Population 921 (2011) Region East Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Sunday 4:39 PM Post town Nottinghamshire | OS grid reference SK797354 Country England Postcode district NG13 Shire county Leicestershire | |
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Redmile is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, about 10 miles (16 km) north of Melton Mowbray and 7 miles (11 km) west of Grantham. The population of the civil parish (including Barkestone-le-Vale and Plungar) at the 2011 census was 921, up from 829 in 2001.
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Map of Redmile, Nottingham, UK
The parish
The parish lies in the Vale of Belvoir close to the county boundary with Nottinghamshire to the west, where the nearest places are Granby, Sutton-cum-Granby and Elton on the Hill. Other nearby places are Bottesford, Belvoir, and Stathern. In 1936 the adjoining civil parishes of Barkestone and Plungar were merged into Redmile, and the parish is sometimes known as Barkestone, Plungar and Redmile.
Amenities
Redmile has a Church of England primary school with about 70 pupils, which also serves Barkestone and Plungar. The original national school opened in 1839. It was rebuilt on the same site in 1871, then extended with new classrooms in 1999 and 2001 and a school hall in 2009. The most recent Ofsted report, in October 2013, found the school outstanding in all five of the main criteria of assessment.
St Peter's Church of England Church dates back to the 13th century: the earliest references are to an earlier building, to whose parish the prior of Belvoir Priory was patron in 1155 and whose first rector was installed in 1220. The parish is now served by the Vale of Belvoir Team. The building is Grade II* listed. It dates mainly from the 14th century, with additions and restorations in the 15th century and in 1840 and 1857. Three of the gravestones in the churchyard are also listed. Dating from the late 17th century, they are examples of a local type known as "Belvoir Angels" and made of Swithland slate. One of them is dated 1690, making it the oldest such stone in the Vale itself.
The former Methodist Chapel, built in 1869, is now a private residence. There are ten other listed buildings in the village, some dating back to the 17th century.
Redmile has two pub/restaurants, the Peacock Inn and the Windmill Inn. The 18th-century Peacock also has bed-and-breakfast accommodation.
TV appearances
Redmile was used as a filming location in the majority of the second-series episodes of the popular British comedy drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, about a group of seven British migrant construction workers, with the Windmill Inn being used as the Barley Mow pub. The Windmill featured as the Kings Oak in a number of location scenes for the 2001 revival of a television soap Crossroads. It also appeared as a location in the BBC1 TV sitcom series Kiss Me Kate (1998–2000).
Transport
The village has a weekday daytime bus service to Melton Mowbray and Bottesford. Redmile and Belvoir railway station opened in 1879 but closed to passengers in 1951. The Grantham Canal to Nottingham opened in 1797 and closed in 1936. Short sections have been reopened for leisure craft.