About West Bridgford
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West Bridgford Demographics
West Bridgford is a town in the borough of Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire about two miles South of the City of Nottingham. It is also the administrative centre for Nottinghamshire County Council. The town is effectively bordered by the A6011 and the A52.
In the 2011 Census West Bridgford’s population was 45,309
Age Distribution
20% of the community is between the ages of 30-44
21.4% of the community is between the ages of 45-59
Median Age – 42 Mean Age – 41.2
Social Grade & Occupation Statistics
(According to the occupation of the main income earner)
AB – (Managerial, administrative or professional) – 39.19% (UK 22.96%)
C1 – (Supervisory or clerical and junior managerial, administrative or professional) – 31.78% (UK 30.92%)
C2 – (Skilled manual workers) 15.12% (UK 20.64%)
DE – (Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers) 13.91 % (UK 25.49%)
Immigration
United Kingdom – 93.5% of population – Rep. of Ireland 0.5% EU – 1.9% Non-EU 4.2%
West Bridgford Education
No Qualifications – 16.4% England – 22%
Level 1 – 10.4% England – 13.3%
Level 2 – 14.4% England – 15.2%
Apprenticeship – 3.4% England – 3.6%
Level 3 – 13.1% England – 12.4%
Level 4 – 39% England – 27.4%
It is known that West Bridgford has a selection of excellent schools.
Schools in the area together with contact details and OFSTED Reports can be found here
Find West Bridgford Out of School & Holiday Care providers here
School Term/Holiday Dates here
West Bridgford Health
Very Good – 51.91% England – 47.17%
Good – 32.59% England – 34.22%
Fair – 11.50% England – 13.12%
Bad – 3.12% England – 4.25%
Very Bad – 0.87% England – 1.25%
West Bridgford Property Ownership & Rental
Owned – 39.2% England – 30.6%
Mortgage – 37.5% England – 35.9%
Social Rented – Local Authority 2.3% England – 9.3%
Social Rented – Housing Assoc. 6.1% England – 4.2%
Private Rented – 12.2% England – 11.9%
West Bridgford Property Prices
12 months to January 2017 – 518 Sales
West Bridgford History
There is a local history society here
This Heritage Walk designed by the society takes in important features and buildings
West Bridgford Sport
Almost any sport you cam mention has a place or organisation in West Bridgford – most are listed here on the Local Sport page
Of course Nottingham Forest FC reside in West Bridgford at The City Ground, Notts County (strictly Nottingham) are over the River Trent too.
Rugby, Tennis, Table-Tennis, Squash, Youth & Kids Football, Ladies’ Football, Hockey and Bowling are all represented. West Bridgford FC is our own football club.
West Bridgford Leisure
Leisure Facilities are listed on this page
Parks And Open Spaces – Rushcliffe Country Park is a wonderful open area with many facilities and lots of open walking space. It’s just two miles South of West Bridgford in the village of Ruddington.
On this page are details of Rushcliffe Country Park
On this page are details of other Places to Visit in and not too far from West Bridgford
West Bridgford Crime
Any reported crime is published on this site – however to put this into context Rushcliffe has one of the lowest crime rates in the UK. See these analyses.
West Bridgford Shopping
West Bridgford has a number of small independent ‘high street’ retailers as well as National retailers. Lists are not exhaustive and will be added too…
Nationals
Boots, Specsavers, Iceland, Tesco Express (Compton Acres) Co-operative Food, Timpson, ASDA.
Amongst the independents are;
Central News – News and cards, tobacco, stationery
Inspirations – Gifts, stationery, cards, toys and games
Rainbows & Lemondrops – Homeware, gifts, jewellery
Daisy Daisy – Homeware, garden, cards and gifts
Estilo – Ladies’ fashion
Henry Brewer Gallery – Arts, cards and gifts, picture framing
Central Shoe Repairs – Key cutting, shoe repairs.
Nail Bars – Nail Beautique, Mystique Nail Bar, The Nail Bar, Pure Nail & Beauty
C.Brumpton – Butcher
No8 The Deli – Delicatessen
Real Clothing
Signature Steakhouse (clothing retail section – ladies)
Post Offices
Melton Road Post Office
Inside Co-operative Food
Banks
TSB
NatWest
HSBC
Santander
Halifax
Barclays
Estate Agents
Frank Innes
Rex Gooding
Intercounty
Royston & Lund
Newton Fallowell
Haart
Fine
John German
FHP Living
Slater & Brandley
Hopeland Estates
Alexanders Lettings
Nottingham Building Society
Winkworth
Hairdressers
Mens – The Barber’s Lounge
Warrens
Melton Road Barbers
White & Co
Ladies –
KH Hair
TopKnot
Beehive
Style Lounge
Individuals
Real Hair
Beauty
Glow (Tanning)
Anokhi
Avenue Beauty Clinic
Zest
Eden
Saks
Real Retreat
Advanced Beauty & Aesthetics
West Bridgford Eating Out
Nationals and independents are both present in a thriving local restaurant and cafe scene, often with pavement seating and mostly with night-time bars.
Alfresco Café – Coffee, lunches; in the park
Ala Turk – Turkish
Carluccio’s, Côte Brasserie, Pizza Express, Costa Coffee, Caffè Nero
Copper Café – English – bar by night
Côte – English/French
Cured – Charcuterie and coffee – bar by night
Cuzina – Greek
The Parlour – Tea room, café, cakes, cocktail bar by night
Fire & Ice – English restaurant/bar
Gusto – Italian
Pearl Bar – Oriental – bar by night
escabeche – Tapas and café – bar
Mud Crab – English restaurant – bar
Larwood & Voce – English restaurant – pub
Stratford Haven – Trad. English pub and food
No 8 Deli – Coffee & cake/lunches
The Tall Frog – Sandwich bar
Tiffin Tea House – Trad. English tea/cake
Yumacha – Pan-asian brasserie/tapas
Siam House – Thai restaurant
Shalimar – Indian restaurant
Signature Steakhouse – English restaurant
Riverbank Bar & Kitchen
West Bridgford Local Groups
Details for local West Bridgford groups can be found here from the drop-down menu
These include – Women’s Insitute and Just Friends
West Bridgford Conservation
West Bridgford has ‘Friends of’ organisations for Rushcliffe Country Park, Bridgford Park, Sharphill Woods and The Green Line – all contact details here
West Bridgford Public Transport
West Bridgford is served by an extensive bus network with a service every few minutes.
Here are maps,times and journey planners.
Nottingham City Transport, Trent Barton and an eco-Bus Local Link service all provide links to and from Nottingham and many other local destinations.
Here for West Bridgford Taxi services
Local Government
Rushcliffe Borough Council is the responsible body for the area.
Notts County Council are responsible for roads
Here are your councillors and their contact details.