A small website highlighting the fictionally bloated city of Nottingham
and county of Nottinghamshire
Long Eaton - Even The Nottingham Post think its in Nottinghamshire. Idiots! See HERE
Long Eaton is often claimed to be in Nottinghamshire but sits nicely on the Derbyshire side of the border. Even some residents think they live in Nottinghamshire. Don't they realise they pay their council tax to Erewash Borough Council in Derbyshire? Many people also think that Long Eaton is part of the city of Nottingham. It may be in the fictional Nottingham Urban Area which is just a fancy name for the urban sprawl which joins up with Nottingham but as I said earlier Long Eaton resides in Derbyshire in the borough of Erewash.
Sandiacre
Sandiacre is a small town close to the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border and adjacent to the Nottinghamshire town of Stapleford. Sandiacre is another town which some love to claim is in Nottinghamshire or even Nottingham but is in the Borough of Erewash in Derbyshire. Like Long Eaton it is part of the Nottingham Urban Area but that is all.
Ilkeston
Ilkeston is another town in Derbyshire close to the Nottinghamshire border. Less often is it claimed to be in Nottingham or Nottinghamshire but is part of the Nottingham Urban Area. Another town in Erewash, Derbyshire.
Langley Mill
This is a small Derbyshire town close to the Nottinghamshire town of Eastwood and sits in the Borough of Amber Valley. Not often claimed to be in Nottingham or Nottinghamshire but is part of the dreaded Nottingham Urban Area! Nottingham Lace was manufactured here as well as other towns near to Nottingham. Nottingham Lace gets its name from the fact that it was sold in Nottingham!
Ripley and Heanor
Ripley and Heanor are both modestly sized ex-mining towns in Amber Valley, Derbyshire. Rarely are they said to be in Nottingham or Nottinghamshire being quite a way from the border but are bizarrely part of the Nottingham Urban Area!
Pinxton
Some people think Pinxton is in Nottinghamshire but a quick study of an Ordnance Survey map or even a Council Tax bill will suggest quite rightly that it sits in Derbyshire!
Even Chesterfield, Chatsworth House and the Peak District National Park have been claimed to be in Nottinghamshire by the BBC at one time or another when they are nowhere near the border!
Much to many people's disgust East Midlands Airport, which was a replacement for Derby Airport was renamed Nottingham Airport even though it is situated near Castle Donington in Leicestershire. It was soon changed back with a sub-title of "Nottingham, Leicester, Derby"
Beeston
Beeston is a town close to the city of Nottingham but in the Borough of Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire. Regularly claimed to be part of the city of Nottingham but never has been. Part of the Nottingham Urban Area/sprawl. Sadly included on the NET tram system which will cause people to think Beeston is in Nottingham even more.
Chilwell
A village between Long Eaton and Beeston. In Broxtowe borough and therefore in Nottinghamshire but not in the city of Nottingham as many claim. Part of the Nottingham Urban Area. Recently claimed to be in Nottingham by the BBC on East Midlands Today in relation to the shawl worn by Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge just after he was born. Congratulations to The Duke and Duchess of course but please BBC get your geography right.
Stapleford
A town between Sandiacre and Nottingham. It is in Nottinghamshire but not in the city of Nottingham as many state it is. Part of the dreaded Nottingham Urban Area.
Trowell
A town/village just over the
border from Ilkeston. In Nottinghamshire but not Nottingham city.
Nottingham Lace
Much of the lace sold at Nottingham's Lace Market (knowns as Nottingham Lace) was and still is made in Derbyshire. Mills in Sandiacre, Belper, Derby, Long Eaton and other neighbouring towns made lace that was sold, not made in Nottingham. Cluny Lace which still exists today are based in Ilkeston in Derbyshire but their product is however branded as Nottingham Lace!
Raleigh Cycles
The bicycle manufacturer Raleigh were based in Nottingham but a lot has changed in the manufacturing world. Much of the UK manufacturing has moved overseas which is supposedly less expensive, but companies tend to keep their head offices, or design facilities in the UK. In an interview for the BBC a spokeswoman for Raleigh stated that they have been based in the same town since the company first began. Wrong! Raleigh are now based in Eastwood which is in Nottinghamshire but not in Nottingham.
Royal Mail or more accurately the GPO are/were partially to blame. Many of the Derbyshire towns above have Nottingham post codes. Many people don't realise that the city name in an address is the nearest "Post Town" (sorting office) and nothing to do with which city or county the address is situated in. Also the 0115 (ex 0602) Nottingham telephone STD code covers many of the towns above. Non-local, Nottingham-biased news editors for the BBC and independent stations know no better and often make these errors. The Office of National Statistics uses the Nottingham Urban Area but often refers to it as "Nottingham". All these inaccuracies confuse many people but hopefully this list should make things clearer and the over-Nottinghamisation of the East Midlands should come to an end.
Nottingham Lace
Much of the lace sold at Nottingham's Lace Market (knowns as Nottingham Lace) was and still is made in Derbyshire. Mills in Sandiacre, Belper, Derby, Long Eaton and other neighbouring towns made lace that was sold, not made in Nottingham. Cluny Lace which still exists today are based in Ilkeston in Derbyshire but their product is however branded as Nottingham Lace!
Raleigh Cycles
The bicycle manufacturer Raleigh were based in Nottingham but a lot has changed in the manufacturing world. Much of the UK manufacturing has moved overseas which is supposedly less expensive, but companies tend to keep their head offices, or design facilities in the UK. In an interview for the BBC a spokeswoman for Raleigh stated that they have been based in the same town since the company first began. Wrong! Raleigh are now based in Eastwood which is in Nottinghamshire but not in Nottingham.
Royal Mail or more accurately the GPO are/were partially to blame. Many of the Derbyshire towns above have Nottingham post codes. Many people don't realise that the city name in an address is the nearest "Post Town" (sorting office) and nothing to do with which city or county the address is situated in. Also the 0115 (ex 0602) Nottingham telephone STD code covers many of the towns above. Non-local, Nottingham-biased news editors for the BBC and independent stations know no better and often make these errors. The Office of National Statistics uses the Nottingham Urban Area but often refers to it as "Nottingham". All these inaccuracies confuse many people but hopefully this list should make things clearer and the over-Nottinghamisation of the East Midlands should come to an end.
