Carlton, Nottinghamshire

Carlton
Carlton  Carlton shown within Nottinghamshire
OS grid reference	SK6041
District	Gedling
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG4
Dialling code	0115
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gedling
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Carlton is a suburb to the east of the city of Nottingham in the borough of Gedling. It is close to Sneinton, Bakersfield, Mapperley, and St Anns. It is near the River Trent and has an NG4 postcode. In the Domesday Book of 1086 Carlton is referred to as Carentune

The main shopping street is Carlton Hill, which has several shopping chains, and smaller shops such as newsagents, chemists, and grocers. There is also a fairly large shopping area in Carlton Square, the traditional centre of Carlton (which is currently undergoing redevelopment) and where Carlton Urban District Council was based before Carlton became part of Gedling Borough council in 1974. Before then the area was used by Carlton Central Primary School for almost a hundred years up until the 1960s. After a piece of masonry fell one night from the roof into the school assembly area the school was demolished and the council house and the current Carlton Square was built in its place. Fortunately a new school had been built on Foxhill Road/Carlton Hill, and Carlton Central Primary School was relocated there. The new school had originally been built to replace the deteriorating St Paul's School on Carlton Hill. St Paul's was closed in 1983 after many years and attempts to find a new site and financing for a new building were unsuccessful. Carlton Central Primary School is not the only primary school in Carlton. Now there is also 'The Sacred Heart' Roman Catholic primary school situated on Southcliffe Road, this was formerly known as 'St Augustines', and Porchester Junior School, which has recently been extended.

Carlton is blessed with two Leisure Centres; an indoor bowling Centre (Richard Herrod Centre) on Foxhill Road and a Swimming Pool and Gym based one (Carlton Forum) on Coningswath Road.

There are number of churches in Carlton, of many denominations. A prominent one is Carlton Pentecostal Church located opposite the Fie Station on Station Road.

There is a railway station on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line. Local schools are Parkdale School, Carlton-le-Willows Academy, the Gedling School and the The Carlton Academy (next to the large Carlton Forum Leisure Centre on Coningswath Road). There is a Tesco supermarket at the bottom (Carlton Square end of) Carlton Hill which was built on top of where St Paul's Primary School, which stood from 1869 until 1983. The school itself was built next to a 17th century graveyard, which was relocated when the Tesco supermarket was to be built on the same land. Rev. Harrison, formally the rector of St Paul's C of E Church is said to have performed an exorcism and there have been no reports since.^{[citation needed]}

Carlton is also where the Midlands Academy of Dance & Drama (also known as MADD) is based. It is one of the UK's top musical theatre colleges.^{[citation needed]}

House prices in Carlton are on a par with most of Nottingham, ranging from £80,000 to around £250,000.^{[citation needed]}

Its most famous resident was the actor Richard Beckinsale, who was born there in 1947.

Carlton Town Football Club were champions of Northern Counties East Football League Division One in the 2005-2006 season.

Bus services

Nottingham City Transport

• 39 Nottingham - Thorneywood - Carlton Valley
• 24: Nottingham - Carlton - Westdale Lane - Holyoake Road (starts September 2010)
• 25: Nottingham - Carlton - Westdale Lane - Mapperley - Arnold
• 25B: Nottingham - Carlton - Westdale Lane - Mapperley.
• 26: Nottingham - Carlton - Burton Joyce.
• 27: Nottingham - Carlton
• N27: Nottingham - Sneinton - Carlton - Mapperley.
• N27: Nottingham - Sneinton - Carlton - Gedling - Mapperley (from September 2010)
• 100: Nottingham - Carlton - Burton Road - Burton Joyce - Lowdham - Southwell.

Premiere Travel

• 73/73A: Colwick - Netherfield - Carlton/Sneinton - Mapperley - Arnold.
• 74: Netherfield - Gedling - Carlton - Netherfield.
• S10: Sneinton - Thorneywood - Carlton - Netherfield - Victoria Park

External links

• Gedling Borough Council
• Carlton Pentecostal Church
• St John the Baptist church
• The Carlton Academy
• Carlton Central Junior School
• St Paul's church