Ratcliffe-on-Soar

Ratcliffe-on-Soar, sometimes written Ratcliffe-upon-Soar^[1] or Radcliffe-on-Soar,^[2] is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire on the River Soar.

Ratcliffe-on-Soar
Village and civil parish
Holy Trinity Church, Ratcliffe-on-Soar
Parish map
Ratcliffe-on-Soar Location within Nottinghamshire
Area	1.77 sq mi (4.6 km2)
Population	147 (2021)
• Density	83/sq mi (32/km2)
OS grid reference	SK 495295
• London	105 mi (169 km) SSE
District	Rushcliffe
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG11
Dialling code	01509
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rushcliffe
List of places UK England Nottinghamshire 52.854°N 1.264°W / 52.854; -1.264

Geography

It is part of the Rushcliffe district, and is the site of Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station. Nearby places are Kingston on Soar, Kegworth and Trentlock. With a population measured at 141 in the 2011 Census,^[3] and marginally increasing to 147 residents at the 2021 census,^[4] the parish is too small to have a parish council and so has a parish meeting. Although the village does not contain any shops, it has a church and a marina which is often affected by severe flooding as it built on designated floodplain, just before the Soar joins the River Trent at Trentlock.^[5]

History

Mesolithic scrapers and Neolithic flints have been found in Ratcliffe-on-Soar.^[6]

Ratcliffe is one of three nearby settlements whose name preserves the Brittonic word for "ramparts" (cf. Gaelic rath ), along with Ratby and the Roman ruins at Leicester, known as Ratae Corieltauvorum.^[7]

Evidence of a Roman villa and other structures has been found in the village, as well as Roman pottery.^[8]

In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village is listed as Radeclive.^[9] It's also thought the name comes from references to the red clay along the cliffs of the Soar.^[10]

The area was a filming location for the 2010 movie Skeletons.

Economy

Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station was the last coal power plant in the UK, closing on 30 September 2024.

Transport

The Midland Main Line runs by the village, which is served by the East Midlands Parkway railway station. A shuttle bus service runs from the railway station to East Midlands Airport.^[11]

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  Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station
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  East Midlands Parkway railway station

See also

• Listed buildings in Ratcliffe-on-Soar

References

1. GENUKI. "Genuki: Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
2. "Nottinghamshire history > Articles > Transactions of the Thoroton Society > Summer Excursion 1924: Radcliffe-on-Soar. Holy Trinity Church". www.nottshistory.org.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
3. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
4. UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Ratcliffe on Soar parish (E04007994)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
5. National Rivers Authority - The Soar Valley Improvement Scheme
6. Archi UK
7. Thompson, James. The History of Leicester, from the Time of the Romans to the End of the Seventeenth Century, Appendix A: Ratæ—Roman Leicester, pp. 443 ff. J. S. Crossley (Leicester), 1849.
8. Archi UK
9. Archi UK
10. "Ratcliffe on Soar :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
11. Eat Midlands Airport - By Train

External links

Media related to Ratcliffe on Soar at Wikimedia Commons