Year: 2023

Couple Find Forever Home at Lace Fields

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Stunning views of open countryside attracted Jill and John McQueen to ‘Lace Fields’ in Ruddington, where they found their forever home. Jill was visiting nearby Rushcliffe Country Park during the pandemic when she noticed the attractive new development being built on the edge of our village by award winning housebuilder William Davis Homes. “We were looking for somewhere with retirement in mind – and Lace Fields is ideal” says Jill, who works from home. “It’s the best of both worlds – a lovely countryside setting with easy access to Nottingham…

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Framework Knitters Ready for the Summer!

Graham Wright

Volunteers and staff at Ruddington’s Framework Knitters’ Museum are once again showing visitors the delights of their unique heritage site, following the completion of refurbishment work there costing £62,295. The funds for the work were awarded through the Arts Council of England’s Museum Estate and Development Fund (MEND). MEND is an open-access capital fund, which is designed to help museums and local authorities undertake infrastructure and urgent maintenance that are beyond the scope of day-to-day maintenance budgets. The fact that the Grade II listed cottage and frameshops at the Chapel…

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Property of the Week

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This week’s Benjamins featured Ruddington property is a mid-terraced home built in 2006: with three bedrooms (master with an en-suite shower room) | downstairs w/c | open plan kitchen diner | conservatory | low maintenance enclosed rear garden with decking | single garage plus additional off-road parking space | and a guide price of £260,000.   You can view this property in a new browser window >>HERE<<. Please contact Benjamins Estate Agents directly for more information, or to arrange a viewing, by ‘phoning 0115 937 1713 or emailing info@benjaminsproperty.com Benjamins Director Ben Featherstone says: “We…

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Ruddington’s June Roadworks

Graham Wright

As previously reported, Ruddington’s motorists are already facing longer and longer delays at the Loughborough Road/Kirk Lane/Flawforth Lane traffic lights caused by increased traffic volumes unmitigated by delayed junction improvement work there. Now we’re also being warned about additional hold-ups and disruption this summer due to roadworks scheduled along Loughborough Road and elsewhere in our village – even before this long overdue junction work finally begins. In June 2023 alone, there’s a week of water pipe renewals on the A60, five days of gas work by The Green and a weekend of…

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Local Property Demand Remains Strong

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The Nottingham property market is at the halfway stage of the year, writes Ruddington’s Benwell Daykin Estate Agents. Over the past decade, it has witnessed steady growth and resilience. From 2010 until recently, the average property prices in Nottingham rose by approximately 43 per cent, reflecting the City’s increasing popularity and desirability. Despite fluctuations, Nottingham has consistently performed well compared to the national average, thanks to factors like its thriving economy, excellent transport links, and renowned educational institutions. Using the latest housing market data, the property market in Nottingham continues to show…

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New Ruddington Café Shelter Opens

Graham Wright

Visitors to Rushcliffe Country Park can now enjoy an extra place to take refuge from the rain – or the sun! – thanks to a brand new natural wood shelter constructed near the Visitor Centre. It also aims to provide a sociable space with additional all-weather seating where park-goers can enjoy refreshments from the adjacent ‘Coffee and Cake by the Lake’ café, which opened in October last year. The structure will also be used as an outdoor education centre to teach children the important part wildlife has to play in…

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Overdue Junction Improvements Should Get ‘Green Light’ Soon

Graham Wright

For over a year, frustration has been building among village motorists and other residents about the mounting peak-time traffic queues at Ruddington’s busiest crossroads. The increased delays at the Loughborough Road/Kirk Lane/Flawforth Lane traffic lights are being blamed on a failure to carry out the promised junction improvement works there – as hundreds of new families move into the four, major new developments approved in Ruddington as part of the Rushcliffe Borough Council (RBC) ‘Local Plan Part Two’. As previously reported, Avant Homes in particular has come in for criticism after…

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To Mow or Not to Mow?

Graham Wright

Many lawns, verges and public spaces in Ruddington are a little ‘wilder’ at the moment – as ‘No Mow May’ comes to an end. Promoted each year by the charity ‘Plantlife’, the initiative encourages individuals and organisations to leave mowers in sheds during the month of May so that wildflowers among the grass can grow wild to provide a feast for pollinators, tackle pollution, and lock away atmospheric carbon below ground. The question is, should more of us leave more ground untended throughout the year, not just for these 31 days?…

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Property of the Week

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This week’s Benjamins featured Ruddington property is a contemporary detached family home: with four bedrooms | en-suite to master bedroom | downstairs w/c | conservatory | dining kitchen | enclosed rear garden | off-road parking plus garage | and the guide priced reduced to between £375,000 and £400,000.   You can view this property in a new browser window >>HERE<<. Please contact Benjamins Estate Agents directly for more information, or to arrange a viewing, by ‘phoning 0115 937 1713 or emailing info@benjaminsproperty.com Benjamins Director Ben Featherstone says: “We are extremely excited to team up…

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Country Park Path Closures

Graham Wright

A major programme of works has been announced, taking place throughout this summer, to maintain and repair the network of pathways which criss-cross Rushcliffe Country Park. The popular Ruddington leisure facility welcomes hundreds of thousands of people each year – from our village and further afield. Its miles of paths will now be brought back up to standard from the resultant wear and tear ahead of the busy summer season. Rushcliffe Borough Council says its £45k capital investment will begin on Monday June 5th 2023 to improve the visitor experience and accessibility to…

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