Elton on the Hill
Elton on the Hill
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| Elton on the Hill shown within Nottinghamshire | |
| OS grid reference | SK767388 |
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| Shire county | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NOTTINGHAM |
| Postcode district | NG13 |
| Dialling code | 01949 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Elton on the Hill is a small Nottinghamshire village and civil parish in the Vale of Belvoir. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Granby.
Elton lies about 14 miles (23 km) east of Nottingham, England, in the NG13 postcode district. The village straddles the A52 trunk road, from which Station Road runs north towards Orston and Sutton Lane runs south, Sutton-cum-Granby being the nearest hamlet in that direction. Elton has a population of about 75 and is in the Rushcliffe district. The parish has an area of 1,037 acres (4.20 km2). It lies at an altitude of 22–37 metres above sea level.
The village contains a pub/restaurant (the Manor Arms and Little India). There is bed-and-breakfast accommodation at The Grange, an early 19th-century farmhouse with parts dating back to 1725. It is owned and run by the ex-Scotland FA footballer Don Masson and his wife. Elton Camp, near the station, has been used by the Girl Guides for 80 years. There is commercially owned coarse fishing on a 28-acre (11 ha) site off Redmile Lane, which also has a five-berth caravan site. The fish ponds are fed by Moor Dyke, the only watercourse to flow through Elton. The Vale of Belvoir Inn and Hotel (originally a private house called Whatton Vale, later a guest house called The Haven) is a hotel on the border between Elton and Whatton in the Vale, at the junction of the A52 with Redmile Lane.
The nearest station to the village is Elton and Orston, but this offers a negligible service of one train in each direction on Monday to Saturday, including Bank holidays. The station building (1855, architect Thomas Chambers Hine) was demolished in the 1970s. There are regular train services to Nottingham, Grantham and Skegness from Aslockton (4 km). Elton has a bus service that runs between and beyond Bingham and Bottesford.
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