Clifton has two council wards in the City of Nottingham (Clifton West and Clifton East as of 2018)[2] with a total population taken at the 2011 census (prior wards of Clifton North and Clifton South) of 26,835.[3][4] The location also encompasses Clifton Grove and Clifton Village, a residential area set alongside the River Trent.
The Manor of Clifton was for many centuries the seat of the de Clifton (later Clifton) family, branches of which were in the 17th century created Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold (1608) and Clifton baronets (1611). It is now the site of a council estate. The village is also notable for many old buildings including Clifton Hall, which is the former seat of the Clifton family, and St. Mary's Church.
Prior to Clifton being subsumed into the city, the area was previously within a civil parish called Clifton with Glapton until 1952,[6] Glapton being a small scattering of houses and farms prior to when the estate was built, and was in the area approximately where present day Glapton Lane is, there still being some older houses that predate the estate along the lane.[7]
Modern Clifton
The council estate has a number of shop-clusters and relatively good transport links (by tram and bus) with the city (~20 minutes) and surrounding areas. The village is on the A453 road which is the main connection between Nottingham and the M1 motorway south. The section of the A453 from Kegworth to the roundabout next to the Crusader pub has been upgraded to dual carriageway; this project was completed by 2016.[8] A new retail park known as 'Clifton Triangle' was built on the site of derelict industrial buildings and was completed in 2018.
Clifton Council Estate
The Clifton Council Estate is a sprawling conurbation, which was first considered for residential construction in 1950 by Act of Parliament, and at one time the largest council estate in Europe. The majority of the houses are made of "no fines" concrete (concrete which only has large aggregate included). This leaves air filled voids which add thermal insulation. Since the 1980s most of the houses have passed from council to private ownership. Clifton (like some of Nottingham's other estates) has benefitted in recent years from some redevelopment and regeneration work such as the Lark Hill walled community for the elderly, but the estate as a whole still attracts a lot of anti-social behaviour, particularly around the shops and tram stops. There are currently plans for a new community on a large area of land south of Clifton, to be known as Fairham.[9]
Governance
Map of Clifton, Nottingham, UK showing local government wards and neighbourhood areas.
Clifton West includes Wilford, Silverdale, the Clifton Grove Estate, Clifton Village, Barton Green, Nobel Road Estate, Lark Hill Retirement Village and the Brooksby Lane and Sturgeon Avenue areas of the original 1950's Clifton Council Estate. It is represented by Cllrs Andrew Rule and Roger Steel (both Conservative).
Clifton East includes the rest of Clifton, effectively covering the vast majority of the original 1950's Clifton Council Estate. It is represented on Nottingham City Council by councillor(s) Kevin Clarke, Kirsty Jones and Maria Watson (all representing the area as Nottingham Independents).
Primary schools include The Milford Academy, Glapton, Whitegate, Highbank, Dovecote (an amalgamation of Greencroft, Brooksby and Brinkhill) and Blessed Robert Widmerpool (Catholic). Farnborough Spencer Academy on Farnborough Road is the mainstream secondary school for the area, while Nethergate School on Swansdowne Drive is an all-through special school. Nottingham Trent University has one of its campuses on Clifton Lane (A453). On Farnborough Road was also one of the Central College Nottingham campuses which is now redundant and being sold. The old Fairham School site is also redundant.
On what is now wasteland, accessible from Brooksby Lane or Silverdale Walk, remain the foundations of the original Brooksby School, which was burnt down in the early 1980s.[when?]Brooksby school was then moved to the location now known as Dovecote School taking a building originally a part of Greencroft School.
Clifton has seven football teams: Clifton All Whites, Clifton Aces, Clifton Blacks, Clifton Wanderers, Clifton FC, FC Olympico And Clifton Mad Squad (CMS)
Clifton Playing fields, behind Farnborough School, off Farnborough Road hosts Clifton parkrun, that is a 5k timed run. The run was launched in January 2018, and is run on a mixture of trail paths and grass. Some sections of the course may accumulate mud, leaves and puddles after rain. The start and finish are located behind the pavilion building and are a short walk from the car park. The course follows the perimeter of two Clifton playing fields and alongside Fairham Brook. The route is run mainly on grass and consists of two full anticlockwise laps of the perimeter and a further short lap of part of the large playing field. For more information on Clifton parkrun click here.
