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Nottingham (/ˈnɒtɪŋəm/ (
listen) NOT-ing-əm or locally /ˈnɒtʔnʊm/) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, England. Part of the East Midlands region, it is 128 miles (206 km) north of London, 44 miles (71 km) south of Sheffield, 45 miles (72 km) northeast of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle, and tobacco industries. It was granted its city charter in 1897, as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Nottingham is a tourist destination; in 2018, the city received the second-highest number of overnight visitors in the Midlands and the highest number in the East Midlands.[6]
In 2020, Nottingham had an estimated population of 330,000.[7] The wider conurbation, which includes many of the city's suburbs, has a population of 768,638.[8] It is the largest urban area in the East Midlands and the second-largest in the Midlands. Its Functional Urban Area,[9] the largest in the East Midlands, has a population of 919,484.[10] The population of the Nottingham/Derby metropolitan area is estimated to be 1,610,000.[4] The metropolitan economy of Nottingham is the seventh-largest in the United Kingdom with a GDP of $50.9 billion (2014).[11] The city was the first in the East Midlands to be ranked as a sufficiency-level world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.[12]
Nottingham is a major sporting centre and, in October 2015, was named 'Home of English Sport'.[13] The National Ice Centre, Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre, and Trent Bridge international cricket ground are all based in or around the city, which is also the home of two professional football teams: Notts County, formerly the world's oldest professional league club, and Nottingham Forest, famously two-time winners of the UEFA European Cup under Brian Clough and Peter Taylor in 1979 and 1980. The city has professional rugby, ice hockey, and cricket teams, also hosting the Aegon Nottingham Open, an international tennis tournament on the ATP and WTA tours. This accolade came just over a year after Nottingham was named as the UK's first City of Football.[14]
Nottingham's public transport system won awards prior to 2015,[15] including the largest publicly owned bus network in England.[16] The city is served by Nottingham railway station and the modern Nottingham Express Transit tram system. In December 2015, Nottingham was named a 'City of Literature' by UNESCO, joining Dublin, Edinburgh, Melbourne, and Prague as one of only a handful in the world.[17] The title reflects Nottingham's literary heritage, with Lord Byron, D. H. Lawrence, and Alan Sillitoe having links to the city, as well as a contemporary literary community, a publishing industry, and a poetry scene.[18] The city is served by three universities—the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University, and the Nottingham campus of the University of Law—hosting the highest concentration of higher education providers in the East Midlands.
Newark-on-Trent or Newark (/ˈnjuːərk/)[1] is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England.[2] It is on the River Trent, and was historically a major inland port.[3] The A1 road bypasses the town on the line of the ancient Great North Road. The town's origins are likely to be Roman, as it lies on a major Roman road, the Fosse Way. It grew up round Newark Castle and as a centre for the wool and cloth trades.
In the English Civil War, it was besieged by Parliamentary forces and relieved by Royalist forces under Prince Rupert. Newark has a market place lined with many historical buildings and one of its most notable landmark is St Mary Magdalene church with its towering spire at 232 feet (71 metres) high and the highest structure in the town. The church is the tallest church in Nottinghamshire and can be seen when entering Newark or bypassing it.[4]
Newark's population had a population of 27,700 at the 2011 census.[22] The ONS Mid Year Population Estimates for 2007 indicated that the population had risen to some 26,700.[23] Another estimate (2009): "The population of Newark itself was 27,700 and the district of Newark and Sherwood has a population of 75,000al at the 2011 Census.[24] The Office for National Statistics also identifies a wider "Newark-on-Trent built up area" with a 2011 census population of 43,363[25] and a "Newark-on-Trent built up area subdivision" with a population of 37,084.[26]
In the 2011 census,[22] 77 per cent of adults in the town are employed, according to the latest ONS data, compared with a national average of 72 per cent.[citation needed] Earnings are 7 per cent above the average in the surrounding East Midlands.[citation needed]
Newark is 21 miles (34 km) from Nottingham, 19 miles (31 km) from Lincoln and 40 miles (64 km) from Leicester. All are connected to the town by the A46 road. The town is also around 20 miles (32 km) from Mansfield, 14 miles (23 km) from Grantham, 19 miles (31 km) from Sleaford, 9 miles (14 km) from Southwell and 11 miles (18 km) from Bingham.
Newark lies on the bank of the River Trent, with the River Devon running as a tributary through the town. Standing at the intersection of the Great North Road and the Fosse Way, Newark originally grew around Newark Castle, now ruined, and a large market place now lined with historic buildings.
Newark forms a single built-up area with the neighbouring parish of Balderton to the south-east. To the south, on the A46 road, is Farndon, and to the north Winthorpe.
Newark's growth and development have been enhanced by one of few bridges over the River Trent, by the navigability of the river, by the presence of the Great North Road (the A1, etc.), and later by the advance of the railways, bringing a junction between the East Coast Main Line and the Nottingham to Lincoln route. "Newark became a substantial inland port, particularly for the wool trade,"[27] though it industrialised somewhat in the Victorian era and later had an ironworks, engineering, brewing and a sugar refinery.
The A1 bypass was opened in 1964 by the then Minister of Transport, Ernest Marples.[28] The single-carriageway, £34 million A46 opened in October 1990.