Nottingham Urban Area

Nottingham Urban Area map.

Map featuring roads and county boundaries.

The Nottingham Urban Area is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics, consisting of the city of Nottingham and the adjoining urban areas of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England. It had a total population of 666,358 at the time of the 2001 census^[1], and is currently estimated at 675,600.^[2]

The Nottingham Urban Area is bounded to the west by a narrow gap between Breaston and Borrowash. In the 1991 census, Ilkeston was considered outside of the Nottingham Urban Area.^[3] Clifton is within the current city boundaries, but is considered separately for ONS purposes.

Greater Nottingham is largely within the three districts of Rushcliffe, Broxtowe and Gedling surrounding the city, though the area spills into the Nottinghamshire district of Ashfield, and also to the Amber Valley and Erewash districts of Derbyshire. The Nottingham Urban Area is, by the ONS' figures, the 7th largest in England, with a size between that of the Liverpool Urban Area and Sheffield Urban Area.

Urban Subdivision	Population
Nottingham	249,584
Beeston and Stapleford	66,683
Carlton	48,493
Long Eaton	46,490
West Bridgford	43,395
Arnold	37,402
Ilkeston	37,270
Hucknall	29,188
Heanor	22,620
Clifton	22,312
Eastwood	18,612
Ripley	18,523
Kimberley	11,027
Breaston	7,305
Ruddington	6,264
Total Urban Area	666,358

Greater Nottingham Partnership

The local authorities collaborate in some ways. The Greater Nottingham Partnership considers Greater Nottingham to consist of the City of Nottingham plus the entirety of the Rushcliffe, Broxtowe and Gedling boroughs, along with Hucknall from Ashfield, but no part of Derbyshire, as no Derbyshire council is a member of the Partnership.^[4]

References

1. ^ Office for National Statistics: Census 2001, Key Statistics for urban areas
2. ^ http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2399
3. ^ Statistics.gov.uk.
4. ^ Greater Nottingham Partnership Map of Greater Nottingham

External links

• Greater Nottingham partnership (GNP)
• Office for National Statistics: Census 2001, Key Statistics for urban areas
• map depicting ONS definition

Coordinates: 52°58′N 1°09′W / 52.96°N 1.15°W / 52.96; -1.15