Transport
Tram service
Clifton is the terminus of line 2 of the Nottingham Express Transittramway, which opened in August 2015. The line runs from a terminus at a park and ride site just to the west of Clifton, through Clifton, Wilford, and Nottingham City Centre, before continuing to Phoenix Park in the north of the city. Trams run at frequencies that vary between 4 and 8 trams per hour, depending on the day and time of day. The following stops are in, or near to, Clifton:[10]
Holy Trinity Church, Clifton (Anglican).[27] The church name of Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Square, Nottingham, was preserved with the new Holy Trinity Church, opened in 1958 in Clifton
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External links
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Papers of the Clifton family, held at Manuscripts and Special Collections at The University of Nottingham
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clifton, nottinghamshire, this, article, about, village, near, nottingham, village, near, tuxford, north, clifton, south, clifton, south, clifton, this, article, uses, bare, urls, which, uninformative, vulnerable, link, please, consider, converting, them, full. This article is about the village near Nottingham For the village near Tuxford see North Clifton For South Clifton see South Clifton This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Clifton is a large suburban village and historic manor in the city of Nottingham England In 2020 it had an estimated population of 22 749 1 CliftonVillage and SuburbClifton HallCliftonLocation within NottinghamshireArea4 150 km2 1 602 sq mi Population22 749 2020 estimate Density5 482 km2 14 200 sq mi OS grid referenceSK5534834415Unitary authorityNottinghamCeremonial countyNottinghamshireRegionEast MidlandsCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNOTTINGHAMPostcode districtNG11Dialling code0115PoliceNottinghamshireFireNottinghamshireAmbulanceEast MidlandsUK ParliamentNottingham SouthList of places UK England Nottinghamshire 52 54 14 N 1 10 37 W 52 904 N 1 177 W 52 904 1 177 Coordinates 52 54 14 N 1 10 37 W 52 904 N 1 177 W 52 904 1 177Clifton has two council wards in the City of Nottingham Clifton West and Clifton East as of 2018 2 with a total population taken at the 2011 census prior wards of Clifton North and Clifton South of 26 835 3 4 The location also encompasses Clifton Grove and Clifton Village a residential area set alongside the River Trent The Manor of Clifton was for many centuries the seat of the de Clifton later Clifton family branches of which were in the 17th century created Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold 1608 and Clifton baronets 1611 It is now the site of a council estate The village is also notable for many old buildings including Clifton Hall which is the former seat of the Clifton family and St Mary s Church Clifton is also home to the Nottingham Trent University Clifton Campus Contents 1 History 2 Modern Clifton 3 Clifton Council Estate 4 Governance 5 Education 6 Sport 7 Transport 7 1 Tram service 7 2 Bus services 8 Notable people 9 References 10 External linksHistory EditFurther information Manor of Clifton The manor of Clifton was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having a church and a mill The value of the manor had decreased since the Norman Conquest of 1066 from 16 to 9 5 For 700 years the Clifton family of Clifton owned the manor of which their manor house was Clifton Hall The papers of the Clifton family and their lands are held at Manuscripts and Special Collections The University of Nottingham Prior to Clifton being subsumed into the city the area was previously within a civil parish called Clifton with Glapton until 1952 6 Glapton being a small scattering of houses and farms prior to when the estate was built and was in the area approximately where present day Glapton Lane is there still being some older houses that predate the estate along the lane 7 Modern Clifton EditThe council estate has a number of shop clusters and relatively good transport links by tram and bus with the city 20 minutes and surrounding areas The village is on the A453 road which is the main connection between Nottingham and the M1 motorway south The section of the A453 from Kegworth to the roundabout next to the Crusader pub has been upgraded to dual carriageway this project was completed by 2016 8 A new retail park known as Clifton Triangle was built on the site of derelict industrial buildings and was completed in 2018 Clifton Council Estate EditThe Clifton Council Estate is a sprawling conurbation which was first considered for residential construction in 1950 by Act of Parliament and at one time the largest council estate in Europe The majority of the houses are made of no fines concrete concrete which only has large aggregate included This leaves air filled voids which add thermal insulation Since the 1980s most of the houses have passed from council to private ownership Clifton like some of Nottingham s other estates has benefitted in recent years from some redevelopment and regeneration work such as the Lark Hill walled community for the elderly but the estate as a whole