Radcliffe-on-Trent
Radcliffe-on-Trent | ||
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Shire county | ||
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Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
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Post town | NOTTINGHAM | |
Postcode district | NG12 | |
Dialling code | 0115 | |
Police | Nottinghamshire | |
Fire | Nottinghamshire | |
Ambulance | East Midlands | |
UK Parliament | ||
Website | https://www.rotpc.com | |
Radcliffe-on-Trent is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the Census 2011 was 8,205, falling slightly at the Census 2021 to 8,144[1][2]
Location
Radcliffe has a population of about 8,000.
To the south-east of the parish lies the former Saxondale Hospital, which has been redeveloped into some 350 dwellings and renamed
Places of worship
The village has an
Recreation
The village has a number of community spaces, such as Cliff Walk (which runs beside the river to nearby Shelford village), Rockley Memorial Park, a recreation ground and skate park, and a complex of sports fields at the eastern end of the village. There is an amateur dramatics group which stages regular productions at the Grange Hall, as well as numerous other clubs and associations.
There is also a Kickboxing club through KickboxUK (Professional Kickboxing Association – Radcliffe-on-Trent).
In 1999 the village was twinned with Bussy-St-Georges, a French town which lies east of Paris.
Radcliffe has an infant and nursery school, a junior school and a medium-sized secondary, South Nottinghamshire Academy, formerly known as Dayncourt School.
Famous residents
John Boot, the founder of the pharmacy chain Boots, was born in Radcliffe in 1815.[4]
The 19th-century
Professional footballer Ian Woan (born 1967) lived near Radcliffe while playing for Nottingham Forest F.C. As of October 2012[update], Woan is assistant manager of Burnley F.C.[5]
Gary Mills, who played in the victorious
The actor Tom Graham who played Tom Archer for 17 years (1997–2014) in the long running BBC Radio 4 programme The Archers was raised and went to school in Radcliffe.
See also
References
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-1-872356-00-6.
- ISBN 978-1-872356-01-3.
Footnotes
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2021". City Population. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Parish Councils: names and addresses". Rushcliffe Borough Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2007.
- ^ Lovell, Jenny (December 2014). "Jesse Boot". Royal Society of Chemistry. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020.
- ^ "Ian Woan, Management". Burnley Football Club. Retrieved 27 July 2020.