32-548: Orston is an English village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire , 15 miles (24 km) east of Nottingham . It borders the parishes of Scarrington , Thoroton , Flawborough , Bottesford and Elton on the Hill . The population at the 2011 census was 454, increasing to 512 residents at the 2021 census . Orston has a parish council and belongs under Rushcliffe Borough Council . The member of Parliament (MP) for
64-433: A sauna , pool , steam room , or whirlpool that guests may use in addition to their treatment. A day spa is also different from a destination spa , as no overnight accommodation is provided. In contrast, a destination spa offers similar services integrated into packages that may include diet, exercise programs, instruction on wellness, life coaching, yoga , tai chi , and accommodations in which participants reside for
96-518: A boutique personal service. As of 2022, the most popular procedures at medspas, according to the American Med Spa Association, are: chemical peels , aesthetician services, Botox and filler injections , microdermabrasion , photo-facial pulsed light, skin tightening, body contouring , laser skin resurfacing , medical consultations with a licensed medical doctor, and radiofrequency . The first medspa appeared around 1996. In 2002,
128-522: A month. The north aisle displays a restored military drum beaten at the Battle of Waterloo . A notable record of the possessions owned by the church was made in the 16th century. The Methodist church is part of the Grantham and Vale of Belvoir Circuit. Services are held on alternate Sunday mornings. The eight other listed buildings in the village are all Grade II. Among them is Orston Hall (once Orston Rectory) by
160-516: A traditional restaurant from Tuesday to Sunday. A delicatessen and café called The Limehaus previously occupied the former post office, which now serves as a day spa . There are various sports teams, clubs, and institutes active in the village. Many indoor events and meetings are held at the Village Hall . There is a clay shooting ground in Bottesford Lane. Elton and Orston railway station on
192-677: Is a local government district with borough status in south Nottinghamshire , England. Its council is based in West Bridgford . The borough also includes the towns of Bingham and Cotgrave as well as numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. Some of the built-up areas in the north-west of the borough, including West Bridgford, form part of the Nottingham Urban Area . The neighbouring districts are Broxtowe , Nottingham , Gedling , Newark and Sherwood , Melton , Charnwood , North West Leicestershire and Erewash . The district
224-527: The 2023 election , the composition of the council was: Of the five independent councillors, three sit together as the "Leake Independents" group and two sit together as the "Bingham Independents" group. The next election is due in 2027. The council is based at the Ruscliffe Arena on Rugby Road in West Bridgford. The building is a combined leisure centre and council headquarters. The council moved into
256-554: The Local Government Act 1894 . The population of Orston was 351 in 1801, 391 in 1821, and 439 in 1831. More detail on the village history and sources for it appears on the village website. There is a short description of the village in 1870–1872 in John Marius Wilson 's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales . Orston farming showed a variant of the open-field system with four fields instead of three. An enclosure act
288-536: The River Devon at Shelton . Orston Millennium Green, created for 2001 beside the Smite on donated land, has a mown area for recreation and other sections with various nature and wildlife preservation areas. It is surrounded by a footpath. There are playing fields off Spa Lane. In birth order: 52°57′N 0°52′W / 52.950°N 0.867°W / 52.950; -0.867 Rushcliffe Rushcliffe
320-576: The Waltham transmitter and the Nottingham relay transmitter. Radio stations for the area are: Rushcliffe Spencer Academy and West Bridgford school 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
352-746: The Newark constituency, to which Orston belongs, is the Conservative Robert Jenrick . The place-name Orston seems to contain an Old English personal name, Osica , with -ingtūn (Old English), a settlement called after, or connected with..., so probably, "farm/settlement connected with Osica". Some early spellings are Oschintone in the Domesday Book of 1086, Orskinton in 1242, Orston in 1284, and Horston in 1428. It lay in Bingham Wapentake (hundred) until such units were abolished under
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#1733094212967384-452: 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 A level 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 grammar schools . These scores are in
416-479: The architect Charles Baily . The nearest shopping centres are at Bingham (6 miles, 10 km) and Newark (10 miles, 16 km). Orston Primary School, occupying premises built in 1939, had 158 pupils aged four to eleven in 2018, equally divided between boys and girls. The 2010 full Ofsted report on the school rated it outstanding in all important respects. Its excellent 2013 performance figures eased slightly in most subjects. The village pub, The Durham Ox, doubles as
448-624: The borough is in the Rushcliffe constituency. The north-eastern part of the borough around Bingham and surrounding villages is in the Newark constituency. South-east of Nottingham , the Rushcliffe boundary splits from the City of Nottingham boundary near the Holme Pierrepont Watersports Centre and then follows the River Trent to near RAF Syerston , which is the most northern part of
480-570: The bowels, ulcers in the lungs, and for spitting of blood", but there does not appear to have been appreciable commercial development of the spring. The village contains two churches: St Mary's Anglican Church, and Orston Methodist Church. St Mary's is a Grade I Listed Building that forms part of the Cranmer Group, with St Thomas's, Aslockton , St Mary and All Saints, Hawksworth , St John of Beverley, Scarrington , St Helena's, Thoroton and St John of Beverley, Whatton . Services are held about twice
512-566: The city, and the south and east which is predominantly rural, which stretches to the Leicestershire border. Many of these villages lie in the Vale of Belvoir . The Grantham Canal threads from nearby Grantham through Rushcliffe to the River Trent . Villages in the Vale of Belvoir include Redmile , Hickling , Harby , Stathern and Langar . Geographically, the River Soar marks the divide between
