Shelford, Nottinghamshire

Shelford
Village and civil parish
View of Shelford, taken from Gibbet Hill
Parish map
Shelford Location within Nottinghamshire
Area	3.33 sq mi (8.6 km2)
Population	267 (2021)
• Density	80/sq mi (31/km2)
OS grid reference	SK 662422
• London	105 mi (169 km) SSE
District	Rushcliffe
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG12
Dialling code	0115
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rushcliffe
Website	www.shelfordnotts.org
List of places UK England Nottinghamshire 52°58′26″N 1°00′58″W / 52.974°N 1.016°W / 52.974; -1.016

Shelford is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire. The population of the former civil parish of Shelford and Newton at the 2011 census was 673.^[1] Shelford has since been created as a separate parish which counted 267 residents at the 2021 census.^[2] It is near Radcliffe on Trent. It has an old manor house (built on the site of Shelford Priory), a church, a caravan park and bar. It also has a pub restaurant, The Earl of Chesterfield Arms.

Several small farms operate in the village, engaging in arable and livestock farming, with much of the harvesting being contracted out to outside companies.^{[citation needed]}