Attenborough, Nottinghamshire
Encyclopedia
Attenborough is a village and a suburb
in the Broxtowe
borough of Nottinghamshire
. It forms part of Greater Nottingham
, and is to the southwest of Nottingham
, between Long Eaton
(to the southwest) and Beeston
(to the northeast). It adjoins the suburbs of Toton
to the west and Chilwell
to the north.
The village is the location of Attenborough railway station
, and of the Attenborough Nature Reserve
.
s, which have been flooded after gravel extraction and are now a haven for all sorts of bird
s and other wildlife.
The main commercial centre of Attenborough is around the junction of Nottingham Road (the A6005) and Attenborough Lane.
Further towards the Nature Reserve, on the other side of the railway line, is a tennis
club, a private school
, a cricket
club, which doubles as the village green
, and St. Mary's Church
(the historic C of E
parish church). This south-eastern part of Attenborough is bounded to the northwest by the railway line, and to the other three sides by the wetlands of the Nature Reserve. It is the historic part of the village, with 2 listed buildings as well as the listed church itself.
On the footpath that runs over the railway and onto Barrett Lane, a hoard of Roman coins
was found some time ago.
and has no parish council. Attenborough is one of the wards
for local government/electoral purposes within Broxtowe and returns one councillor to the Borough Council. In the 2007 local elections
the Conservatives
won the seat. The next elections to Broxtowe Borough Council will be held in 2011
. For elections to Nottinghamshire County Council the village is covered by the electoral division of Beeston South & Attenborough (consisting of the Beeston Central, Beeston Rylands and Attenborough wards). The most recent county council elections were held in 2009
— the Conservative candidate won Beeston South & Attenborough.
For elections to Parliament
the village is part of the Broxtowe constituency
. The present Member for Parliament is Anna Soubry
of the Conservative party, who won the seat from the Labour party
at the 2010 general election.
times as Addensburgh.
Attenborough was the home village of Henry Ireton
(1611 - 26 November 1651). He was an English
general
in the army of Parliament
during the English Civil War
.
During the First World War
, the railway station had its platforms extended as it was used as an interchange for soldiers heading for Chetwynd Barracks. In the graveyard of St Mary's church
can be found a memorial to the 134 people killed on 1 July 1918 in an explosion in the shell factory in nearby Chilwell
. This death toll remains the largest number of deaths caused by a single explosion in mainland Britain.
During the Second World War
, Attenborough railway station
was said to be the longest in Europe due to its proximity to Chilwell
army
base.
A ferry
, Barton Ferry, used to cross the River Trent
from the mouth of the River Erewash
(near Attenborough) to Barton in Fabis
. A crossing existed at this point since before 1774.
, Beeston, Stapleford
, Long Eaton and other local towns.
Trent Barton
Premiere Travel
An hourly service is provided throughout the day by East Midlands Trains
Matlock to Nottingham service. Additional services run at peak times, including some operated by CrossCountry
.
is approximately 3 km away. It provides regular and direct connections to various locations across the UK.
Direct services include Nottingham, Derby, London, Lincoln, Bedford, Burton upon Trent, Leicester, Loughborough, Tamworth, Newark (Castle), Luton, East Midlands Parkway, Birmingham and Matlock.
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
in the Broxtowe
Broxtowe
Broxtowe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England, west of the City of Nottingham. It is part of the Greater Nottingham metropolitan area...
borough of Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
. It forms part of Greater Nottingham
Greater Nottingham
The Nottingham Urban Area is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics, consisting of the city of Nottingham and the adjoining urban areas of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England...
, and is to the southwest 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...
, between Long Eaton
Long Eaton
Long Eaton is a town in Derbyshire, England. It lies just north of the River Trent about southwest of Nottingham and is part of the Nottingham Urban Area...
(to the southwest) and Beeston
Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Beeston is a town in Nottinghamshire, England. It is southwest of Nottingham city centre. Although typically regarded as a suburb of the City of Nottingham, and officially designated as part of the Nottingham Urban Area, for local government purposes it is in the borough of Broxtowe, lying outside...
(to the northeast). It adjoins the suburbs of Toton
Toton
Toton is a small suburb of Nottingham. It forms part of the Greater Nottingham urban area, and is in the Borough of Broxtowe. The inhabited area is contained within the electoral ward of Toton and Chilwell Meadows...
to the west and Chilwell
Chilwell
Chilwell is a residential suburb of Greater Nottingham, in the Borough of Broxtowe of Nottinghamshire, west of Nottingham city. Until 1974 it was part of Beeston and Stapleford Urban District, having been in Stapleford Rural District until 1935.-History:...
to the north.
