Ruddington
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Ruddington is an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
village (twinned with Grenay, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) situated five miles south of Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
in the Borough of Rushcliffe
Rushcliffe
Rushcliffe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in West Bridgford. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by merging the West Bridgford Urban District, the Bingham Rural District and part of Basford Rural District.-Political representation:The...
. It had a population of 6,441 at the 2001 UK census.
A independent community, residents have previously conducted high profile campaigns in an attempt to retain the rural
Rural
Rural areas or the country or countryside are areas that are not urbanized, though when large areas are described, country towns and smaller cities will be included. They have a low population density, and typically much of the land is devoted to agriculture...
identity as a village and prevent it being subsumed into the adjoining suburban districts of Clifton
Clifton, Nottinghamshire
Clifton is a council estate and village in the city of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England founded by Sir Robert Clifton. The estate has a number of shop-clusters and relatively good transport links with the city and surrounding areas. The village is on the A453 which is the main connection...
and West Bridgford
West Bridgford
West Bridgford is a town in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies immediately south of the city of Nottingham, delimited by the River Trent; this proximity means that it forms a continuous urban area with Nottingham, effectively makes West Bridgford a suburb of the city, and...
. Ruddington is also home to Rushcliffe Country Park
Rushcliffe Country Park
Rushcliffe Country Park is an open park space covering approximately , located on Mere Way just south of Ruddington on the A60 in the borough of Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire....
, an area developed on the now decommissioned Ruddington Depot
Ruddington Depot
Historically Ruddington Ordnance & Supply Depot was built with a bomb factory & ammunition bunker commissioned in 1940 by the Ministry of Defence . It was located to the south of Ruddington....
.
Ruddington once had a station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
on the former Great Central Railway
Great Central Railway
The Great Central Railway was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923, it was grouped into the London and North Eastern...
(later part of the LNER), the last main line to be built from the north of England to London
London
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, opened on 15 March 1899. The station closed on 4 March 1963 but the line remained operational for passenger traffic until 5 May 1969 and for freight until 1974. The line was subsequently dismantled north of Ruddington, but the section south to Loughborough
Loughborough
Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and is home to Loughborough University...
remains in existence as a heritage railway (see Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre
Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre
The Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre is a heritage centre based at Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, the terminus of the northern section of the Great Central Railway . The site includes locomotive and rolling stock workshops , as well as cafeteria and shops...
below).
Museums
The Ruddington Village Museum
- features authentic ChemistsPharmacyPharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
, Ironmongers and Fish and ChipFish and chipsFish and chips is a popular take-away food in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada...
shops from the Edwardian era, all rebuilt part by part inside the building, which was previously the Ruddington Infant and Girls' School.
The Ruddington Framework Knitters' Museum
- is a unique complex of listed frameshops, cottageCottage__toc__In modern usage, a cottage is usually a modest, often cozy dwelling, typically in a rural or semi-rural location. However there are cottage-style dwellings in cities, and in places such as Canada the term exists with no connotations of size at all...
s, and outbuildings arranged around a gardenGardenA garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has...
courtyardCourtyardA court or courtyard is an enclosed area, often a space enclosed by a building that is open to the sky. These areas in inns and public buildings were often the primary meeting places for some purposes, leading to the other meanings of court....
, together with a former chapelChapelA chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
. The site has been restored to show the working and living conditions of the framework knitters who occupied it throughout the nineteenth century, and is one of the few places in Britain where you can see a working Framework KnittingStocking frameA stocking frame was a mechanical knitting machine used in the textiles industry. It was invented by William Lee of Calverton near Nottingham in 1589...
machine.
Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre
Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre
The Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre is a heritage centre based at Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, the terminus of the northern section of the Great Central Railway . The site includes locomotive and rolling stock workshops , as well as cafeteria and shops...
- is situated adjacent to the Rushcliffe Country ParkRushcliffe Country ParkRushcliffe Country Park is an open park space covering approximately , located on Mere Way just south of Ruddington on the A60 in the borough of Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire....
. There is a preserved stretch of the now defunct Great Central RailwayGreat Central RailwayThe Great Central Railway was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923, it was grouped into the London and North Eastern...
line extending south to Loughborough. Also home to a Classic Road Transport collection, a miniature railway and many more attractions. The railway works every Sunday and bank holiday Monday from Easter to late October. There are plans to join this stretch to the preserved stretch of the railway from Loughborough to Leicester North.- For more information, see Great Central Railway (preserved)Great Central Railway (preserved)The Great Central Railway is a heritage railway split into two adjacent sections, one in Leicestershire and the other Nottinghamshire.The Leicestershire section is currently Britain's only double track mainline heritage railway, with of working double track, period signalling, locomotives and...
.
- For more information, see Great Central Railway (preserved)
Transport
Nottingham City Transport- 10: Nottingham - Trent Bridge - Wilford Hill - Ruddington.
Premiere Travel
Premiere Travel is a family-owned bus and coach operator largely serving the Nottinghamshire area. The company was formed in 2002 with a pair of Leyland Nationals and has developed into a significant size providing mainly local bus services....
- 63: Beeston - QMC - Clifton - Ruddington - East Leake - Keyworth.
- X9: Nottingham - Loughborough Road - Ruddington - A60 - Loughborough.
Nottingham County Council
- L2: Silverdale - Clifton - Ruddington - Wilford Hill - West Bridgford - Gamston.
Trent Barton
- Ruddington Connection: Nottingham - Trent Bridge - Wilford Lane - Ruddington - Ruddington Business Park - Clifton.
See also
- St. Peter's Church, RuddingtonSt. Peter's Church, RuddingtonSt. Peter's Church, Ruddington is a Church of England church in Ruddington Nottinghamshire.-History:The chapel of St. Mary dating from 1459 became the parish church when St...
- St. Peter's Church, FlawfordSt. Peter's Church, FlawfordSt. Peter's Church, Flawford was a Church of England church in Flawford, Nottinghamshire.-History:The church is famous for the discovery of three Nottingham alabaster figures, representing Our Lady, St. Peter, and a bishop which were discovered during the demolition of the church in 1779. They now...
- Ruddington HallRuddington HallRuddington Hall is a country house standing in the grounds of a beautiful garden in Ruddington, Nottingham, England.Ruddington Hall has the distinction of being included in the art work of Nikolaus Pevsner alongside the Elizabethan Wollaton Hall and Newstead Abbey, ancestral home of Lord Byron.It...