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East Bridgford is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, east of the city of Nottingham. It had a population of 1,814 at the 2011 census, [1] falling to 1,763 at the 2021 census. [2] The village adjoins the south bank of the River Trent, opposite the village of Gunthorpe. It is on the Trent Valley Way. East ...
The city centre includes numerous public squares. Among them are Centenary Square, Chamberlain Square and Victoria Square. The historic Old Square is located on Corporation Street. Rotunda Square and St Martin's Square are two of the newest squares in Birmingham, being located within the Bullring Shopping Centre.
The gardens are located 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) south-west of Birmingham city centre at grid reference. Designed in 1829, the gardens are Grade II* listed in Historic Englands's Register of Parks and Gardens , [ 1 ] and retain many original features and layout, which was designed by the landscape gardener and horticulturalist John Claudius ...
Stechford's history is unclear. Its oldest components are Station Road (known as Stoney Lane since Norman times) and Flaxleye Farm, first referenced in 1218. The farm itself no longer remains, however there is a farmhouse at 143 Flaxley Road, although the oldest parts of the current building cannot be older than the 17th century.
The economy of Birmingham is dominated by the service sector, which accounted for 88% of the city's employment in 2012. [2] Birmingham is the largest centre in Great Britain for employment in public administration, education and health; [3] and after Leeds the second-largest centre outside London for employment in financial and other business services.
West Bridgford (/ ˈ b r ɪ dʒ f ər d /) is a town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Rushcliffe, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England.It lies south of Nottingham city centre, east of Wilford, north of Ruddington and west of Radcliffe-on-Trent; it is also south-west of Colwick and south-east of Beeston, which are on the opposite bank of the River Trent.
The centre of the East Midlands area lies roughly between Bingham, Nottinghamshire and Bottesford, Leicestershire. The geographical centre of England lies in Higham on the Hill in west Leicestershire, close to the boundary between the Leicestershire and Warwickshire. Some 88 per cent of the land is rural in character, although agriculture ...
Bordesley Green is an inner-city area of Birmingham, England about two miles east of the city centre. It also contains a road of the same name. It is in the Bordesley Green Ward which also covers some of Small Heath and Little Bromwich. Bordesley Green East is in the Heartlands Ward. Heartlands Hospital is located in the eastern part of ...