land adjacent to the old site in 1999. The original building was demolished and replaced by a car park and petrol station area. In 2018 Rushcliffe Borough Council appointed a team to recommend improvements and changes to the town. These include better road design, with landscaping points to improve the movement of people from Gordon Road through to Central Avenue. Both roads have independent retailers and national chains. Other proposals include moving Bridgford Road car park underground and putting retail space at ground level. Education The West Bridgford School and Rushcliffe School are secondary schools with academy status. The Becket School and The Nottingham Emmanuel School are Catholic and Church of England schools respectively, both in West Bridgford, but operated through Nottingham City Council. The Becket School is fed by primary schools around Nottingham, but only one school in West Bridgford: St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School. The other feeder schools are Blessed Robert, St Edmund Campion, Our Lady and St Edward's. The West Bridgford School's feeder primary schools are West Bridgford Infant and Junior School, Jesse Gray Primary School, Heymann Primary School and Greythorn Primary School. Rushcliffe School's feeder primary schools are Abbey Road Primary School, Pierpont Gamston Primary School, Edwalton Primary School, Lady Bay Primary School and St Peter's School in Ruddington. Local facilities Rushcliffe Arena, extended in 2017 with a swimming pool, a gym and now the offices of Rushcliffe Borough Council West Bridgford Young People's Centre, adjacent to the library, with a music studio, dance studio and other facilities West Bridgford Library Bridgford Park The Studio Theatre, home of West Bridgford Dramatic Society, the only registered public theatre in Rushcliffe Borough Lutterell Hall, a managed community facility in the centre of West Bridgford. Owned by the Borough Council and managed by The Rock Church. Gifted to the people of West Bridgford by the adjacent church. Sir Julien Cahn Pavilion, a managed community facility on Loughborough Road, West Bridgford. Owned and managed by Rushcliffe Borough Council. Media Newspapers Nottingham & Long Eaton Topper was established in 1994. Public transport Railways Nottingham station is directly northwest of the town across the River Trent. It is the nearest railway station to the town. The former Manton Route from Nottingham to Melton Mowbray ran to the east of the town although no station was ever built to serve the town. Instead there was a station at Edwalton but it closed