Clifton, Nottingham
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| Clifton | |
  Clifton shown within Nottinghamshire |
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| Population | 22,312 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Unitary authority | Nottingham |
| Ceremonial county | Nottinghamshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NOTTINGHAM |
| Postcode district | NG11 |
| Dialling code | 0115 (921 / 940 / 945 /984) |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Nottingham South |
| List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire | |
Clifton is a council estate of the city of Nottingham. The term also encompasses Clifton Grove and Clifton Village, a picturesque residential area set alongside the River Trent. The village is notable for many old houses including Clifton Hall.
Clifton itself is a sprawling conurbation which was at one time the largest council estate in Europe. However, since the 1980s most of the houses have passed from council to private ownership. Clifton (like some of Nottingham's immediate estates) has benefited in recent years from redevelopment and regeneration work initiated by the city council.
The estate has a number of shop-clusters and relatively good transport links (by bus) with the city (~20 minutes) and surrounding areas. The village is on the A453 which is the main connection between Nottingham and the M1 south. There are terrible congestion problems from both directions around 8am and 5pm, due to large quantities of traffic leaving the Clifton Boulevard from the east. The section of the A453 from Kegworth to the roundabout next to the Crusader pub is due to be upgraded to dual carriageway around 2011.
There are two large Co-ops on Green Lane and Greencroft, and an Iceland and Farmfoods on Southchurch Drive near Clifton Leisure Centre. Some of the pubs in Clifton are the Grey Mare on Farnborough Road and the Man of Trent on Gotham Lane.
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[edit] Transport
NCT Services
- South Notts 1 Loughborough - East Leake - Gotham - Clifton - Wilford Green - Trent Bridge - City Centre.
- Navy Line 2 Clifton - South Nottingham College - Wilford Green - Trent Bridge - City Centre.
- Navy Line 3 Clifton - Rivergreen - Wilford Green - Trent Bridge - City Centre.
- UniLink 4 NTU Clifton Campus - Wilford Green - Trent Bridge - City Centre - NTU City Campus.
- Navy Line 48 Clifton - Holy Trinity - Queens Drive - Meadows - City Centre.
- Grey Line 53 Clifton - Holy Trinity - QMC - Ring Road - City Hospital - Arnold.
- Local Link Gamston - Trent Boulevard - West Bridgford - Ruddington - Clifton - Silverdale
- Sky Link East Midlands Airport - Clifton - Wilford Green - Trent Bridge - City Centre.
There are plans to bring the Nottingham Express Transit to Clifton by 2013, an extension of the current Nottingham to Hucknall route which would allow people in Clifton quick access to the city centre. The development would be tied in with a new housing estate south of Clifton, a new OAP residential estate, and a Park and Ride to serve the M1 and reduce congestion into the city along the A453.
[edit] Education
Milford Primary School is on Dungannon Road, other primary schools include Glapton, Whitegate, Highbank, Dovecote (an amalgamation of Greencroft, Brooksby and Brinkhill) and Blessed Robert, Widmerpool. Farnborough School Technology College is on Farnborough Road, as is Fairham Community College. Nethergate School on Swansdowne Drive is for special needs. The Nottingham Trent University has one of its campuses on Clifton Lane (A453).
[edit] Sport
Clifton is also a well known area in Nottingham for sporting talent with Jermaine Pennant, Jermaine Jenas, Darren Huckerby all currently top football players having played as youngsters for Clifton F.C (Formerly Clifton All Whites) and Viv Anderson MBE, the first black football player to represent England in a full international match (1979), who formerly lived on Rivergreen, and attended Fairham School (now Community College).
On the 20th June 2007, Nottingham Forest F.C. announced plans to build a new 50,000 seater stadium to the south of Clifton, although this would not be completed until 2014 at the earliest. This will be near the fields on Nobel Road.
[edit] Representatives
Parliamentary, Clifton falls within the Nottingham South constituency, with Alan Simpson the current Member of Parliament.
Local government matters are administered by Nottingham City Council, a unitary authority. Clifton is split into two wards:
- Clifton South includes Clifton Village, Barton Green, Nobel Road Estate and Clifton Estate south of Glapton Lane and south from Lanthwaite Road and Bainton Grove. It is represented by Cllrs Christopher (Chris) Gibson, Ian W. Malcolm and Jeannie Packer (all Labour).
- Clifton North includes the rest of Clifton (including Clifton Grove), plus the Wilford area. It is represented by Cllrs Brendan Clarke-Smith, Andrew Price, and Timothy Spencer (all Conservative).
