Wollaton
Encyclopedia
Wollaton is an area in the western part of Nottingham
, England. It is home to Wollaton Hall
with its museum, deer park, lake, walks and golf course. The Park housed Prisoners of War and US troops during the World Wars.
and the Anglican church of St Leonard
dating back to the 13th century. It also features historic cottages and a water pump. The village was 'swallowed up' by the suburbanisation of Nottingham and is now part of the Greater Nottingham
metropolitan area
.
Wollaton is primarily situated in the City of Nottingham, although a small part of it falls within the Broxtowe
borough. The City Wards divide Wollaton into Conservative Party
controlled Wollaton West (Represented by Cllr. Dick Benson, Cllr. Georgina Culley and Cllr. Eileen Morley) and Liberal Democrat
controlled Wollaton East with Lenton Abbey (represented by Cllr.Tony Sutton and Cllr. Dave Oldham).
It is considered one of the most desirable parts of the city in which to live, with relatively high house prices. This is largely due to the good quality schools, traditional public house
s and good access to the M1
via the A52
to the South and the A610 to the North.
The A52 runs directly into the centre of Derby
and has recently been renamed Brian Clough
Way as a tribute to the former Derby County
and Nottingham Forest
football manager who took both clubs to the league championship in the late 1970s and later took Nottingham Forest to back-to-back European Cup
s.
As a tribute to two of Nottingham's favourite sporting stars, Wollaton is home to the Torvill and Dean
estate, on the former site of Wollaton Colliery and Canal. Road names include Torville Drive, Jayne Close, Bolero Close (named after their Gold medal winning performance song, Bolero
), and Crawford Close (named after Michael Crawford
who assisted Torvill and Dean in developing their winning dance).
The suburb's main shopping area along Bramcote Lane primarily consists of local family run stores, and sits at the centre of Wollaton. Among the shopping area is a supermarket, a greengrocer's/florist, an off-licence, a bookmaker's, two post office/newsagents, a pharmacy, a hardware store, a dry cleaners, a Chinese/chip shop takeaway, a charity shop, a beauty supply store, a bakers/cafe, a cake shop/cafe, two clothes shops, a health food store/cafe, two hair salons/barbers and a butcher shop. Other businesses on Bramcote Lane include a solicitor's, two dentists, an opticians, two travel agents, two banks, three estate agents and a building society.
The largest supermarket
in Wollaton is the Co-Op which is on Trowell Road.
Wollaton itself stretches across a large area, from Torvill
Drive and Russell Drive near the Bilborough area in the north, down to Bramcote Lane, Woodbank Drive and Appledore Avenue in the south, stretching as far south as the barren land now called 'The Ridge'. East to west it stretches from Trowell Moor and Balloon Woods on the east, across to Sutton Passeys and the former Wollaton Hall Gates on Derby Road in the west.
The local Fernwood Infants, Juniors and Comprehensive schools are some of the best performing schools within Nottingham City and even the UK. The nearest sixth form college
for post-16 education is Bilborough College in Bilborough.
The edge of Wollaton is also home to the Martin's Pond Nature Reserve,this is jointly mainitained by Nottingham City Council and Notts Wildlife, the lake is maintained by Wollaton Piscatorial Club which provides a haven for plant and animal life and a wide variety of course fishing. (including some rarer species).
The area is also home to Wollaton Library which a few years ago underwent a £250,000 refurbishment to form a new children's library and extend meeting facilities.
Wollaton Park
has also been host to many large events and concerts, including the once annual City in the Park events which ran during 1990's and features popular pop acts of the time such as Peter Andre
, Five
and Gina G
. A new festival, Splendour in Nottingham
, was relaunched in 2008 and is slowly developing into a popular festival, with large names such as Calvin Harris
and The Pet Shop Boys performing there in 2010. The park also hosts the city's annual War Veterans Memorial Weekend, being one of the largest memorial events outside of London and including fly-overs by wartime aircraft. Also, the park hosts other major annual events such as cross-county running championships, dog shows, steam shows and the annual Nottingham Motor Show. The Park is also where the sledgers of Nottingham descend whenever there is snowfall, taking advantage of the park's large hill.
ran between nearby Strelley
and Wollaton. Horse-drawn coal wagons travelled to their destination on wooden railway lines.
The wagonway
was completed in 1604, built by Huntingdon Beaumont
working in partnership with the second occupier of Wollaton Hall
, Sir Percival Willoughby.
Nowadays Wollaton is not served by a train, even though the line from Nottingham to the Erewash Valley line
passes through. It is not on the plans for the tram system
.
