Ruddington
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Ruddington is an English village (twinned with Grenay, France) situated five miles South of Nottingham in the Borough of Rushcliffe. It has a population of around 6,500 people. A fiercely independent community, residents have conducted high profile campaigns to retain the village's rural identity and prevent it being subsumed into the adjoining suburban districts of Clifton and West Bridgford. Ruddington is also home to Rushcliffe County Park.
[edit] Museums
For such a small village, Ruddington is notable for being the home of three major museums.
- The Ruddington Village Museum features authentic Chemists, Ironmongers and Fish and Chip 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, cottages, and outbuildings arranged around a garden courtyard, together with a former chapel. 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 Knitting machine.
- The Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre is situated adjacent to the Rushcliffe Country Park. There is a preserved stretch of the now defunct Great Central Railway line. There are plans to join this stretch to the preserved stretch of the railway in Loughborough. For more information, see Great Central Railway (preserved).
[edit] Transport
- Green Line 10 Ruddington - Wolds Estate - ASDA - Trent Bridge - Railway Station - City Centre.
- Local Link Gamston - West Bridgford - Wolds Estate - Ruddington - Clifton - Silverdale.
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| Unitary authorities: | Nottingham |
| Boroughs/Districts: | Ashfield • Bassetlaw • Broxtowe • Gedling • Mansfield • Newark and Sherwood • Rushcliffe |
| Cities/Towns: | Arnold • Beeston • Blidworth • Carlton • Cotgrave • Eastwood • Hucknall • Kimberley • Kirkby-in-Ashfield • Mansfield • Mansfield Woodhouse • Newark • Nottingham • Rainworth • Retford • Ruddington • Stapleford • Southwell • Sutton-in-Ashfield • West Bridgford • Worksop See also: List of civil parishes in Nottinghamshire |
