(directly adjacent to Bottesford), Muston and Normanton. The parish council has nine members. Transport The village is served by Bottesford railway station on the Nottingham, Grantham and Skegness line. There are also No. 24 and 26 buses, which run to Melton Mowbray at least every two hours, and other services to Grantham and Bingham. The town was bypassed by the A52 road in February 1989 at a cost of £3 million at the time. Landmarks The Victory Commemoration (or VC) Hall is the local name for Bottesford Old Village Hall. The name came about because some of the funds used to buy up the original hall came from leftover money raised in the village during the Second World War to send parcels to those serving in the armed forces. A new village hall was built in 2003, mainly funded by a grant from Awards for All (Lottery) and local contributions. To mark the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2002, several large developments in Bottesford include the creation of a memorial green. One of the 2010 Low Carbon Awards given by the Royal Institute of British Architects went to a house in Bottesford designed by architects Allan Mulcahy. Clubs and groups The clubs in the village include two for badminton, a bowling club, a cricket and social club, four football clubs, several sections of the Scout and Guides movement, and many other associations and events such as a youth club catering for 11 to 19-year-olds and a skate park. The village has several charity groups raising funds mainly to provide for new facilities locally. One group raising funds in Bottesford in particular is the Vale of Belvoir Lions. Local community information has appeared since 2002 in the Village Voice newsletter, which is delivered free to every house. Education Bottesford has a playgroup and a primary school – Bottesford Primary School – and a secondary school – The Priory Belvoir Academy. The latter had its first group of year 10s in 2008, having expanded from being a middle school that year. This initially controversial change was hailed as a success after the schools inspectorate Ofsted rated Belvoir as Outstanding in its 2010 inspection report. It was rated Good in leadership, behaviour, teaching and achievement, and Outstanding in sixth-form provision in its most recent Ofsted report. There is a public library in the Old School, Grantham Road. Places of