544-411: The council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Rushcliffe. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council . The leaders since 2005 have been: Following
576-632: 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 Greater Nottingham that have not been incorporated into
608-642: The duration of their stay. It may also function as a day spa, if it allows day access to patrons who are not guests of the resort. A medspa, also known as a medical spa, is a spa that provides the client with medical spa services. It is a combination of a medical clinic and a traditional spa, providing spa and specialized medical treatments, with an overall focus on holistic health , wellness, and anti-aging services. Medspas specialize in non-surgical aesthetic services, including laser hair removal and medical-grade skin therapies . They are operated by licensed medical professionals, but generally look and feel like
640-690: The new building in December 2016 and the leisure centre opened the following month. From 1982 to 2016 the council was based at Rushcliffe Civic Centre on Pavilion Road in West Bridgford, overlooking Trent Bridge . That building had been built in 1966 as a hotel called the Bridgford Hotel. Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 44 councillors representing 24 wards , with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. The wards are: The borough straddles two parliamentary constituencies. Most of
672-551: The number of medspas increased by 85%, according to the International Medical Spa Association, with the types of procedures performed at medspas also increasing. In 2010, there were 1,600 medspas in the US generating $ 1.1 billion in revenue ($ 700,000 per medspa on average); by 2018, there were over 5,000 medspas generating $ 7–8 billion in revenue ($ 1.4 million per medspa on average). The 2018 profit margin for medspas
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#1733094212967704-403: The outskirts of the village provides only a skeleton service of one train in each direction per day. The nearest stations with regular services to Nottingham, Grantham , and beyond are Bottesford (2.4 miles, 4 km) and Aslockton (2.3 miles, 3.7 km). A local hourly bus links Orston with Bingham and nearby villages. The A52 trunk road between Nottingham and Grantham passes two miles south of
736-568: The purpose of improving health, beauty, and relaxation through personal care treatments such as massages and facials . The number of day spas in the US almost doubled in the two years from 2002 to 2004, to 8,734, according to the International Spa Association, and by 2020 there were 21,560 spas across the United States, according to Statista. A day spa is different from a beauty salon , in that it contains facilities such as
768-531: The top 2% for all UK comprehensives. Sutton Bonington is in the south of the district, which has the Sutton Bonington Campus of the University of Nottingham . [REDACTED] Media related to Rushcliffe at Wikimedia Commons 52°54′N 1°03′W / 52.90°N 1.05°W / 52.90; -1.05 Day spa A day spa is a business that provides a variety of services for
800-430: The two counties. The former West Bridgford Urban District is an unparished area . The rest of the borough is divided into civil parishes . The parish councils for Bingham and Cotgrave take the style "town council". Some of the smaller parishes have a parish meeting rather than a parish council. In terms of television, Rushcliffe is served by BBC East Midlands and ITV Central with television signals received from
832-469: The village. It is reached at Elton on the Hill, in a south-easterly direction at Bottesford, or in a westerly direction via Scarrington . Orston also lies on National Cycle Route 15 . The slow-running River Smite , which bounds the village on the western side, is 20 miles long. It is paralleled at Orston by the Northing and Bon Moor Drains. The Smite has its source at Holwell, Leicestershire , and flows into
864-465: The year Botox was approved for cosmetic use by the Food and Drug Administration , there were approximately 25 medspas in the US, according to the International Medical Spa Association. By 2004, there were approximately 500 medspas in the US, mostly cosmetic in nature and run by dermatologists or plastic surgeons, though an increasing number were beginning to identify as wellness centers. Between 2007 and 2008,
896-423: Was 29%. In 2022, the United States accounted for 37.7% of the global medspa market, valued at $ 16.4 billion, and projected to reach $ 41 billion by the end of 2029, according to Data Bridge Market Research. The surge is credited to technological advances, evolving consumer preferences, and the proliferation of business conducted through video calling. By the end of 2022, there were 8,841 registered medical spas in
928-436: Was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . The new district covered the whole area of two former districts and part of a third, which were all abolished at the same time: The new district was named after the ancient Rushcliffe Wapentake , which had covered part of the area. Rushcliffe means "cliff where brushwood grows", from Old English hris "brushwood" and clif "cliff". The new Rushcliffe district
960-447: Was granted borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. Rushcliffe Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Nottinghamshire County Council . Most of the borough is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under Conservative majority control since 1999. The first election to
992-643: Was passed in 1793. A survey of Orston's present appearance and history as a conservation area was made in 2010. There are still gypsum quarries in the area. Indeed, Orston in earlier centuries was once primarily a mining village, and probably the most important source of gypsum in the East Midlands. According to the Nottinghamshire volume of the Victoria History of the Countries of England , the gypsum at Orston
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1024-482: Was the "finest in the Kingdom". The remains of several brickworks have also been identified. Mining subsidence has been a problem in some parts of the village, affecting also the church. A full account of the quarrying and mining in the village has appeared. The village had a brief 18th-century period as a medicinal spring for "hydrochondriac melancholy, scurvy, want of appetite, indigestion, stoppage of urine, obstruction of
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