What is Greater Nottingham?
[[file:GreaterNottingham-map.png|300px|thumb|Nottingham Urban Area map]] '''Greater Nottingham''' is a [[conurbation]] based around the city of [[Nottingham]] in [[Nottinghamshire]], [[England]]. Unlike [[Greater Manchester]], which is a [[metropolitan county]] and [[Greater London]], which is a [[regions of England|region]], Greater Nottingham not officially an administrative area. But it is an own '''Nottingham Urban Area''' with a population of 666,358 at the time of the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]]. The Nottingham Urban Area includes Nottingham itself and the surrounding towns and villages of [[Arnold, Nottinghamshire|Arnold]], [[Beeston, Nottinghamshire|Beeston]], [[Breaston]], [[Carlton, Nottinghamshire|Carlton]], [[Clifton, Nottinghamshire|Clifton]], [[Eastwood, Nottinghamshire|Eastwood]], [[Heanor]], [[Hucknall]], [[Ilkeston]], [[Kimberley, Nottinghamshire|Kimberley]], [[Long Eaton]], [[Ripley, Derbyshire|Ripley]], [[Ruddington]], [[Stapleford, Nottinghamshire|Stapleford]], and [[West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire|West Bridgford]]. This Nottingham Urban Area is separated from the [[Derby Urban Area]] only by a narrow gap between [[Breaston]] and [[Borrowash]]. Similar narrow gaps exist between the Nottingham urban area and the [[Mansfield Urban Area]] and [[Alfreton Urban Area]]. == Other websites == *[http://www.gnpartnership.org.uk/ Greater Nottingham partnership (GNP)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223062448/http://www.gnpartnership.org.uk/ |date=2014-12-23 }} *[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=8271&More=Y Office for National Statistics: Census 2001, Key Statistics for urban areas] *[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_urban_midlands_part_9.pdf map depicting ONS definition] {{Webarchive|url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20040724075214/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_urban_midlands_part_9.pdf |date=2004-07-24 }} [[Category:Geography of Nottinghamshire]]