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
Radcliffe-on-Trent corruption of the Old English for red, in reference to the dark red colour of the cliffs, which are formed of Triassic red shale, with gypsum banding. Nearby places are Shelford, East Bridgford, Holme Pierrepont and Stoke Bardolph. To the southeast of the parish lies the former Saxondale Hospital which has recently been redeveloped into approximately 350 dwellings and renamed as Upper Saxondale. Harlequin, a small mainly residential area lies in between there and Radcliffe, which is mainly on the northern side of the major, east-west, A52 trunk road. It is because of this road that Radcliffe is best known: