Shire and County", "Robin Hood pardoned by Sheriff of Nottingham", "Relationships / unit history of Nottingham", "Seven MPs leave Labour in Corbyn protest", "Nottingham's hills: What's the history behind them? [44] The lowest recorded temperature in Nottingham (Watnall) is −13.3 °C (8.1 °F) recorded in January 1963[45] and January 1987,[46] whilst a temperature of −17.8 °C (0.0 °F) was recorded in Sutton Bonington on 24 February 1947. [129] The levy charges businesses £350 on each parking space made available to their employees, provided that the business has more than ten such parking spaces. Its owners, Intu have plans to extend the centre's floor space but it is understood these will not be submitted until the Broadmarsh redevelopment is complete. They are as follows. Nottingham (/ˈnɒtɪŋəm/ (listen) NOT-ing-əm) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, England. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. General Nottingham Information Baltimore County where Nottingham resides is 682.03 square miles. In October 2015, Nottingham was named as the official Home of Sport by VisitEngland,[124][125] for its sporting contributions and in recognition of its development of the sports of football, cricket, ice hockey, boxing, tennis, athletics, gymnastics and water sports. Name County / District Population Census 2001-04-29 Population Census 2011-03-27 Population Estimate 2018-06-30 ; Nottingham: Nottingham: 250,210: 289,301: 313,778 → Source: UK Office for National Statistics (web). Directly outside is "Bolero Square", named after the gold medal-winning performance. One of those highly impressed by Nottingham in the late 18th century was the German traveller C. P. Moritz, who wrote in 1782, "Of all the towns I have seen outside London, Nottingham is the loveliest and neatest. LeftLion magazine (established 2003) is distributed for free across the city.
[33], During the second half of the 20th century Nottingham saw urban growth with the development of new public and private housing estates and new urban centres, which have engulfed former rural villages such as Bilborough, Wollaton, Gedling and Bramcote. Other sporting events in the city include the annual tennis Aegon Trophy (which is staged at the City of Nottingham Tennis Centre), the Robin Hood Marathon, Milk Race, the Great Nottinghamshire Bike Ride[120] and the Outlaw Triathlon. These include Alliance Boots (formerly Boots the Chemists); Chinook Sciences; GM (cricket bats); Pedigree pet food; VF Corporation (American clothing); Changan Automobile (Chinese-made automobiles); the credit reference agency Experian; energy company E.ON UK; betting company Gala Group; amusement and gambling machine manufacturer Bell-Fruit-Games; engineering company Siemens; sportswear manufacturers Speedo; high-street opticians Vision Express and Specsavers; games and publishing company Games Workshop; PC software developer Serif Europe (publisher of PagePlus and other titles); web hosting provider Heart Internet; the American credit card company Capital One; the national law firm Browne Jacobson; and Earache Records, an independent music company founded by local resident Digby Pearson, based on Handel Street in Sneinton. −6.6 °C (20.1 °F)[49] in Nottingham (Watnall). [128], In April 2012, Nottingham became the first city in the UK to introduce a workplace parking levy. The city contains several notable museums and art galleries including: In 2015, the National Videogame Arcade was opened in the Hockley area of the city; being "the UK's first cultural centre for videogames". Trams were reintroduced after 68 years when a new network opened in 2004.
The Georgian-built Shire Hall, which was once Nottingham's main court and prison building, is now home to the National Justice Museum (formerly the "Galleries of Justice"). As per the 2011 statistics, Christianity is the significant religion in the city. In February 2008, a Ferris wheel was put up in the Old Market Square. It is also a major sporting centre and, in October 2015, was named 'Home of English Sport'. [56], Almost 62,000 students attend the city's three universities, Nottingham Trent University, the University of Law and the University of Nottingham; in the 2016/17 academic year, Trent University was attended by 29,370 students and Nottingham University by 32,515.