Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is a county in the East Midlands of England. It borders South Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. The county town is traditionally Nottingham, at 52°57′17″N 1°09′29″W, though the council is now based in West Bridgford (at a site facing Nottingham over the River Trent).

Nottinghamshire
Ceremonial county
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Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Origin	Historic
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Ceremonial county
Area	[convert: needs a number]
• Ranked	of 48
• Ranked	of 48
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Ethnicity	94.1% White 2.5% S. Asian 1.5% Afro-Carib.

The districts of Nottinghamshire are Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Gedling, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood, and Rushcliffe. The City of Nottingham was administratively part of Nottinghamshire between 1974 and 1998 but is now a unitary authority, although it remains part of the county.

National and County cricket player Harold Larwood.

Culture

Nottinghamshire contains the ancestral home of the poet Lord Byron, Newstead Abbey, which he sold in 1818. It is now owned by Nottingham City Council and open to the public.

Settlements and communications

The council house and a tram in Nottingham market square.

The traditional county town, and the largest settlement in the historic and ceremonial county boundaries, is Nottingham. The city is now administratively independent, but suburbs including Arnold, Carlton, West Bridgford, Beeston and Stapleford are still within the administrative county and West Bridgford is now home of the county council.

Places of interest

• Clumber Park
• Creswell Crags
• Rufford Country Park
• Southwell Minster
• Sherwood Forest
• Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem
• Hawton Church
• Nottingham Castle
• Newstead Abbey

Other websites

• Nottinghamshire County Council
• BBC Nottingham
• Nottinghamshire Indymedia Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Visit Nottinghamshire Archived 2011-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Nottinghamshire Police Archived 2020-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
• Flickr Nottingham Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine A collaborative blog from the members of the Nottingham Flickr Group, covering the county as well as the city
• Nottingham Nightclub Guide Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine