Clifton, Nottinghamshire facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Clifton
Village and Suburb
Clifton Hall
Clifton
Area	4.150 km2 (1.602 sq mi)
Population	22,749 (2020 estimate)
• Density	5,482/km2 (14,200/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SK5534834415
Unitary authority	Nottingham
Ceremonial county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG11
Dialling code	0115
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Nottingham South
List of places UK England Nottinghamshire 52°54′14″N 1°10′37″W / 52.904°N 1.177°W / 52.904; -1.177

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.

Clifton has two council wards in the City of Nottingham (Clifton West and Clifton East as of 2018) with a total population taken at the 2011 census (prior wards of Clifton North and Clifton South) of 26,835. 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.

Notable people

Holy Trinity Church, Clifton (Anglican). 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 creator

Sport

Clifton has six football teams: Clifton All Whites, Clifton Aces, Clifton Blacks, Clifton Wanderers, Clifton FC and FC Olympico.

Most famous football players are Viv Anderson, Jermaine Jenas and Darren Huckerby

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.

Education

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. Brooksby school was then moved to the location now known as Dovecote School taking a building originally a part of Greencroft School.

Transport

Tram service

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:

• Southchurch Drive
• Rivergreen
• Clifton Centre
• Holy Trinity
• Summerwood Lane
• Clifton South

Bus services

Images for kids

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  Map of Clifton, Nottingham, UK showing local government wards and neighbourhood areas.