Nottingham

:This article is about the English city. For others, see Nottingham (disambiguation).

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Nottingham is a city located in Nottinghamshire, in the East Midlands of England. Nottingham lies on the River Trent, which flows from Stoke-on-Trent to the Humber—the only major English river to flow north. The geographical area of Nottingham includes several local authorities: Gedling, Broxtowe, Ashfield, Erewash, Amber Valley, Rushcliffe and Mansfield. Nottingham City Council's boundaries are tightly drawn and exclude the suburbs of Arnold, Carlton, West Bridgford, Beeston and Stapleford, and outlying towns and villages like Hucknall, Eastwood, Ilkeston, Long Eaton, Tollerton and Ruddington, some of which are in Derbyshire. Main suburbs in Nottingham City include St. Anns, Bakersfield, Bulwell, Clifton and Sneinton.

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Nottinghamshire - East Midlands - England - River Trent - Stoke-on-Trent - Humber - Arnold - Carlton - West Bridgford - Beeston - Stapleford - Hucknall - Eastwood - Ilkeston - Long Eaton - Tollerton - Ruddington - Derbyshire - St. Anns - Bakersfield - Bulwell - Clifton - Sneinton

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The 2001 census recorded a population of 270,300 in Nottingham itself, with around 613,723 people living in the surrounding conurbation (Greater Nottingham).

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2001 - Census - Conurbation - Greater Nottingham

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The nearby East Midlands City of Leicester has more people than the City of Nottingham, but its metropolitan area is not as big as Nottingham's.

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Nottingham is famous for its involvement in lace-making, its association with the legendary outlaw Robin Hood, and the supposedly exceptional beauty of its young women. Perhaps not unrelatedly, Nottingham is also nationally famous for the high ratio of females to males, given at various times as between 3:1 to 6:1. In 2001, however, the official ratio was published as 1.015:1.

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Lace-making - Robin Hood - 2001

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The heart of the city is the Old Market Square (the market moved in the 1920s), the largest such surviving in Europe. Most of the main shopping streets are around the square. The council house, whose unproportianally tall dome can be seen for miles around, is at the top of the square. The bell inside the council house dome, named 'Little John', is the deepest and loudest bell in the country. The Old Market Square is currently closed for redevelopment, and is due to reopen at the end of 2006.

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Old Market Square - 1920s

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A bohemian quarter of the city known as Hockley has arisen in recent years. This is situated close to the Lace Market area.

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Hockley - Lace Market

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According to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Nottingham is one of the English regions eight core cities.

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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - English region - Core cities

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Nottingham is the fastest growing city in England, and second fastest growing in the whole of the UK, behind only Glasgow, despite being named named the 'Second worst place to live' in the UK by a channel 4 show. The show made innaccurate claims about gun crime in the city, stating such things as that there is 'one shooting a day'. Exaggerated comments such as this have earned Nottingham the unenviable and undeserved title of 'gun crime capital of the UK' in the media.

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