The village is the location of Attenborough railway station
Attenborough railway station
Attenborough railway station serves Attenborough in Nottinghamshire, England.As of late 2009 Attenborough is a Penalty fare station when travelling on East Midlands Trains services and the Pertis machine must be used which is located on the Derby bound platform.-History:Built as a halt known as...
, and of the Attenborough Nature Reserve
Attenborough Nature Reserve
Attenborough Nature Reserve is a nature reserve at Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, England, located 7 Kilometres south west of Nottingham city centre. It is managed by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust in partnership with the site's owners, Cemex , supported by Broxtowe Borough Council...
.
Further information
The Attenborough Nature Reserve is a series of gravel pitGravel pit
Gravel pit is the term for an open cast working for extraction of gravel. Gravel pits often lie in river valleys where the water table is high, so they may fill naturally with water to form ponds or lakes. Old, abandoned gravel pits are normally used either as nature reserves, or as amenity areas...
s, which have been flooded after gravel extraction and are now a haven for all sorts of bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s and other wildlife.
The main commercial centre of Attenborough is around the junction of Nottingham Road (the A6005) and Attenborough Lane.
Further towards the Nature Reserve, on the other side of the railway line, is a tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
club, a private school
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
, a cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
club, which doubles as the village green
Village green
A village green is a common open area which is a part of a settlement. Traditionally, such an area was often common grass land at the centre of a small agricultural settlement, used for grazing and sometimes for community events...
, and St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Church, Attenborough
St. Mary's Church, Attenborough is a parish church in the Church of England in the village of Attenborough, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.-History:The present day church...
(the historic C of E
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
parish church). This south-eastern part of Attenborough is bounded to the northwest by the railway line, and to the other three sides by the wetlands of the Nature Reserve. It is the historic part of the village, with 2 listed buildings as well as the listed church itself.
On the footpath that runs over the railway and onto Barrett Lane, a hoard of Roman coins
Roman currency
The Roman currency during most of the Roman Republic and the western half of the Roman Empire consisted of coins including the aureus , the denarius , the sestertius , the dupondius , and the as...
was found some time ago.
Flood defences
The village was flooded in November 2000. In 2006, planning started for substantial flood defences for the village. However the scheme proved controversial in Attenborough due to the impact of a high flood wall along The Strand. Whilst the £51 million series of flood defence improvements, designed to reduce incidents to once every hundred years, along a 27 km stretch of the Trent, generally began construction in 2009, the part that will run around the village has been revised and was resubmitted for planning permission in 2010. Permission was approved in August 2010, with the defences being moved to behind the village green. Work is now underway on building the defences (October 2011), with completion expected in Summer 2012.Local government and politics
Attenborough is an unparished areaUnparished area
In England, an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a civil parish. Most urbanised districts of England are either entirely or partly unparished. Many towns and some cities in otherwise rural districts are also unparished areas and therefore no longer have a town council or city...
and has no parish council. Attenborough is one of the wards
Wards of the United Kingdom
A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...
for local government/electoral purposes within Broxtowe and returns one councillor to the Borough Council. In the 2007 local elections
United Kingdom local elections, 2007
The 2007 UK local government elections were held on 3 May 2007. These elections took place in most of England and all of Scotland. There were no local government elections in Wales though the Welsh Assembly had a general election on the same day. There were no local government elections in Northern...
the Conservatives
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
won the seat. The next elections to Broxtowe Borough Council will be held in 2011
United Kingdom local elections, 2011
The 2011 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. In England, direct elections were held in all 36 Metropolitan boroughs, 194 Second-tier district authorities, 49 unitary authorities and various mayoral posts, meaning local elections took place in all parts of England with...
. For elections to Nottinghamshire County Council the village is covered by the electoral division of Beeston South & Attenborough (consisting of the Beeston Central, Beeston Rylands and Attenborough wards). The most recent county council elections were held in 2009
Nottinghamshire Council election, 2009
Elections to Nottinghamshire County Council took place on 4 June 2009, having been delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament....
— the Conservative candidate won Beeston South & Attenborough.
For elections to Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
the village is part of the Broxtowe constituency
Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency)
Broxtowe is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
. The present Member for Parliament is Anna Soubry
Anna Soubry
Anna Mary Soubry is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Broxtowe since the 2010 general election. She is a single mother of two children....
of the Conservative party, who won the seat from the Labour party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
at the 2010 general election.
History
Attenborough was known in SaxonHistory of Anglo-Saxon England
Anglo-Saxon England refers to the period of the history of that part of Britain, that became known as England, lasting from the end of Roman occupation and establishment of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the 5th century until the Norman conquest of England in 1066 by William the Conqueror...
times as Addensburgh.
