| General facts about Nottingham |
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- Dimensions |
- City area 7,461 hectares
- Boundary measures 54.4 km
- Population 1999 – 282,900
- Greater Nottingham population –
640,000 (396,000 people of working age)
- Higher than average number of 10-29 year
olds
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- Education |
- Two universities – including the
most over-subscribed in the country, 1 university science
park, 1 university business park and 1 biomedical centre
under development.
- Four colleges of further education, 2
sixth form colleges
- More than 48,000 students at the two
universities
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- Offices |
- Record annual take-up in 2001
- 270,000 sq ft of office space under construction
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- Economy |
- 7th highest GDP per capita in the UK
- Over 5,000 VAT registered businesses
- 50 national and regional headquarters
in the City
- Economy worth - £4,417 m (£600m
regeneration schemes include £60m NET)
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- Parks |
- 32 major parks
- 152 playgrounds with some parkland attached
- 205 Council-managed sports pitches
- 2994 acres of public open space
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- Heritage sites |
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Three premium heritage sites:
- Nottingham Castle
- Wollaton Hall
- Newstead Abbey, former home of poet Lord
Byron
Listed buildings – 800
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- Workforce |
- 175,700 (travel-to-work area - 311,400)
- Unemployed – 9,492 (t-t-w area –
16,000)
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- Residential |
- Fastest rate of house-building for 15
years
- 1,800 new dwellings proposed for city
centre
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- Parking |
- 2,715 Council-run (plus 6,388);
- prices range from 80p per hour to £1
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- Shopping |
- 5th largest shopping population in the
country
- Over 200 retailers looking to locate
to City
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- Theatres |
- Theatre Royal
- Royal Centre
- Playhouse.
- Broadway is first regional branch of NFT.
- Lace Market and Co-op Arts Theatre are
amateur venues.
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- Cinemas |
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Four including Warner Village in new £50m
Cornerhouse city centre leisure development.
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- Gig venues |
- Rock City
- Two universities
- 8,000-seater Ice Arena
- Nottingham recently voted Best Student
Night Out
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- Clubs, pubs, cafe bars |
- 400 clubs, pubs, café bars and
restaurants with capacity for 110,000 customers.
- 10,000 employed in the industry and employment
growing fast
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- Sports |
- New £40m National Ice Centre
- Trent Bridge (test match) Cricket Ground
- Nottingham (international) Tennis Centre
- Nottingham Forest (City Ground)
- Notts County (Meadow Lane)
- Holme Pierrepoint National Water Sports
Centre.
More available sports facilities per head
of population than any other European city.
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- Museums |
Five
in the city:
- Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery
- Museum of Costumes and Textiles
- Brew House Yard Museum of Nottingham Life
- Industrial Museum
- Natural History Museum
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- Tourism |
- 11 million visitors a year.
Tourism brings in £139m
City attractions include caves, Galleries
of Justice, Tales of Robin Hood, Nottingham Castle.
Goose Fair (first week in October on Forest Recreation Ground)
is the largest travelling fair in Europe.
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- Traffic lights |
There
are 146 traffic signals of which:
- 10 are toucans
- 7 cycle crossings
- 159 pelicans
- 1 puffin
- 1 wigwam
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- Buildings |
Heights
of buildings:
- Victoria Centre flats – 250ft
- Nottingham Castle – 213ft
- The Council House - 200ft
- The Trent Building – 170ft
- Big Ben Ride, (Goose Fair) – 140ft
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- Tram |
- Biggest current development is the £200
million tram system
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