Sutton Bonington

Sutton Bonington ( /ˈsʌtən ˈbɒnɪŋtən/) is a village and civil parish lying along the valley of the River Soar in the Borough of Rushcliffe, south west Nottinghamshire, England. The University of Nottingham has a 420 hectares (4.2 km2) site just to the north of the village: Sutton Bonington Campus.

The parish covers some 2,183 acres (8.83 km2) and includes the hamlet of Zouch. The population is about 1,600, not including the students at the university campus who bring the total to over 2,200 in term time. The River Soar is the county boundary with Leicestershire and approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) to the northwest, in Leicestershire, is the large village of Kegworth. The nearest town is Loughborough, some 5 miles (8.0 km) by road to the south.

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