Trent Barton
has always been an important presence in the suburb and revenue from Wollaton Colliery was a major source of income to the Willoughby
family, who built and owned Wollaton Hall up until the 20th century. The colliery closed after in 1965 and employment today is primarily in the service and civil servant sector, with many of the local residents commuting to work in the Nottingham and Derby
area.
The area is loosely bordered with the West Nottingham suburbs of Lenton
, Bramcote
, Trowell
, Bilborough and Radford
. The University of Nottingham
and Queen's Medical Centre
(QMC), the UK's largest hospital, are also nearby.
In terms of transport, buses run by Trent Barton
and Nottingham City Transport
offer access to and from the City Centre, Beeston, Bulwell and Stapleford. Wollaton Vale is the central road through the area.
The Hemlock Stone and Dragon.
The Wheelhouse.
The Wollaton.
Middleton's formerly The Roebuck.
The Priory/Toby Carvery
Wollaton Hall
Youth Football Club (founded 1984) is a FA
Charter Standard Club with the aim of providing a safe and supportive environment where boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 18 can enjoy playing football. The club is based on Wollaton Park with the clubhouse and pitches based at the front of the hall, adjacent to the main park entrance. Some of WHYFC teams play their home games at nearby Fernwood Comprehensive School, which is also where the club train. The club currently has over 300 registered players and teams compete in the Notts Ladies & Girls League, the Young Elizabethan League, Notts Youth League and Derby City League.
WFC
Wollaton FC were formed in 1954 and play at Wollaton Sports Association Ground sharing the ground with Wollaton Cricket Club. The Club is sited on land that was sold to the village for sports and recreational activities by the Middleton family just after the 2nd World War. The Club Badge depicts the Elizabethan architecture of Wollaton Hall. Originally in the Midland Amateur Alliance, Wollaton joined the Notts Alliance in 1990. The club enjoyed a long and successful spell in the MAA and the 3rd and 4th teams still play in that League. Season 2004/5 saw Wollaton become one of the founder members of the Notts Senior League.
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
, England. It is home to Wollaton Hall
Wollaton Hall
Wollaton Hall is a country house standing on a small but prominent hill in Wollaton, Nottingham, England. Wollaton Park is the area of parkland that the stately house stands in. The house itself is a natural history museum, with other museums in the out-buildings...
with its museum, deer park, lake, walks and golf course. The Park housed Prisoners of War and US troops during the World Wars.
Overview
Wollaton village, at the heart of the suburb, has remained relatively unchanged over the past few hundred years and is dominated by the Admiral Rodney public housePublic house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
and the Anglican church of St Leonard
St. Leonard's Church, Wollaton
St. Leonard's Church, Wollaton is a parish church in the Church of England.The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.-History:...
dating back to the 13th century. It also features historic cottages and a water pump. The village was 'swallowed up' by the suburbanisation of Nottingham and is now part of the Greater Nottingham
Greater Nottingham
The Nottingham Urban Area is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics, consisting of the city of Nottingham and the adjoining urban areas of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England...
metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
The term metropolitan area refers to a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually encompasses multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships,...
.
Wollaton is primarily situated in the City of Nottingham, although a small part of it falls within the Broxtowe
Broxtowe
Broxtowe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England, west of the City of Nottingham. It is part of the Greater Nottingham metropolitan area...
borough. The City Wards divide Wollaton into Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
controlled Wollaton West (Represented by Cllr. Dick Benson, Cllr. Georgina Culley and Cllr. Eileen Morley) and Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
controlled Wollaton East with Lenton Abbey (represented by Cllr.Tony Sutton and Cllr. Dave Oldham).
It is considered one of the most desirable parts of the city in which to live, with relatively high house prices. This is largely due to the good quality schools, traditional public house
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
s and good access to the M1
M1 motorway
The M1 is a north–south motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1 near Aberford. While the M1 is considered to be the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom, the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the...
via the A52
A52 road
The A52 is a major road in the East Midlands, England. It runs east from the junction with the A53 at Newcastle-under-Lyme near Stoke-on-Trent via Ashbourne, Derby, Stapleford, Nottingham, West Bridgford, Bingham, Grantham, Boston and Skegness before terminating on the east Lincolnshire coast at...
to the South and the A610 to the North.
The A52 runs directly into the centre of Derby
Derby
Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...
and has recently been renamed Brian Clough
Brian Clough
Brian 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...
Way as a tribute to the former Derby County
Derby 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...
and Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
football manager who took both clubs to the league championship in the late 1970s and later took Nottingham Forest to back-to-back European Cup
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
s.
