Carrington, Nottingham

Carrington
Carrington
Carrington shown within Nottinghamshire
District	City of Nottingham
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG5
Dialling code	0115

Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands

EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Nottingham East

Carrington is a small suburb of Nottingham, England. It is approximately 1.3 miles North of Nottingham City Centre. It lies next to the areas of Sherwood, Mapperley, Forest Fields, Basford, Sherwood Rise and the Forest Recreation Ground.

Amenities

Owing to its proximity to the city centre, Carrington has a number of hotels and guest houses along its two main roads, (A60 - Mansfield Road and A611 - Hucknall Road) and hosts a varied selection of local shops and small businesses which also serve the community of Mapperley Park. Carrington is also home to Carrington Primary School rated as a Good School by Ofsted in 2013.

History

In the early part of the twentieth century, horse-drawn trams ran along Mansfield Road to the stables and depot between St. John's Church and Watcombe Road. Later, this line was extended to Sherwood and upgraded to electric trams. The tram depot was replaced by Carrington Lido (open air swimming pool) and, later still, by a town-house development.

The 2418 (Sherwood) Squadron of the Air Training Corps is located in Wesley Street. And Parades on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and prides itself on being the best in Nottingham.^[1]

Recent years have seen the construction of a Lidl supermarket on Mansfield Road.

Politics

Carrington lies within the Nottingham City Council Sherwood ward, which has three Labour Party councillors. It lies in the Nottingham East constituency and has been represented by Labour Party MP Chris Leslie since 2010.

References

↑ "2418 (Sherwood) Sqn". Retrieved 15 August 2010.

External links

Carrington Lido image from the 1950s.

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