Gedling is a local government district with borough status in the English ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire. Its council is based in Arnold. The population of the Local Authority taken at the 2011 Census was 113,543. It is part of the Greater Nottingham metropolitan area lying to the north and east of the City of Nottingham.

It was formed on 1 April 1974 by merging the Arnold and Carlton urban districts and part of Basford Rural District. It is named after the village of Gedling located within the borough. Other settlements in the borough include Burton Joyce, Calverton, Colwick and Ravenshead.

The Borough covers the mainly affluent northeastern suburbs of Greater Nottingham including Arnold, Carlton and part of Mapperley and then covers the area north of Nottingham into the rural villages of Calverton, Woodborough, Ravenshead and Newstead extending north to Mansfield.