Nottingham, with no ties of governance to it. Though some services like business waste and cycling park provisions are carried out or provided by Nottingham City Council . In Nottingham, West Bridgford was sometimes negatively dubbed "Bread and Lard Island", suggesting that its residents had spent so much on big houses and fur coats that they could only afford to eat bread and lard. It grew from
232-515: Is also south-west of Colwick and south-east of Beeston , which are on the opposite bank of the River Trent . The town is part of the Nottingham Urban Area and had a population of 36,487 in the 2021 Census . West Bridgford was founded between 919 and 924, when defences and houses were built at the south end of Trent Bridge . It was established by Edward the Elder to protect Nottingham and
261-869: Is fed by primary schools around Nottingham, but by only one school in West Bridgford: St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School. The other feeder schools are Blessed Robert, St Edmund Campion, Our Lady and St Edward's. The West Bridgford School's feeder primary schools are West Bridgford Infant and Junior School, Jesse Gray Primary School, Heymann Primary School and Greythorn Primary School. Rushcliffe School's feeder primary schools are Abbey Road Primary School, Pierpont Gamston Primary School, Edwalton Primary School, Lady Bay Primary School and St Peter's School in Ruddington . Local news and television programmes are BBC East Midlands and ITV Central . Television signals are received from
290-676: The Lake District , and Compton Acres from Dorset and the Purbeck Coast . At the end of the First World War , the Musters family sold the Trent Bridge Inn and Trent Bridge cricket ground to the county cricket club. The club owned the inn briefly, then sold it at a profit to a brewery. After pressure, the Musters sold land for building, but strict planning regulations were stipulated for
319-508: The Waltham TV transmitter, and the Nottingham relay transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Nottingham , Hits Radio East Midlands , Capital Midlands , Smooth East Midlands and Greatest Hits Radio Midlands . The Nottingham & Long Eaton Topper newspaper was established in 1994. The nearest railway station is Nottingham , which lies approximately 1.5 miles north-west of
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#1732851535818348-495: The "Roko" gym, but these have been scrapped and the land sold to the supermarket chain Lidl. On this site there is now a large car park with a Lidl , PureGym , Indigo Sun (tanning salon), Starbucks and a fish and chip shop; this was opened on 24th February 2022 and nearby is a new Aldi, opened November 2023. Linden Homes have built 170 new houses on a floodplain between "Roko" and the new Rushcliffe Arena on an area of brownfield land ,
377-457: The 2011 Census was 5,337. It is one of the nine wards in West Bridgford. The border between Gamston and Edwalton exists at the junction of Beckside, Melton Gardens and Alford Road. The West Bridgford border however is somewhat harder to ascertain, although the Grantham Canal provides a partial boundary to the north-west of the village. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census
406-733: The ROKO Ground. Trent Bridge Cricket Ground was first used in 1838 and held its first test match in 1899, when England played against Australia. It is the third oldest ground used as a test cricket venue after Lord's in London and Eden Gardens in Calcutta , India . Trent Bridge is home to Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club , a first-class cricket club. There are two rowing clubs in West Bridgford: Nottingham Rowing Club and Nottingham and Union Rowing Club , along with
435-735: The River Trent. Rushcliffe Borough Council's headquarters are at Rushcliffe Arena, a joint headquarters and leisure facility on Rugby Road. Nottingham Forest Football Club play at the City Ground , beside the River Trent. The club was founded in 1865 and has played at the site since 1898. Between 1975 and 1993, Nottingham Forest was managed by Brian Clough and won a Football League title, two European Cups and four Football League Cups ; it fielded players including Trevor Francis , Peter Shilton , John Robertson , Martin O'Neill , Stuart Pearce and Roy Keane . At local level, West Bridgford has
464-485: The West Bridgford Estate. This was planned over a grid of tree-lined roads. The main roads, such as Musters Road, had restrictions on housing density and size. All houses had to contain a specified number of bedrooms. Smaller houses were permitted on side roads and terraces were erected on roads such as Exchange Road for the servants of wealthy Nottingham merchants who had bought West Bridgford property. The result
493-465: The area are operated by several companies: West Bridgford UDC 's own fleet of buses, with a brown-and-yellow livery, merged with Nottingham City Transport in 1968. Gamston, Rushcliffe Gamston is a village , civil parish and suburb of West Bridgford , in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire , England. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Nottingham , and
