Radcliffe-on-Trent at its western end it forms the eponymous "Radcliffe Road" which runs along the north-eastern edge of Trent Bridge cricket ground. Radcliffe is unusual among Rushcliffe villages in having its own railway station, connecting the village to Nottingham in the west and Grantham to the east. The village is also served by the Trent Barton bus company, which runs services to Nottingham once every 10 minutes on weekdays. The village has Anglican, Roman Catholic and Methodist churches. The Anglican church is St. Mary's. The village has a number of community spaces, such as the Cliff Walk (which takes you along
Rose Bowl (cricket ground) surrounded by residential buildings which meant expanding the ground was largely impossible. Hampshire also wanted to encourage international cricket to the county, which would not have been possible with Northlands Road. Talk of a move from Newlands Road had begun as early as 1987, with Mark Nicholas discussing the idea with then Hampshire vice-chairman Bill Hughes in a Leeds restaurant. A site was eventually selected just outside Southampton in the village of West End, on a gently sloping open field nestled between the M27 motorway and Telegraph Woods. The ground was designed by architect Sir Michael Hopkins, whose design of