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Broxtowe is a

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with

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status in

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, west of the City of

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. The population of the district as taken at the 2011 Census was 109,487. It is part of the Nottingham Urban Area. Broxtowe's neighbour to the west is the

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, which is in

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Settlements

Settlements include Beeston—where the council is based— Attenborough,

Awsworth Awsworth is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England. Its population of 2,577 in the 2001 Census and 2,517 in that of 2011 was estimated at 2,551 in 2019. It lies near the edge of the Greater Nottingham a ...

Bramcote Bramcote is a suburban village in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, England, between Stapleford and Beeston. It is in Broxtowe parliamentary constituency. The main Nottingham–Derby road today is the A52, Brian Clough Way. Nearby ...

, Brinsley,

Chilwell Chilwell is a village and residential suburb of 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 un ...

Cossall Cossall is a village and civil parish east of Ilkeston Ilkeston is a town in the Borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England, on the River Erewash, from which the borough takes its name, with a population at the 2011 census of 38,640. Its ...

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Giltbrook Giltbrook is a village in England situated approximately northwest of Nottingham and within close reach of junction 26 of the M1 motorway. It is part of Greasley (Giltbrook and Newthorpe) ward, which had a population of 6,076 in 2001, incre ...

Greasley Greasley is a civil parish north west of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. Although it is thought there was once a village called Greasley, there is no settlement of that name today as it was destroyed by the Earl of Rutland. The built u ...

, Kimberley,

Moorgreen Moorgreen is a hamlet in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, England. It is north west of London, north west of the city of Nottingham, and north east of the nearest town Eastwood. It is a linear settlement within the civil parish ...

, Newthorpe,

Nuthall Nuthall is a village and civil parish located in Nottinghamshire, England, neighbouring Kimberley, Watnall, Cinderhill and Basford. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 6,311. It is part of the borough of Broxtowe. N ...

, Stapleford, Strelley,

Swingate Swingate is a village near Dover in Kent, England. The population of the village is included in the civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which i ...

Toton Toton is a large village in the Borough of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England. The electoral ward of Toton and Chilwell Meadows population of this ward was 7,298 in the 2001 census. It increased to 8,238 at the 2011 census. Until 1974 Toton ...

, Trowell and

Watnall Watnall is an area in the Borough of Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire, England. It is part of Greasley civil parish, and is located one mile north of Kimberley. It is in the Nuthall West and Greasley (Watnall) ward of Broxtowe Council. The village ...

. Additionally a small part of Wollaton falls within Broxtowe. The

Broxtowe Estate Broxtowe is a council estate in the City of Nottingham which is part of the Aspley ward. The estate is located from the City Centre and lies west of Aspley and Cinderhill, south of Bulwell, east of Strelley and north of Bilborough. At the ...

is not within the borough, but within the boundaries of the

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Civil parishes

Broxtowe has ten civil parishes of which three (Eastwood, Kimberley and Stapleford) have town councils. The

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of the borough covers the town of Beeston and the neighbouring places of Chilwell, Toton, Attenborough and Bramcote—this is the area of the former Beeston and Stapleford Urban District, minus Stapleford which was parished in 1987.

Formation

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by a merger of the Beeston and Stapleford urban district, the Eastwood urban district and part of

Basford Rural District Basford was a rural district close to Nottingham, England, from 1894 to 1974. The district consisted of two detached parts, to the north and south of Nottingham. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the existing Basfor ...

. The borough's name was derived from the old Broxtowe

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of Nottinghamshire, which covered a larger area. The district was granted

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in 1977.

Politics

The first elections to the council took place in 1973, with the Conservatives gaining control. The party held power until 1995 when it lost control to the Labour party. From 2003 no party had overall control. After the 2009 elections the Liberal Democrats led the council with Labour support. Following the 2011 elections Labour led the council with Liberal Democrat support, but the Conservatives had the largest representation on the council. In the 2015 elections the Conservatives gained a majority.

Wards

Since boundary changes in 2015, 44 councillors have been elected from 20 wards. Each ward returns one to three councillors to the Borough Council, depending on the ward's electorate/population. Below is a summary list of the 20 wards and the number of councillors they each elect in brackets. * Attenborough and

East (3) † *

Cossall and Trowell(2) * Beeston Central (2) † *Beeston North (2) † ''– includes a very small part of Wollaton'' *Beeston Rylands (2) † *Beeston West (2) † *

(3) † ''– includes a small part of Wollaton'' * Brinsley (1) *Chilwell West (3) † *Eastwood Hall (1) *

Hill Top (2) *Eastwood St Mary's (2) *

(3) * Kimberley (3) *

East & Strelley (2) *(

) & Nuthall West (2) * Stapleford North (2) *Stapleford South East (2) *Stapleford South West (2) *

& Chilwell Meadows (3) † † ''These wards form the

of the borough.''

Parliamentary constituency

Since 1983 Broxtowe has also been a

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. The constituency boundaries do not exactly match the borough boundaries, with some wards of Broxtowe borough (Brinsley, Eastwood North and Greasley (Beauvale), and Eastwood South) being in the Ashfield constituency. The elections in the constituency have returned the following MPs: *1992 Sir Jim Lester (Conservative) *1997

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(Labour) *2001 Nick Palmer (Labour) *2005 Nick Palmer (Labour) *2010 Anna Soubry (Conservative) *2015 Anna Soubry (Conservative) *2017 Anna Soubry (Conservative / The Independent Group) *2019 Darren Henry (Conservative) A Broxtowe constituency also existed from 1918 to 1970. The area of the former constituency was very different, including

Hucknall Hucknall, formerly Hucknall Torkard, is a market town in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies 7 miles north of Nottingham, 7 miles south-east of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 9 miles from Mansfield and 10 miles south of Sutton-i ...

and Kirkby in Ashfield, but excluding Beeston.

Twinning

Broxtowe is twinned with

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Local attractions

Broxtowe's main attraction that receives visitors from all over the world is D.H. Lawrence Heritage in

. A small local attraction is the Hemlock Stone in Stapleford. Broxtowe is also the location of the

Attenborough Nature Reserve Attenborough Nature Reserve is a nature reserve at Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, England, located south west of Nottingham city centre. It is owned and managed by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, supported by Broxtowe Borough Council, followi ...

rated as one of the most popular nature reserves in the UK. Its visitor centre was opened by

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in March 2005. Sir David can trace his family back to the village of Attenborough located to the east of the visitor centre.

Local Nature Reserves

Broxtowe has 13 designated Local Nature Reserves, namely Alexandrina Plantation (Bramcote), Bramcote Park Woodland (Bramcote), Brinsley Headstocks (Brinsley), Hall Om Wong (Kimberley), King George's Park (Bramcote), Nottingham Canal, Sandy Lane Public Open Space (Bramcote), Smithurst Meadows (Giltbrook), Stapleford Hill Woodland (Stapleford), Toton Fields (Toton), Watnall Spinney and Watnall Green (Watnall), and Colliers Wood (Moorgreen).

Arms

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Broxtowe.

Individuals

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Sir Martyn Poliakoff : 17 November 2022.

Military Units

* 170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group

Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is a corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is head ...

: 2010.

References

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