still attracts a lot of anti social behaviour particularly around the shops and tram stops There are currently plans for a new community on a large area of land south of Clifton to be known as Fairham 9 Governance Edit Map of Clifton Nottingham UK showing local government wards and neighbourhood areas Local government matters are administered by Nottingham City Council a Labour run unitary authority Clifton is split into two wards Clifton West includes Wilford Silverdale the Clifton Grove Estate Clifton Village Barton Green Nobel Road Estate Lark Hill Retirement Village and the Brooksby Lane and Sturgeon Avenue areas of the original 1950 s Clifton Council Estate It is represented by Cllrs Andrew Rule and Roger Steel both Conservative Clifton East includes the rest of Clifton effectively covering the vast majority of the original 1950 s Clifton Council Estate It is represented on Nottingham City Council by councillor s Kevin Clarke Kirsty Jones and Maria Watson all representing the area as Nottingham Independents Parliamentary Clifton falls within the Nottingham South constituency with Lilian Greenwood Labour the current Member of Parliament Education EditPrimary schools include The Milford Academy Glapton Whitegate Highbank Dovecote an amalgamation of Greencroft Brooksby and Brinkhill and Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Farnborough Spencer Academy on Farnborough Road is the mainstream secondary school for the area while Nethergate School on Swansdowne Drive is an all through special school Nottingham Trent University has one of its campuses on Clifton Lane A453 On Farnborough Road was also one of the Central College Nottingham campuses which is now redundant and being sold The old Fairham School site is also redundant On what is now wasteland accessible from Brooksby Lane or Silverdale Walk remain the foundations of the original Brooksby School which was burnt down in the early 1980s when Brooksby school was then moved to the location now known as Dovecote School taking a building originally a part of Greencroft School Sport EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Clifton has seven football teams Clifton All Whites Clifton Aces Clifton Blacks Clifton Wanderers Clifton FC FC Olympico And Clifton Mad Squad CMS Most famous football players are Viv Anderson Jermaine Jenas and Darren HuckerbyClifton Playing fields behind Farnborough School off Farnborough Road hosts Clifton parkrun that is a 5k timed run The run was launched in January 2018 and is run on a mixture of trail paths and grass Some sections of the course may accumulate mud leaves and puddles after rain The start and finish are located behind the pavilion building and are a short walk from the car park The course follows the perimeter of two Clifton playing fields and alongside Fairham Brook The route is run mainly on grass and consists of two full anticlockwise laps of the perimeter and a further short lap of part of the large playing field For more information on Clifton parkrun click here Transport EditTram service Edit Clifton is the terminus of line 2 of the Nottingham Express Transit tramway which opened in August 2015 The line runs from a terminus at a park and ride site just to the west of Clifton through Clifton Wilford and Nottingham City Centre before continuing to Phoenix Park in the north of the city Trams run at frequencies that vary between 4 and 8 trams per hour depending on the day and time of day The following stops are in or near to Clifton 10 Southchurch Drive Rivergreen Clifton Centre Holy Trinity Summerwood Lane Clifton SouthBus services Edit Bus services in Clifton Nottingham Bus operator Line Destination s NotesNottingham City Transport 1 Nottingham Railway Station Trent Bridge Wilford Lane NTU Clifton Campus Clifton Gotham East Leake Loughborough 11 1A Nottingham Railway Station Trent Bridge Wilford Lane NTU Clifton Campus Clifton 12 1B Nottingham Railway Station Trent Bridge Wilford Lane NTU Clifton Campus Clifton 13 1E Nottingham Railway Station Trent Bridge Wilford Lane NTU Clifton Campus Clifton Gotham East Leake 14 3 Nottingham Railway Station Wilford Lane Ruddington Clifton Farnborough Road Southchurch Drive Hartness Road 15 3A Nottingham Railway Station Wilford Village Silverdale Clifton Farnborough Road Southchurch Drive Green Lane Crusader Island 16 4 NTU City Campus Nottingham Railway Station Trent Bridge Wilford Lane NTU Clifton Campus Line serves during NTU term only 17 48 Nottingham Railway Station Meadows Electric Avenue Clifton Bridge Clifton Southchurch Drive Nobel Road 18 48X Nottingham Railway Station Meadows Queen s Drive Clifton Bridge Clifton Southchurch Drive Nobel Road 19 53 Arnold Daybrook City Hospital Basford Western Boulevard Jubilee Campus QMC Showcase Cinemas Clifton 20 53B Clifton Showcase Cinema QMC 21 54 Arnold Daybrook City Hospital Basford Western Boulevard Jubilee Campus QMC Showcase Cinemas Clifton 22 54B Clifton Showcase Cinema QMC 23 N4 NTU City Campus Nottingham Railway Station Trent Bridge Wilford Lane NTU Clifton Campus Line serves at night and during NTU term only 24 Trentbarton Skylink Express Nottingham Clifton East Midlands Airport 25 University Hopperbus 901 Nottingham