Carrington, Nottingham

Carrington
Carrington
	Carrington Location within Nottinghamshire
Population	3,118
OS grid reference	SK 56666 42440
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
UK Parliament	Nottingham East;
	List of places UK England Nottinghamshire 52°58′34″N 1°09′22″W / 52.976°N 1.156°W

Carrington is a small suburb of Nottingham, England, located approximately 1.3 miles (2.1 km) 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.^[2]

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

Notable people

Anthony Clarke Booth (1846–1899), recipient of the Victoria Cross for service during the Anglo-Zulu War
Chris Staniforth (1895–1954), footballer for Mansfield Town, Notts County and Oldham Athletic

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 Nadia Whittome since 2019.

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "2418 (Sherwood) Sqn". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2010.

External links

Carrington Lido image from the 1950s.

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "2418 (Sherwood) Sqn". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2010.

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