Allestree
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Climate
Due to its location in southern Derbyshire, Allestree has a temperateTemperate
In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally relatively moderate, rather than extreme hot or cold...
climate (Koppen climate classification Cfb) with a small variation in daily and annual temperatures. The warmest month is July, with an average temperature range
Temperature range
Atmospheric temperature range is the numerical difference between the minimum and maximum values of temperature observed in a given location....
of 11.4 °C to 21.3 °C, and the coolest month is January, with a range of 1.2 °C to 6.9 °C. Maximum and minimum temperatures throughout the year are around the England average, and as with most of England, Allestree is in AHS Heat zone 2.
South Derbyshire's average annual rainfall is about 606 millimetres (24 in), with October to January being the wettest period but July being the wettest month, compared with the national average of 838 millimetres (33 in).
These are average temperature and rainfall figures taken between 1971 and 2000 at the Met Office weather station in Sutton Bonington, around 23 kilometres (14 mi) southeast of Allestree:
Landmarks
Allestree Hall
Allestree Hall
Allestree Hall is a 19th century former country house situated in Allestree Park, Allestree, Derby. It is a Grade II* listed building but has been unoccupied for many years, and has been placed on the Buildings at Risk Register now the Heritage at Risk Register.The Mundy family owned the Manor of...
has been unoccupied since the 1980s but in 1984 there were plans for it to be developed into a nature museum reflecting the park's varied wildlife. It was to incorporate a nature walk, conservation and education facilities and bird hides. Structural problems discovered at the hall, combined with a lack of funding, brought a halt to the plan. A few years later the Derby Museum proposed another plan to develop the hall into a centre for the park and surrounding countryside involving exhibitions and field study facilities. This plan was also later dropped.
Markeaton Park is the second park situated in Allestree and lies in the south of the suburb, bordering Mackworth Estate
Mackworth Estate
Mackworth Estate is a large council estate situated to the north-west of Derby near to Markeaton Park and the suburb of Mickleover and also the village of the same name but which is linked by no other means....
below it and Darley Abbey
Darley Abbey
Darley Abbey is a village on the outskirts of Derby, England. The village is located on the River Derwent and is associated with the world heritage site of Derwent Valley Mills.- History :...
to the east. It was owned by the Mundys until the early 20th century. In 1903, 5 acres (20,234.3 m²) were donated by Mrs Mundy to be used as a recreation ground. Mrs Mundy continued to donate land to the city and in 1924 she gave several acres to the people of Derby to be used as a children's playground. The playground is still at the park and is known as the Mundy Play Centre.
The Hall and 20 acres (80,937.2 m²) were given to Derby Corporation in 1929 by the Reverend Clarke Maxwell. He had inherited the land from Mrs Mundy who gave it to him on condition that the land be donated to the public. The remaining 180 acre (0.7284348 km²) were bought by the Corporation in 1930 and in September 1975 the park and its surroundings were designated a Conservation Area.
Markeaton Park today is the most-used leisure facility in Derby. It has a wide variety of activities that are spread throughout the park. These include a boating lake, pitch and putt course, children's playground and mini golf course.
Public Houses in Allestree are: The Markeaton (a former hotel on Allestree Lane), The Woodlands (an 'Estate' pub on Blenheim Drive), The Red Cow (the old village pub located next to St Edmunds Church), as well as Allestree British Legion (on Cornhill). During the 1960s the Park Farm Hotel was opened at Park Farm Shopping Centre, but this closed and was boarded up in the late 1990s and has never reopened due to the general downturn in the pub business. Just outside Allestree, but regularly used by residents are The Joiners Arms (Quarndon), The Broadway (Darley Abbey) and The Jonty Farmer (Kedleston Road).
Park Farm Shopping Centre is a shopping centre located on Birchover way. It has grown from a couple of shops in the early 1960s (including a co-op store), to a major centre popular with residents of Allestree, Mackworth, Quarndon and Darley Abbey. Park Farm includes Somerfield, Farmfoods, Boots, and a Wilkinsons Hardware store, as well as branches of Barclay's, the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Derbyshire Building Society. Several fast-food outlets, a launderette, charity shops, a post office, bookmakers, greengrocer, library, and many other smaller shops.
