Coordinates: 52°55′59″N 1°15′00″W / 52.933°N 1.25°W
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  Bramcote
Bramcote shown within Nottinghamshire |
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| District | Broxtowe |
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| Shire county | Nottinghamshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NOTTINGHAM |
| Postcode district | NG9 |
| Dialling code | 0115 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Broxtowe |
| List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire | |
Bramcote is a settlement in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, about five miles south-west of Nottingham. It was a separate village but is now a suburb of Greater Nottingham. Originally one of the main roads between the cities of Nottingham and Derby (about 15 miles apart) passed through the village centre. Nowadays the main Nottingham - Derby road (the A52 - called the Brian Clough Way in honour of the late football manager who brought success to both Derby County and Nottingham Forest passes a little to the north of the village centre, partially cutting the centre from the Bramcote Hills part of the village. The original road snakes through the old centre entering a steep-sided cutting just south of the centre, forming a blind bend known as 'Devils Bend'.
Until the 1960s there was a country house estate on the north side of the village, but this has passed into public ownership. The house was demolished in 1968 and its grounds became a public park now known as 'Bramcote Park'. This includes grassed parkland and wooded hillside. Nearby places are Beeston, Wollaton, Chilwell and Stapleford. Bramcote is part of the Borough of Broxtowe. Until 1974 it was part of Beeston and Stapleford Urban District, having been in Stapleford Rural District until 1935.
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Schools
There are five local schools namely;
- Bramcote C of E (Aided) Primary School
- Bramcote Hills Primary School [1]
- Bramcote Hills Sport & Community College [2]
- Bramcote Park Business and Enterprise School [3]
- Foxwood
In the village centre there is also a primary school, a pre-school nursery and a large recreational park, King George's Park, on its west side on the slopes of a hill with views out over the Erewash valley to the north and west. St John's College, Nottingham is a Church of England theological college situated in Bramcote on the southern edge.
Leisure Centre
Bramcote Leisure Centre is located in Bramcote Park, just off the A52. It contains a variety of facilities, including a 33m pool with waterslide (which was recently divided into a 25m pool and family splash pool), a teaching pool, a gym (currently being extended), junior gym, 5-a-side pitch (Home of the majorly successful local team the Bramcote Beers), health suite and creche [4]. The centre achieved Quest Accreditation in March 2008, [5] and in November 2008 was the first centre in Nottinghamshire to achieve the Aquamark, the ASA National Award Scheme for swimming programme quality [6] The Vitality fitness suite at the centre is currently undergoing a £250k extension by local Nottingham contractor GPS Construction. The works involve renovations to the existing gym and forming an extended gym into the old squash courts.
Churches
The Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Bramcote is the local Anglican (Church of England website) Parish Church of Bramcote. In addition to the regular pattern of Sunday services, St. Michaels's runs a comprehensive programme of spiritual and social activities for all ages. It was built in 1861 and is on Church Street. St. Michael's was built to replace the old church St. Luke's (off Town Street) of which only the churchyard and tower remain.
Bramcote Methodist Church is on Chapel Street, Bramcote.
Emmanuel Church is an independent Anglican church that meets in the Bramcote Hills Sport & Community College [7] on Sunday mornings (1030) during the summer months and Sunday afternoons (1530) during the winter months. There is also a programme for youth and children, a men's breakfast group, prayer groups and house groups.
King George's Park
This park offers great views across Bramcote. It is on a steeply sloping site with a network of surfaced paths providing a link to the adjacent countryside. There are two free to use tennis courts in the park.
Other information
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Local public houses are The Sherwin Arms and The White Lion (known locally as the 'Top House').
The Bramcote Hills Community Association [8] looks after the interests of residents on the north east side of the village.
The oldest parts of the village are designated as a conservation area. Bramcote Conservation Society [9] monitors the care and preservation of buildings of historic and architectural interest within the conservation area and its surroundings.
In recent years, Bramcote has become increasingly popular with higher income households and local footballers, with many new large homes being built around the Cow Lane and Beeston Fields Drive area. Many of the homes on Beeston Fields Drive have a value of over 1 Million Pounds, and in 2008 it was revealved that the road had the highest average house price in the whole of the East Midlands[10]. Soul legend Edwin Starr lived there up to his death in 2003.
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