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Covering Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark, Retford, Southwell, Sutton-in-Ashfield and all areas of Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is an East Midlands county with a population of just over 1 million people. The county town was traditionally Nottingham, although the council is based in West Bridgford. Well known for Sherwood Forest – the home to the legend of Robin Hood. Newark-on-Trent, Mansfield, Worksop, Arnold, Bingham, Retford and Hucknall are all towns in Nottinghamshire.
The town square in the heart of Nottingham is the largest square in Europe and was refurbished in 2007. Nottinghamshire’s traditional county town is home to many well known companies including Boots the Chemist. As the winner of the “Large city” category in 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2007 Nottingham has a strong connection with Britain in Bloom. Notts County are the worlds oldest football club.
Mansfield is a major town in Nottinghamshire and was the childhood home of singer Alvin Stardust.
Worksop is on the northern edge of Nottinghamshire’s well known forest – Sherwood Forest. Sherwood is about one hundred and sixty-five square miles in size and has seen a large rise in visitors since the BBC’s Robin Hood TV series that was first aired in 2006.
Robin Hood’s story originates in medieval times and the Nottinghamshire legend states that Robin and his merry men would take from the rich and give to the poor. The Kevin Costner and Alan Rickman film in the early 90's was a popular Hollywood take on the story. Alan Rickman’s part was originally meant to be played by Richard E Grant who had to turn down the movie due to Hudson Hawk’s shooting over-running. Some of the film was shot in the Nottinghamshire woodland.
The Beeston Boiler Company, whose boilers can be found all over the world – in parts of the former British Empire was based in Beeston a Nottinghamshire town.
In the Doomsday book the town of “Emehale” – “The Valley of Eagles.” was referred to it is now known as Arnold a suburb of Nottingham
The River Trent runs through the city of Nottingham and is unusual for an English river as it flows north.
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