Weekends University Park Showcase Cinemas Clifton Lane Sutton Bonington 26 Notable people Edit Holy Trinity Church Clifton Anglican 27 The church name of Holy Trinity Church Trinity Square Nottingham was preserved with the new Holy Trinity Church opened in 1958 in Clifton Jake Bugg musician Brendan Clarke Smith politician Karl Collins actor Samantha Morton actress Jayne Torvill ice skater Olympic gold medallist Viv Anderson footballer Darren Huckerby footballer Jermaine Jenas footballer Graham Dury comic creatorReferences EditNotes Clifton City of Nottingham City Population De Retrieved 13 December 2021 New Clifton East and West wards announced Nottingham Local News nottinghamlocalnews com 11 April 2018 City of Nottingham Clifton South ward population 2011 Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics Retrieved 18 April 2016 City of Nottingham Clifton North ward population 2011 Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics Retrieved 18 April 2016 Williams ed 2003 pp 770 771 Clifton With Glapton Census tables with data for the Parish level Unit visionofbritain org uk Retrieved 25 April 2017 Genuki White s Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853 Nottinghamshire genuki org uk Retrieved 25 April 2017 including the ancient hamlet of Glapton that forms part of the village and is now lost in the general name of Clifton its own name being seldom used except in the parish documents in which the parish is sometimes called Clifton cum Glapton A453 Widening M1 Junction 24 to A52 Nottingham Highways Agency Archived from the original on 5 November 2008 Retrieved 28 November 2008 Fairham Pastures Land South of Clifton Archived from the original on 12 August 2015 Retrieved 29 June 2015 Extending your Tram Service PDF Nottingham Express Transit Archived from the original PDF on 7 August 2015 Retrieved 5 August 2015 Service 1 on Navy Line Nottingham gt Railway Station gt Trent Bridge gt Wilford Lane gt NTU Clifton Campus gt Clifton gt Gotham gt East Leake gt Loughborough Archived from the original on 15 October 2017 Retrieved 15 October 2017 Service 1A on Navy Line City gt Railway Station gt Trent Bridge gt Wilford Lane gt NTU Clifton Campus gt Clifton Archived from the original on 15 October 2017 Retrieved 15 October 2017 Service 1B on Navy Line City gt Railway Station gt Trent Bridge gt Wilford Lane gt NTU Clifton Campus gt Clifton Archived from the original on 15 October 2017 Retrieved 15 October 2017 Service 1 on Navy Line Nottingham gt Railway Station gt Trent Bridge gt Wilford Lane gt NTU Clifton Campus gt Clifton gt Gotham gt East Leake gt Loughborough Archived from the original on 15 October 2017 Retrieved 15 October 2017 Service 3 on Navy Line City gt Railway Station gt Wilford Lane gt Ruddington gt Clifton Farnborough Road Southchurch Drive Hartness Road Archived from the original on 15 October 2017 Retrieved 15 October 2017 Service 3 on Navy Line City gt Railway Station gt Wilford Village gt Silverdale gt Clifton Farnborough Road Southchurch Drive Green Lane Crusader Island Archived from the original on 15 October 2017 Retrieved 15 October 2017 Service 4 on Navy Line NTU City Campus gt City gt Railway Station gt Trent Bridge gt Wilford Lane gt NTU Clifton Campus Archived from the original on 30 March 2017 Retrieved 15 October 2017 Service 48 on Navy Line City gt Railway Station gt Meadows gt Electric Avenue gt Clifton Bridge gt Clifton Southchurch Drive Nobel Road Archived from the original on 15 October 2017 Retrieved 15 October 2017 Service 48X on Navy Line City gt Railway Station gt Meadows gt Queen s Drive gt Clifton Bridge gt Clifton Southchurch Drive Nobel Road Archived from the original on 15 October 2017 Retrieved 15 October 2017 Service 53 on Grey Line Ring Road Service Arnold gt Daybrook gt City Hospital gt Basford gt Western Boulevard gt Jubilee Campus gt QMC gt Showcase Cinemas gt Clifton Archived from the original on 28 October 2017 Retrieved 15 October 2017 https www nctx co uk services NCT 53 date 2022 12 30 amp direction inbound Service 54 on Grey Line Ring Road Service Arnold gt Daybrook gt City Hospital gt Basford gt Western Boulevard gt Jubilee Campus gt QMC gt Showcase Cinemas gt Clifton Archived from the original on 28 October 2017 Retrieved 15 October 2017 https www nctx co uk services NCT 53 date 2022 12 30 amp direction inbound Service N4 on Navy Line NTU City Campus gt City gt Railway Station gt Trent Bridge gt Wilford Lane gt NTU Cifton Campus Archived from the original on 28 October 2017 Retrieved 15 October 2017 Skylink Express trentbarton co uk 901 Archived from the original on 15 October 2017 Retrieved 15 October 2017 Holy Trinity Clifton a Church near you BibliographyHistory of Clifton Williams Ann ed 2003 Domesday Book A Complete Translation Penguin Classics ISBN 0 14 143994 7 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clifton Nottinghamshire Clifton Village website Papers of the Clifton family held at Manuscripts and Special Collections at The University of Nottingham Pictures of Clifton Village from Nottingham21 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clifton Nottinghamshire amp oldid 1134534266, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
