General facts about Nottingham

1- 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



2 - 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

3 - Offices
Record annual take-up in 2001
270,000 sq ft of office space under construction

4 - 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)


5 - Parks
32 major parks
152 playgrounds with some parkland attached
205 Council-managed sports pitches
2994 acres of public open space

6 - Heritage sites
Three premium heritage sites:
Nottingham Castle
Wollaton Hall
Newstead Abbey, former home of poet Lord Byron
Listed buildings – 800

7 - Workforce
175,700 (travel-to-work area - 311,400)
Unemployed – 9,492 (t-t-w area – 16,000)

8 - Residential
Fastest rate of house-building for 15 years
1,800 new dwellings proposed for city centre

9 - Parking
2,715 Council-run (plus 6,388);
prices range from 80p per hour to £1


10 - Shopping
5th largest shopping population in the country
Over 200 retailers looking to locate to City


1 - Theatres
Theatre Royal
Royal Centre
Playhouse.
Broadway is first regional branch of NFT.
Lace Market and Co-op Arts Theatre are amateur venues.

1 - Cinemas

Four including Warner Village in new £50m Cornerhouse city centre leisure development.


1 - Gig venues
Rock City
Two universities
8,000-seater Ice Arena
Nottingham recently voted Best Student Night Out


1 - 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


1 - 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.

1 - 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


1 - 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.


1 - Hotels
7 new hotels in 4 years



1 - Traffic lights

There are 146 traffic signals of which:
10 are toucans
7 cycle crossings
159 pelicans
1 puffin
1 wigwam



1 - 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


1 - Tram
Biggest current development is the £200 million tram system

source-http://www.bbc.co.uk/