Gedling is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England.

The borough also includes Carlton along with villages and rural areas to the north-east of Nottingham.

[3][4] The civil parish of Gedling had been abolished in 1935 and absorbed into the Carlton Urban District.

[5] The new Gedling district was granted borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.

Parts of the borough are also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.

The more urban southern part of the borough adjoining Nottingham is in the Gedling constituency, which until 1983 was known as Carlton.