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Gedling
Parish Church of All Hallows from A6211 Arnold Lane
Gedling Location within Nottinghamshire
Population	6,817 (Ward. 2016)
District	Gedling
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Nottingham
Postcode district	NG4
Dialling code	0115
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gedling
List of places UK England Nottinghamshire 52°58′01″N 1°04′59″W / 52.967°N 1.083°W / 52.967; -1.083

Gedling is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, four miles northeast of Nottingham city centre. The population as of the 2011 census was 6,817.^[1] Gedling was once a distinct settlement, having been recorded in the Domesday Book, although nowadays—due to the growth of Nottingham—it is difficult to separate it from the neighbouring town of Carlton.

History

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Gedling was first settled around Saxon times, when the Saxon chief Gedl (hence the name Gedling, coming from the chief "Gedl" and "Ing" being Saxon for People, Gedl-Ing meaning "Gedl's People") sailed up the River Trent, and then up the Little Ouse dyke, until he could get no further up stream. He landed at the spot which is thought to be the present day site of All Saints Church. Gedling has had several version of its name including: Ghellinge; Gedlinga; Geddlings; and Gettang.

Despite being a fairly small place, Gedling gives its name to the local borough council which has its offices in nearby Arnold, and also to the local parliamentary constituency, which covers the suburbs to the east of Nottingham, including Arnold and Carlton. Village pubs are the Gedling Inn (Once the Chesterfield Arms) and The Willowbrook on Main Road, the Nottingham Phoenix on Shelford Road and the Westdale Tavern on Westdale Lane.

Church

In the older part of Gedling is All Hallows Anglican Church. It dates from the 11th century, with the oldest part of the church (the entrance) dating back to 1089 – although there have been four other churches on this site, the oldest dating back to the year 678AD.

Colliery

Gedling Colliery, which was the life-blood of Gedling and many of the surrounding villages, opened in 1899 and was closed in 1991. 128 men died at the colliery,^[2] which produced over a million tonnes of coal per year in the 1960s.^[3] It developed a reputation as the "pit of all nations" because of the diversity of foreign miners who worked there:^[3] in the 1960s, ten per cent of the colliery's workforce of 1,400 were originally from the Caribbean.^[4]

The site was opened as Gedling Country Park on 28 March 2015.

Country park

Opened in March 2015 on the site of the former Gedling Colliery, the site has views of Gedling, and from its highest point there are views across Nottinghamshire and into neighbouring Lincolnshire and Leicestershire.‌ On a clear day it is possible to see as far as Belvoir Castle and Lincoln Cathedral.^{[citation needed]} There are a number of paths that weave their way through the woodlands and grasslands that make up the flora and fauna within the country park.

Railway station

There are plans to either reopen the railway line from Nottingham railway station and to reopen Gedling railway station which was closed on 4 April 1960, or to open the old line as a part of the Mineral Line cycleway.^{[citation needed]} The original station building is now used as a youth hostel.^{[citation needed]} The line itself officially closed in 1995 when the line to the colliery eventually was classed as redundant.

Education

The local school is the Sherwood Academy. The Carlton le Willows Academy, Wood Lane, Gedling for 11 to 18 year olds.

Shopping

There is a Sainsbury's Local convenience store on Arnold Lane,^[5] and a Co-operative supermarket on Gedling Road.

Bus services

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Nottingham City Transport

• 24: Nottingham, Carlton Hill, Westdale Lane.
• 25: Nottingham, Carlton Hill, Westdale Lane, Mapperley, Daybrook, Arnold (25B terminates at Mapperley).
• 26: Nottingham, Carlton Hill, Gedling, Carlton-le-Willows, Burton Joyce, Lowdham.
• N27: Nottingham, Sneinton, Carlton Hill, Westdale Lane, Gedling, Mapperley, Woodborough Road.
• 44: Nottingham, Sneinton Hermitage, Colwick, Netherfield, Gedling.
• 45: Nottingham, Woodborough Road, Mapperley, Westdale Lane, Gedling.
• 100/N100: Nottingham, Carlton Hill, Gedling, Burton Joyce, Lowdham, Southwell.

Nottingham Community Transport

• L74: Victoria Retail Park, Netherfield, Cavendish Road, Westdale Lane, Jessops Lane, Carlton Square, Netherfield, Victoria Retail Park.
• L75: Victoria Retail Park, Netherfield, Emerys Road, Stoke Bardolph, Burton Joyce, Foxhill Road.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gedling, Nottinghamshire.

• Gedling Borough Council
• History of Gedling (background music)
• Gedling – A History
• Friends of Gedling Country Park