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'Bramcote' is a settlement in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, about five miles south-west of Nottingham. It was a separate village but is now a suburb of Greater Nottingham. Originally one of the main roads between the cities of Nottingham and Derby (about 15 miles apart) passed through the village centre. Nowadays the main Nottingham - Derby road (the A52 - called the Brian Clough Way in honour of the soccer manager who brought success to both Nottingham Forest and Derby County) passes a little to the north of the village centre, partially cutting the centre from the Bramcote Hills part of the village. The original road snakes through the old centre entering a steep-sided cutting just south of the centre, forming a blind bend known as 'Devils Bend'.

Until the 1960's there was a country house estate on the north side of the village, but this had passed into public ownership. The house was demolished in 1968 and its grounds became a public park now known as 'Bramcote Park'. This includes grassed parkland and wooded hillside.
'Schools'
Part of the park now has four schools

★ Bramcote Hills Primary School [1]

★ Bramcote Hills Sport & Community College [2]

★ Bramcote Park Business and Enterprise School[3]

★ Foxwood
Bramcote Park also contains a leisure centre with swimming pool [4].
In the village centre there is also a Primary School, a pre-school nursery and a large recreational park, King George's Park, on its west side on the slopes of a hill with views out over the Erewash valley to the north and west. St John's College, Nottingham is a Church of England theological college situated in Bramcote on the southern edge.
'Churches'
St Michael and All Angels Church is the local Anglican (Church of England website) Parish Church of Bramcote. It was built in 1861 and is on Church Street. St. Michael's was built to replace St. Luke's (on Town Street) of which only the churchyard and tower remain.
Emmanuel Church is an independent Anglican church that meets in the Bramcote Hills Sport & Community College [5]on Sunday mornings - services start at 10.30am. There is also a rich programme for children, a men's breakfast group, prayer groups and house groups.
Hope Vineyard meet at 10.15 on Sundays in Bramcote Park School.
Bramcote Methodist Church is on Chapel Street Beeston NG9 3HB
'King Georges Park'
This park offers great views across Bramcote and Stapleford. It is on a steep sloped site with a network of surfaced paths providing a link to the adjacent countryside.
The free to use pair of tennis courts in the park are popular with local residents. Spectators from the local public house The White Lion (after a heavy afternoon drinking) claim that the standard of tennis played can be likened to Borg vs Mcenroe encounters.
'Other Information'
Local public houses are The Sherwin Arms, The Rose Grower and The White Lion (known locally as the 'Top House').
The Bramcote Hills Community Association [6] looks after the interests of residents of the part of the village on the NE side.
Nearby places are Beeston, Wollaton, Chilwell and Stapleford. Bramcote is part of the Borough of Broxtowe