Attenborough was the home village of Henry Ireton
Henry Ireton
Henry Ireton was an English general in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War. He was the son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell.-Early life:...
(1611 - 26 November 1651). He was 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...
general
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
in the army of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
during the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
.
During the First World War
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, the railway station had its platforms extended as it was used as an interchange for soldiers heading for Chetwynd Barracks. In the graveyard of St Mary's church
St. Mary's Church, Attenborough
St. Mary's Church, Attenborough is a parish church in the Church of England in the village of Attenborough, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.-History:The present day church...
can be found a memorial to the 134 people killed on 1 July 1918 in an explosion in the shell factory in nearby Chilwell
Chilwell
Chilwell is a residential suburb of Greater Nottingham, in the Borough of Broxtowe of Nottinghamshire, west of Nottingham city. Until 1974 it was part of Beeston and Stapleford Urban District, having been in Stapleford Rural District until 1935.-History:...
. This death toll remains the largest number of deaths caused by a single explosion in mainland Britain.
During the Second World War
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Attenborough railway station
Attenborough railway station
Attenborough railway station serves Attenborough in Nottinghamshire, England.As of late 2009 Attenborough is a Penalty fare station when travelling on East Midlands Trains services and the Pertis machine must be used which is located on the Derby bound platform.-History:Built as a halt known as...
was said to be the longest in Europe due to its proximity to Chilwell
Chilwell
Chilwell is a residential suburb of Greater Nottingham, in the Borough of Broxtowe of Nottinghamshire, west of Nottingham city. Until 1974 it was part of Beeston and Stapleford Urban District, having been in Stapleford Rural District until 1935.-History:...
army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
base.
A ferry
Ferry
A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...
, Barton Ferry, used to cross the River Trent
River Trent
The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. Its source is in Staffordshire on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through the Midlands until it joins the River Ouse at Trent Falls to form the Humber Estuary, which empties into the North Sea below Hull and Immingham.The Trent...
from the mouth of the River Erewash
River Erewash
The River Erewash is a river in England that flows roughly southwards through Derbyshire, close to its eastern border with Nottinghamshire.-Etymology:...
(near Attenborough) to Barton in Fabis
Barton in Fabis
Barton in Fabis is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire. It has a population of about 250. The village is just south of Nottingham, being on the other side of the River Trent from Attenborough....
. A crossing existed at this point since before 1774.
Transport
Road transport is the primary method of transport in and out of the area which is connected to Nottingham by the A6005. East Midlands Airport is approximately 16 kilometres away, the airport provides domestic and international routes, focused mainly on EU/EEA/Swiss routes.Bus
Bus services operate to Nottingham, DerbyDerby
Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...
, Beeston, Stapleford
Stapleford, Nottinghamshire
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, Long Eaton and other local towns.
Trent Barton
Trent Barton
Trent Barton is one of the very small number of significant independent bus operators in the United Kingdom. It was formed as the result of merging Derbyshire's Trent Buses with Nottinghamshire's Barton Transport....
- Indigo: Nottingham - QMC - University Boulevard - Beeston - Chilwell - Attenborough - Toton - Long Eaton / Derby / Sawley / Loughborough (Via East Midlands Airport).
Premiere Travel
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....
- 17: Nottingham - QMC - Beeston - Attenborough - Toton - Stapleford.
Attenborough
Main article: Attenborough railway stationAttenborough railway station
Attenborough railway station serves Attenborough in Nottinghamshire, England.As of late 2009 Attenborough is a Penalty fare station when travelling on East Midlands Trains services and the Pertis machine must be used which is located on the Derby bound platform.-History:Built as a halt known as...
An hourly service is provided throughout the day by East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains is a British passenger train operating company. Based in Derby, it provides train services in the East Midlands, chiefly in the counties of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, and between the East Midlands and London...
Matlock to Nottingham service. Additional services run at peak times, including some operated by CrossCountry
CrossCountry
CrossCountry is the brand name of XC Trains Ltd., a British train operating company owned by Arriva...
.
Beeston
Beeston railway stationBeeston railway station
Beeston railway station is a railway station on the Midland Main Line which serves the town of Beeston in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies south west of Nottingham railway station...
is approximately 3 km away. It provides regular and direct connections to various locations across the UK.
Direct services include Nottingham, Derby, London, Lincoln, Bedford, Burton upon Trent, Leicester, Loughborough, Tamworth, Newark (Castle), Luton, East Midlands Parkway, Birmingham and Matlock.