As a tribute to two of Nottingham's favourite sporting stars, Wollaton is home to the Torvill and Dean
Torvill and Dean
Torvill and Dean are British ice dancers and former British-, European-, Olympic- and World champions...
estate, on the former site of Wollaton Colliery and Canal. Road names include Torville Drive, Jayne Close, Bolero Close (named after their Gold medal winning performance song, Bolero
Bolero
Bolero is a form of slow-tempo Latin music and its associated dance and song. There are Spanish and Cuban forms which are both significant and which have separate origins.The term is also used for some art music...
), and Crawford Close (named after Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford OBE is an English actor and singer. He has garnered great critical acclaim and won numerous awards during his career, which covers radio, television, film, and stagework on both London's West End and on Broadway in New York City...
who assisted Torvill and Dean in developing their winning dance).
The suburb's main shopping area along Bramcote Lane primarily consists of local family run stores, and sits at the centre of Wollaton. Among the shopping area is a supermarket, a greengrocer's/florist, an off-licence, a bookmaker's, two post office/newsagents, a pharmacy, a hardware store, a dry cleaners, a Chinese/chip shop takeaway, a charity shop, a beauty supply store, a bakers/cafe, a cake shop/cafe, two clothes shops, a health food store/cafe, two hair salons/barbers and a butcher shop. Other businesses on Bramcote Lane include a solicitor's, two dentists, an opticians, two travel agents, two banks, three estate agents and a building society.
The largest supermarket
Supermarket
A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...
in Wollaton is the Co-Op which is on Trowell Road.
Wollaton itself stretches across a large area, from Torvill
Torvill and Dean
Torvill and Dean are British ice dancers and former British-, European-, Olympic- and World champions...
Drive and Russell Drive near the Bilborough area in the north, down to Bramcote Lane, Woodbank Drive and Appledore Avenue in the south, stretching as far south as the barren land now called 'The Ridge'. East to west it stretches from Trowell Moor and Balloon Woods on the east, across to Sutton Passeys and the former Wollaton Hall Gates on Derby Road in the west.
The local Fernwood Infants, Juniors and Comprehensive schools are some of the best performing schools within Nottingham City and even the UK. The nearest sixth form college
Sixth form college
A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Belize, Hong Kong or Malta where students aged 16 to 18 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A-levels, or school-level qualifications such as GCSEs. In Singapore and India, this is...
for post-16 education is Bilborough College in Bilborough.
The edge of Wollaton is also home to the Martin's Pond Nature Reserve,this is jointly mainitained by Nottingham City Council and Notts Wildlife, the lake is maintained by Wollaton Piscatorial Club which provides a haven for plant and animal life and a wide variety of course fishing. (including some rarer species).
The area is also home to Wollaton Library which a few years ago underwent a £250,000 refurbishment to form a new children's library and extend meeting facilities.
Wollaton Park
Wollaton Hall
Wollaton Hall is a country house standing on a small but prominent hill in Wollaton, Nottingham, England. Wollaton Park is the area of parkland that the stately house stands in. The house itself is a natural history museum, with other museums in the out-buildings...
has also been host to many large events and concerts, including the once annual City in the Park events which ran during 1990's and features popular pop acts of the time such as Peter Andre
Peter André
Peter James Andrea , better known by the stage name as Peter Andre, is an English-born Australian musician, singer-songwriter, television personality and businessman. As a recording artist, he has achieving four top 10 UK albums and ten top 10 singles.-Early life:Andre was born at Northwick Park...
, Five
Five (band)
Five were an English boyband put together in 1997 by the same team that managed the Spice Girls before they launched their career. The five members were Scott Robinson, Ritchie Neville, J Brown, Abs Breen and Sean Conlon. Signed by Simon Cowell, they were a manufactured band and held several...
and Gina G
Gina G
-Albums:*1997 Fresh! — #12 UK #40 Norway.*1998 Gina G Remix Album *2005 Get Up & Dance -Singles:...
. A new festival, Splendour in Nottingham
Splendour in Nottingham
Splendour in Nottingham is an annual music festival held in Nottingham, England during July. Organised by Nottingham City Council and DHP Concerts, the event is held within Wollaton Park, to the west of Nottingham city centre...
, was relaunched in 2008 and is slowly developing into a popular festival, with large names such as Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris is a Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. His gold-selling debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls"...
and The Pet Shop Boys performing there in 2010. The park also hosts the city's annual War Veterans Memorial Weekend, being one of the largest memorial events outside of London and including fly-overs by wartime aircraft. Also, the park hosts other major annual events such as cross-county running championships, dog shows, steam shows and the annual Nottingham Motor Show. The Park is also where the sledgers of Nottingham descend whenever there is snowfall, taking advantage of the park's large hill.