The shopping centre is flanked on two sides by car parks as well as having one on the roof. Behind the centre (on Park Farm Drive) there is a doctor's and dental practice.
Demography
As of the 2001 CensusUnited Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
Allestree has a population of 13,017 spread out over its 648 hectares. The population is predominantly white and born in England, with 96.99% declaring themselves white at the 2001 census. The next ethnic group was Asian (1.11%) followed by Chinese (0.75%) then Mixed (0.58%) and finally Black (0.57%). Only 8.24% of Allestree residents were born outside England with that figure dropping to 4.54% for outside the UK
United Kingdom
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. The under 16s account for 17% of the population while the over 75s account for 11.35% which is higher than the national average 7.54%: this is reflected by a high mean age.
The area is largely Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
with 82.10% identifying themselves as such, according to the 2001 Census. The oldest church in the ward is St Edmund's church (Anglican) which has parts that date back to the 13th century. There are six churches in total in the suburb. After Christianity the largest group is "No religion" then followed in descending order by Islam, Sikhism, Buddhism, Hinduism
Hinduism
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, Other and Judaism
Judaism
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.
Christian
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Islam
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Belper
Belper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England.-Geography:Belper is situated eight miles north of Derby and is centred in the valley of the River Derwent...
District
Economy
The area has been described as a "socially advantaged area". As of the 2001 Census the unemployment rate is lower than the English average of 5.8% at 3.6% with 25.67% of those being long-term unemployed compared with the national average of 30.26%. The main sources of employment in the ward are manufacturing (19.39%), real estate; renting and business activities (14.07%), wholesale and retail trade (14%), health and social work (11.85%) and education (11.68%). The average distance travelled to a fixed place of work stands at 12.31 km.Education
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
inspection Portway had 298 students from age 7-11. The report gave the school an overall score of Good, saying however that personal development and well being were outstanding.
Lawn is a larger school than Portway and as of the 2005 Ofsted report had 414 children from age 4-11 on roll. The school was said to be satisfactory with a few areas for improvement.
Woodlands Community School
Woodlands Community School
Woodlands Community School is a mixed comprehensive school on Blenheim Drive in Allestree, Derby in the East Midlands of England.-Admissions:...
is the local comprehensive school
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
with a sixth form
Sixth form
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, catering for around 1150 pupils aged 11–18. It was a former secondary modern school, becoming comprehensive in September 1975. The catchment area of The Ecclesbourne School
The Ecclesbourne School
The Ecclesbourne School is a secondary school situated in Duffield, Derbyshire, England. It is one of the most in-demand secondary schools in Derbyshire and has been awarded the top grade "Outstanding" in its past four Ofsted inspections.-History:...
also includes Allestree. Derby County Manager Nigel Clough attended this school when Brian Clough was the Manager of Derby County in the 'Glory Days'.
The University of Derby
University of Derby
The University of Derby is a university in the city of Derby, England. The main site is on Kedleston Road, Allestree in the north-west of Derby close to the A38 opposite Markeaton Park...
has its main campus within the ward. It is situated on Kedleston Road and has been since the buildings were opened in 1960 for the College of Technology.
Notable people
- Alan BatesAlan BatesSir Alan Arthur Bates CBE was an English actor, who came to prominence in the 1960s, a time of high creativity in British cinema, when he demonstrated his versatility in films ranging from the popular children’s story Whistle Down the Wind to the "kitchen sink" drama A Kind of Loving...
, actor, was born here in 1935 and lived on Derwent Avenue. - Brian CloughBrian CloughBrian Howard Clough, OBE was an English footballer and football manager. He is most notable for his success with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. His achievement of winning back-to-back European Cups with Nottingham Forest, a traditionally moderate provincial English club, is considered to be...
, Football Manager and Player, lived in Ferrers Way, Allestree during the glory days of Derby CountyDerby County F.C.Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...
(1967–1973) - Nigel CloughNigel CloughNigel Howard Clough is an English former footballer and the current manager of Derby County. Playing predominately as a striker, but later in his career was used as a midfielder, Clough was capped by England 14 times in the early 1990s....
, Derby County Manager and former Nottingham Forest and Liverpool footballer, attended both Lawn Primary and Woodlands Community Schools. He played for Allestree Juniors, the local Sunday League team.