Ratcliffe-on-Soar
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Ratcliffe-on-Soar is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire
on the River Soar
. It is part of the Rushcliffe
district, and is the site of Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station
. Nearby places are Kingston on Soar
and Trentlock
. With a population of around 100, the parish is too small to have a parish council and so has a parish meeting
. Although the village does not contain any shops, it has a church and a marina
which is often affected by severe flooding as it built on designated flood-plain,just before the notorious soar-valley joins the river Trent at Trent-lock.
The Midland Main Line
runs by the village, which is now served by the new East Midlands Parkway
station. A shuttle bus service runs from the station to East Midlands Airport.
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...
on the River Soar
River Soar
The River Soar is a tributary of the River Trent in the English East Midlands.-Description:It rises near Hinckley in Leicestershire and is joined by the River Sence near Enderby before flowing through Leicester , Barrow-on-Soar, beside Loughborough and Kegworth, before joining the Trent near...
. It is part of the Rushcliffe
Rushcliffe
Rushcliffe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in West Bridgford. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by merging the West Bridgford Urban District, the Bingham Rural District and part of Basford Rural District.-Political representation:The...
district, and is the site of Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station
Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station
Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station is a coal-fired power station operated by E.ON UK at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, England. Commissioned in 1968 by the then Central Electricity Generating Board, the station has a capacity of 2,000 MW...
. Nearby places are Kingston on Soar
Kingston on Soar
Kingston on Soar is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England. It has a population of 239, as of the 2001 census.It has 4 centres of population: the Village, Kingston Hall, New Kingston and Kingston Fields....
and Trentlock
Trentlock
Trent Lock is located south of Long Eaton, on the borders of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire in the United Kingdom...
. With a population of around 100, the parish is too small to have a parish council and so has a parish meeting
Parish meeting
A parish meeting, in England, is a meeting to which all the electors in a civil parish are entitled to attend. In some cases, where a parish or group of parishes has fewer than 200 electors, the parish meeting can take on the role of the parish council itself, with statutory powers, and electing a...
. Although the village does not contain any shops, it has a church and a marina
Marina
A marina is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo from freighters....
which is often affected by severe flooding as it built on designated flood-plain,just before the notorious soar-valley joins the river Trent at Trent-lock.
The Midland Main Line
Midland Main Line
The Midland Main Line is a major railway route in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system.The present-day line links London St...
runs by the village, which is now served by the new East Midlands Parkway
East Midlands Parkway railway station
East Midlands Parkway is a railway station located north of Ratcliffe-on-Soar on the Midland Main Line in the East Midlands of England. It provides park and ride facilities for rail passengers on the routes from Leicester to Derby and Nottingham...
station. A shuttle bus service runs from the station to East Midlands Airport.