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Nottinghamshire is an East Midlands county with a population of just over one million people. The council is based in West Bridgford although the county town was traditionally Nottingham. 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. Boots the Chemist are based in Nottingham and are a well knon local employer. Nottingham has been a consistent performer in the Britain in Bloom competition – winning the large city category in 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2007. Nottingham is home to Notts County which are the oldest professional football club in the world.
Mansfield is a major town in the Skip Hire Nottinghamshire area and was the childhood home of singer Alvin Stardust.
The 2006 TV series of Robin hood made the 165 square miles of Sherwood forest a tourist attraction, it was always popular but the TV show has seen an increase in visitors in recent years.
Set in Medievel England Robin Hood was known as the outlaw who robbed the rich and gave 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.
Gedling is a Nottinghamshire borough that incorporates the town of Arnold. Arnold is a suburb of Nottingham and was referred to in the Doomsday Book as “Emehale” – “The Valley of Eagles.”
The River Trent runs through the city of Nottingham and is unusual for an English river as it flows north.
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