Killisick

Killisick
Aerial photo of Surgeys Lane. To the right is Catriona Crescent, far left the junction with Jenned Road and at the top the junction with Homefield Avenue.
Aerial photograph of Surgeys Lane, 1995
Killisick
Killisick shown within Nottinghamshire
Population 2,595 (2011)
OS grid reference SK598460
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
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

Kilisick is an area in Arnold, Nottinghamshire. It also used to be a local government ward area of Gedling Borough until 2015.[2] The population of the ward as it stood at the 2011 census was 2,595.[3] The area is currently contained within the newly created Coppice ward.

The area is mostly residential, and contains a few shops and a John Lewis depot. It borders with Mapperley, Arnold town centre and Woodthorpe. As a ward, Killisick shares borders with the wards known as: Mapperley Plains; Lambley; Woodborough; St. Mary's; Calverton; and Kingswell.

Education

The area has two secondary schools and a number of primary schools. The largest is Arnold Hill Academy, which has 1,700 pupils. Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy is very close to Arnold Hill. Killisick School is the most notable primary school and it feeds students to Redhill Academy in Redhill, a secondary school which is located closer than the two aforementioned secondary schools in Killisick.

Bus services

Bus services in Killisick include Nottingham City Transport's Lime Line 56, 56B, 57, 58, N58 and 59.

Nottingham City Transport Lime Line 59 bus at Gleneagles Drive terminus, 2011.

The 56 covers Ramsey Drive, Coppice Road and Gedling Road.

The 56B covers Ramsey Drive, Coppice Road and Gedling Road.

57 covers: Ramsey Drive, Gedling Road, and Darlton Drive.

The 58 covers Killisick Road, Homefield, and Surgeys Lane.

The N58 covers Ramsey Drive, Coppice Road and Gedling Road.

The 59 covers Howbeck Road, Rolleston Drive, and Sandfield Road.

Sport

Arnold Town FC used to play on King George's Field, Gedling Road, Killisick. The land for the field had been donated in 1950 by Home Brewery Company Ltd to form a permanent memorial to King George V and to provide guaranteed free public access for recreation in perpetuity. The Charity Commission held an enquiry that closed in December 2005 into restricted public access.[10] Consequently, Arnold Town F.C. no longer play on King George's Field – they are now located at Eagle Valley, Oxton Road,[11] near Calverton.

Football is also played at Killisick Recreation Ground, where there is a play area and tarmac pitch. A funfair is held on the ground every year.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Langston, Brett (2013). "Nottinghamshire Registration District". UK BMD website. UK BMD. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Killisick Ward" (PDF/Adobe Acrobat document). Gedling Borough Council website. Gedling Borough Council. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Gedling Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Lime Line Nottingham > Arnold (Notts)". Nottingham City Transport. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lime Line – NCN Clarendon, Mansfield Road, Sherwood, Arnold". Nottingham City Transport. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Lime Line". Nottingham City Transport. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Lime Line Nottingham > Killisick". Nottingham City Transport. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Lime Line Nottingham > Daybrook". Nottingham City Transport. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Lime Line Nottingham > Killisick". Nottingham City Transport. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  10. ↑ Charities Commission Enquiry: King George V Playing Field Arnold – Registered Charity No 700035 Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ "Visiting Eagle Valley". Arnld Town FC website. Arnold Town Football Club. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  12. ↑ Gedling Funfairs Archived 9 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
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