- Sutton Bonington
Infobox UK place
official_name=Sutton Bonington
country= England
region= East Midlands
shire_district=Rushcliffe
shire_county=Nottinghamshire
civil_parish= Sutton Bonington
static_
static_image_caption = Main Street Sutton Bonington
population=
population_density=
os_grid_reference=
latitude= 52.81864
longitude= -1.24759
post_town= LOUGHBOROUGH
postcode_area= LE
postcode_district= LE12
dial_code= 01509
constituency_westminster=
london_distance=Sutton Bonington (pronEng|ˈsʌtən ˈbɒnɪŋtən) is a
village lying along the valley of theRiver Soar in the Borough ofRushcliffe , south westNottinghamshire ,England . It is close to the border withLeicestershire andDerbyshire , and in fact its postal address isLoughborough , Leicestershire.The parish covers some 2200 acres and includes the hamlet of
Zouch . The population is about 1,600, not including the students at theUniversity of Nottingham Sutton Bonington Campus, who bring the total to over 2,000 in term time.Originally, Sutton and Bonington were two settlements, probably going back to Anglo-Saxon times (the names derive from "South Town" and "Buna's Town"). In the
Middle Ages the two villages gradually grew together along the edge of the flood plain of the River Soar to make one long, narrow village. Zouch is an example of a small canal settlement, though there was a mill there long before the Soar was made navigable.Between 1982 and 2004 specialist car manufacturer
GTM Cars used buildings in Trowel Lane as their factory and offices. Since their departure to Coventry these have been used by Talon Sportscars.Met Office
Sutton Bonington has a weather monitoring station situated on the University campus for the
Met Office [cite web
url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/sites/sutton_bonnington.html
title=Met Office: averages 1971-2000
publisher=www.metoffice.gov.uk
accessdate=2008-05-11
last=
first=] .Climate
"For Sutton Bonington climate see
Campuses_of_the_University_of_Nottingham#Climate "References
External links
* [http://www.suttonbonington.org/ www.suttonbonington.org]
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