Gedling is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England, whose council is based in Arnold, north-east of Nottingham. The population at the 2011 Census was 113,543. It is part of the Nottingham Urban Area.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. Other settlements include Burton Joyce, Calverton, Colwick and Ravenshead.DescriptionThe Borough covers mainly affluent suburbs north-east of Nottingham including Arnold, Carlton and part of Mapperley and the area north of Nottingham into the rural villages of Calverton, Woodborough, Ravenshead and Newstead extending north to Mansfield.