24-689: Rushcliffe 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
48-576: A two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with borough status are known as boroughs , able to appoint a mayor and refer to itself as a borough council. Some shire counties now have no sub divisions so are a single Non-metropolitan district such as Cornwall. Typically a district will consist of a market town and its more rural hinterland. However districts are diverse with some being mostly urban such as Dartford, and others more polycentric such as Thurrock. Non-metropolitan districts are subdivisions of English non-metropolitan counties which have
72-461: A two-tier structure of local government. Two-tier non-metropolitan counties have a county council and several districts, each with a borough or district council. In these cases local government functions are divided between county and district councils, to the level where they can be practised most efficiently: Many districts have borough status , which means the local council is called a borough council instead of district council and gives them
96-465: A unitary authority or those that transferred from one county to another, including those that changed name. Nor does it include unitary authorities that have been abolished ( Bournemouth and Poole ). Cotham, Nottinghamshire Cotham, Nottinghamshire is a hamlet and civil parish near Newark-on-Trent in the East Midlands of England. The village population is reported as 88 residents at
120-697: 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 Non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts , or colloquially " shire districts ", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially shire counties ) in
144-512: The 2021 census . Francis White's Directory of Nottinghamshire described Cotham in 1853: Cotham is a small village on the east bank of the River Devon , 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Newark . It contains 98 inhabitants, and 1,210 acres (4.9 km ) of land valued at £1,700, all belonging to the Duke of Portland , who is the impropriator and patron of St. Michael's Church, Cotham . The church
168-525: 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
192-584: The District Councils' Network , special interest group which sits within the Local Government Association . The network's purpose is to "act as an informed and representative advocate for districts to government and other national bodies, based on their unique position to deliver for local people." This is a list of two-tier non-metropolitan counties and their districts. All unitary authorities are also non-metropolitan districts, which, with
216-574: 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
240-508: 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 the top 2% for all UK comprehensives. Sutton Bonington
264-449: The areas for Wales and England had been enacted separately and there were no Welsh metropolitan areas, the term 'non-metropolitan district' does not apply to Wales. A similar system existed in Scotland , which in 1975 was divided into regions and districts, this was also abolished in 1996 and replaced with a fully unitary system . In England most of the district councils are represented by
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#1732848351979288-708: 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 the district, although Syerston
312-566: 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
336-408: 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
360-487: The exception of those of Berkshire , are coterminous with non-metropolitan counties. For a full list of districts of all types including unitary authorities, metropolitan districts and London boroughs , see Districts of England . This is a list of former two-tier districts in England which have been abolished, by local government reorganisations such as the 2009 structural changes to local government in England . It does not include districts that still exist after becoming
384-685: 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
408-565: The right to appoint a mayor . Borough status is granted by royal charter and, in many cases, continues a style enjoyed by a predecessor authority, which can date back centuries. Some districts such as Oxford or Exeter have city status , granted by letters patent , but this does not give the local council any extra powers other than the right to call itself a city council . By 1899, England had been divided at district level into rural districts , urban districts , municipal boroughs , county boroughs and metropolitan boroughs . This system
432-428: 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
456-526: The two-tier structure, but reforms in the 1990s and 2009 reduced their number to 192. A further 55 non-metropolitan districts are now unitary authorities, which combine the functions of county and borough/district councils. In Wales , an almost identical two-tier system of local government existed between 1974 and 1996 (see Districts of Wales ). In 1996, this was abolished and replaced with an entirely unitary system of local government, with one level of local government responsible for all local services. Since
480-651: 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
504-673: Was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and the Local Government Act 1972 . Non-metropolitan districts were created by this act in 1974 when England outside Greater London was divided into metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties. Metropolitan counties were sub-divided into metropolitan districts and the non-metropolitan counties were sub-divided into non-metropolitan districts. The metropolitan districts had more powers than their non-metropolitan counterparts. Initially, there were 296 non-metropolitan districts in
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#1732848351979528-434: 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
552-445: 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
576-494: Was partly rebuilt, a porch being added, and new pews in 1832. The living is a donative valued at £35, and is now enjoyed by the Rev. John Ince Maltby of Shelton. This place was long the seat of the knightly families of Leek and Markham, but it is now divided into three farms, occupied by John Booth, William Hodgkinson and Thomas Rose, the latter of whom resides at Cotham Lodge, a pleasant residence, commanding fine prospects. The village had
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