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Ruddington
is a small village south of Nottingham yet has 3 museums,
and although small has a range of shops and a selection of
public houses.
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Location
Map of Ruddington |
What
To See -
Ruddington Tourist Attractions
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Transport Heritage Centre
Mere Way, Ruddington NG11 6NX |
South on
A60. Home of the preserved Great Central Railway, alongside
Rushcliffe Country Park, nearly 10 miles of railway - run by
volunteers. Road and rail transport vehicle collection, the
GCR Rolling Stock Trust, the Nottingham Society of Model & Experimental
Engineers and a model railway. Events such as 'Santa Specials'.
Open: Easter- the last weekend in Oct every Sunday and
Bank Holiday Mon: 10:45-17:00 First train usually at 11:30
Tel: 0115 940 5705  |
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Ruddington
Village Museum St
Peter's Rooms, Church Street, Ruddington NG11 6HA |
Housed in
St Peter's Rooms - formerly the Ruddington Infants and Girls'
School- , this local museum explores Edwardian Ruddington with
reconstructed shops: a cobbler, ironmonger, pharmacy, toy shop
and Mick's Fish and Chip Shop. Telephone exchange, schoolroom
and collection of farm implements.
Open: Apr-Jun: Wed 14:00-16:30, Thur 14:30-16:30; Jul-Aug:
Mon-Fri: 14:00-16:30;. Sept-Oct: Wed 14:00-16:30 Closed Nov-Mar
Tel: 0115 914 6645 |
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Ruddington
Framework Knitters Museum Chapel
Street, Ruddington NG11 6HE |
Working
museum in a group of Victorian knitting workshops and cottages,
with a washhouse, pigsty, pumps and privies, around a garden
courtyard. The frameshops mark change of the knitting industry
from its domestic origins to factory-based. Ruddington's knitting
industry ceased at the start of WW I but in 1971 a trust was
established to preserve and restore the buildings. Features
living accomodation as in 1850 and 1900 and frameshops with
the machines. Demonstrations.
Open: Easter-Dec: Wed-Sat and Bank Holiday Mon, 11:00-16:30
plus Sun's from Easter to Sept, 13:30-16:30 (last admission
16:00 ) Closed Christmas to Easter.Tel: 0115 984 6914
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Manor
Farm Animal Centre & Donkey Sanctuary Castle
Hill, East Leake LE12 6LU |
Off A60
south of Ruddington. Opened in 1992, Manor Farm provides a home
for a wide range of needy and distressed animals and birds.
In rolling countryside it has 100 acres of wild flower meadows,
woodland and willow coppice, as well s a lake and reed bed. Over
50 breed of animals to visit. Donkey and pony rides, an art
& craft activity centre, nature trail, living willow village,
adventure play areas, straw maze and quad bikes. Cafe, picnic
area and shop.
Open: Tue-Sun 10:00-16:00, closed Mon and Christmas.Tel:
01509 852525 |
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Rushcliffe
Country Park Mere
Way, off Loughborough Road (A60), Ruddington NG11 6NX |
This newly-created
country park on former MOD land on the outskirts of Ruddington.
Includes the Nottinghamshire Heritage Centre, with its collecton
of classic buses and steam trains. The park has footpaths, a
wood, nature reserve and lake. Adventure playground has bridges
over the restored steam railway.
Open: all year.Tel: 0115 921 5865 |
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Where
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Around
The Ruddington Area
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Tourist Information on Nearby Towns To Visit - straight line distance:
Beeston (3.64 miles) Nottingham (4.17 miles) Radcliffe-on-Trent (5.95 miles) Kegworth (6.65 miles) Arnold (7.69 miles) Kimberley (8.54 miles) Loughborough (8.63 miles) Bingham (8.75 miles) Ilkeston (8.89 miles) Hucknall (10.37 miles) Eastwood (10.87 miles) |
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