Cropwell Butler is a village

Village

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 in the borough

Borough

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 of Rushcliffe

Rushcliffe

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 in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

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, United Kingdom, one mile to the east of the A46

A46 road

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 in the NG12 postcode. The next village to the south is Cropwell Bishop

Cropwell Bishop

Cropwell Bishop is a village in the borough of Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire.It is two miles to the east of the A46 in the NG12 postcode. The next village to the north is Cropwell Butler. Both villages form part of the Vale of Belvoir....

.

This small village has one pub called The Plough Inn on Main Street, which along with the Village Hall and Sheldon Field are the only public facilities in this small and quiet village. The post office closed some years ago, and a selection of small independent shops including a butcher were transformed into a housing development called Carpenters Close in the late 1970s / early 1980s. There are no schools or Churches in the village, there is however a Methodist chapel.

The Sheldon Field plays host to a number of high profile football matches in the East Midlands Public Authorities Amateur League (EMPAL). Both Butler-Benfica FC (Cropwell Butler) and Chequers Rangers United (Cropwell Bishop) play at the Sheldon Field on Sunday mornings.

Part of the Upper Saxondale

Upper Saxondale

Upper Saxondale is a residential area situated mainly in the parish of Radcliffe on Trent, in the Nottinghamshire borough of Rushcliffe. A section also falls within the parish of Cropwell Butler...

 residential area also falls within the Cropwell Bishop parish boundary.

A post windmill

Windmill

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at Cropwell Butler was blown down in 1837. The miller escaped, but with severe bruising, by hiding in a hollow place under a beam.