522-423: The area is typical for houses of its age, mostly being neo-Tudor or neo-Victorian . The district centre is Compton Acres Shopping Centre , which has a variety of general stores including a small Tesco supermarket and several restaurants. Further up Compton Acres is The Apple Tree pub . There were plans for a large Sainsbury's superstore on the site of the old Chateau public house, between The Becket School and
551-442: The centre of Nottingham , approximately three miles away on the north bank of the River Trent , although about 9% of workers are based at home in a growing segment of self-employed workers. Before construction of the estate, the area was mainly marshland punctuated with willow trees, many of which have been incorporated into the leafy feel of the area. In the estate there are open greens, parks and tree lined paths. A proportion of
580-555: The estate to the east sits on a former waste tip. There are ponds scattered across the area where many families go to feed the ducks. Wattbike is near Ruddington Lane tram stop . West Bridgford West Bridgford ( / ˈ b r ɪ dʒ f ər d / ) is a town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Rushcliffe , in the county of Nottinghamshire , England. It lies south of Nottingham city centre, east of Wilford , north of Ruddington and west of Radcliffe-on-Trent ; it
609-484: The fledgling Asda superstore chain, owned by a Leeds -based dairy farming conglomerate, Associated Dairies, acquired a controlling interest in the GEM operations. The Loughborough Road site has an Asda store, although it was replaced by a much larger one on land adjacent to the old site in 1999. The original building was demolished and replaced by a car park and petrol station area. In 2018, Rushcliffe Borough Council appointed
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#1732851535818638-467: 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 . The town is part of the constituency of Rushcliffe , which is held currently by James Naish of the Labour Party . Nottinghamshire County Council 's headquarters are at County Hall , a municipal building on the south bank of
667-445: The same distance east of West Bridgford. The population as of 2021 census was 2,173. The parish of Gamston comes under Holme Pierrepont and Gamston Parish Council. Gamston is split into Gamston North and Gamston South wards of Rushcliffe Borough Council ; Gamston North includes Holme Pierrepont And Gamston Parish Council. The parish contains the villages of Holme Pierrepont and Edwalton . The population of this ward also taken at
696-474: The site of a former waste tip. The Nottingham Emmanuel School and The Becket School are two secondary schools located in Compton Acres, which both opened in 2008/2009. The Nottingham Express Transit (tram system) runs along the disused railway line, and opened in 2015. Compton Acres has its own tram stop . Compton Acres is itself a ward The area is a popular residential location for commuters into
725-506: The surrounding area against incursions from Danes in the North of England. A survey during Edward's reign indicates that the population at this time was 192 people, 19 of whom were farmers. Some main roads in central West Bridgford are named after wealthy families that dominated its early history. There are no 'streets' named in West Bridgford. The roads in the Gamston development have names from
754-548: The through line to Nottingham not long after. Only a stub remains in use south of the old station site to Melton Mowbray as the Old Dalby Test Track. The site of Edwalton station has since been redeveloped for housing. There was also a station in Ruddington on the Great Central Main Line between Loughborough Central and Nottingham Victoria ; this closed in 1969 and since been left unused. Bus services in
783-465: The town in the city centre. It is a principal station on the Midland Main Line ; East Midlands Railway operates regular inter-city services to Leicester and London St Pancras . The former Manton Route from Nottingham to Melton Mowbray ran to the east of the town, although no station was ever built here. Instead, there was a station at Edwalton but it closed to passengers in 1944, with
812-705: Was 2,164, increasing marginally to 2,173 residents at the 2021 census. Most of the homes in Gamston were built since the 1980s as part of the expansion of West Bridgford. The homes range from 2 bed bungalows and one bed terraces to 5 bedroomed family homes. Local secondary schools and colleges include Rushcliffe School , West Bridgford Comprehensive and Central College Nottingham , although none of these are located in Gamston. Local primary schools include Pierrepont Gamston School, Edwalton Primary School in Edwalton and Abbey Road Primary School in West Bridgford. In 2009, Gamston
841-470: Was the childhood hockey club of Olympic Gold medallist and former West Bridgford resident Helen Richardson-Walsh . West Bridgford was the location of the UK's first major out-of-town superstore. In 1964, an American company, GEM , opened a store on Loughborough Road. Despite ambitions, GEM's British operations were not a success, with only two other such stores opening. National concessionaires withdrew, and in 1966
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