Railways
Wollaton is also noted for the existence of one of the earliest recorded railway lines in the world, the Wollaton Wagonway. The wagonwayWagonway
Wagonways consisted of the horses, equipment and tracks used for hauling wagons, which preceded steam powered railways. The terms "plateway", "tramway" and in someplaces, "dramway" are also found.- Early developments :...
ran between nearby Strelley
Strelley, Nottingham
Strelley is the name of a village and civil parish to the west of Nottingham. It is also the name of the nearby post war council housing estate. The village lies within Broxtowe, whilst the estate is in the City of Nottingham...
and Wollaton. Horse-drawn coal wagons travelled to their destination on wooden railway lines.
The wagonway
Wagonway
Wagonways consisted of the horses, equipment and tracks used for hauling wagons, which preceded steam powered railways. The terms "plateway", "tramway" and in someplaces, "dramway" are also found.- Early developments :...
was completed in 1604, built by Huntingdon Beaumont
Huntingdon Beaumont
Huntingdon Beaumont was an innovative entrepreneur in coal mining, who built what is currently credited as the world's first wagonway. Regrettably he was less successful as a businessman and died having been imprisoned for debt....
working in partnership with the second occupier of Wollaton Hall
Wollaton Hall
Wollaton Hall is a country house standing on a small but prominent hill in Wollaton, Nottingham, England. Wollaton Park is the area of parkland that the stately house stands in. The house itself is a natural history museum, with other museums in the out-buildings...
, Sir Percival Willoughby.
Nowadays Wollaton is not served by a train, even though the line from Nottingham to the Erewash Valley line
Erewash Valley Line
The Erewash Valley Line is a railway line in Britain running from south of Chesterfield along the Erewash Valley to Trent Junction at Long Eaton, joining the Midland Main Line at each end.- History :...
passes through. It is not on the plans for the tram system
Nottingham Express Transit
Nottingham Express Transit is a light-rail tramway in the Nottingham area in England. The first line opened to the public on 9 March 2004, having cost £200 million to construct. The scheme took sixteen years from conception to implementation...
.
Bus services
Nottingham City Transport- Ecolink 30: Nottingham - Ilkeston Road - Wollaton Park - Deddington Lane - Wollaton Vale. Operated by a single decker.
- 35: Nottingham - QMC - Wollaton Vale - Bilborough - Strelley - Bulwell. Single decker.
- 35A: Nottingham - QMC - Wollaton Vale. Single decker.
- 35B: Nottingham - QMC - Wollaton Vale - Bilborough. Single decker.
- L11: Arnold - Bulwell - Basford - Aspley - Strelley - Bilborough - Wolalton Vale - Beeston. Midi-bus.
- L10: Nottingham - Ilkeston Road - Lambourne Drive - Grangewood Road - Deddington Lane - Bramcote - Beeston.
- W3: City - Ilkeston Road - Jubilee Campus - Wollaton - Glaisdale Drive - Bilborough. Single decker.
- N28: Nottingham - Ilkeston Road - Beechdale - Bilborough - Wollaton (Friday & Saturday Nights Only) Double decker
- L53: Clifton-QMC-Crown Island-Arnold (Ring road flyer) Midi-bus.
Trent Barton
- The Two: Nottingham - Ilkeston Road - Wollaton Park - Trowell Road - Trowell - Cotmanhay. Single decker
Mining
CoalCoal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
has always been an important presence in the suburb and revenue from Wollaton Colliery was a major source of income to the Willoughby
Willoughby
-Australia:*Willoughby, New South Wales, suburb of Sydney*City of Willoughby, local government area of New South Wales*Electoral district of Willoughby, in New South Wales*Cape Willoughby, on Kangaroo Island, South Australia-England:*Willoughby, Warwickshire...
family, who built and owned Wollaton Hall up until the 20th century. The colliery closed after in 1965 and employment today is primarily in the service and civil servant sector, with many of the local residents commuting to work in the Nottingham and Derby
Derby
Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...
area.
The area is loosely bordered with the West Nottingham suburbs of Lenton
Lenton, Nottingham
Lenton is an area of the City of Nottingham in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. Politically, it falls within the Nottingham South constituency. Most of the area lies within the electoral ward of "Dunkirk and Lenton", however the "Lenton Triangle" area, considered by most residents to be part...
, Bramcote
Bramcote
Bramcote is a settlement in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, about five miles west of Nottingham. It was a separate village but is now a suburb of Greater Nottingham. Originally one of the main roads between the cities of Nottingham and Derby passed through the village centre...
, Trowell
Trowell
Trowell is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies a few miles west of Nottingham, in the borough of Broxtowe on the border with Derbyshire. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,568....
, Bilborough and Radford
Radford, Nottingham
Radford is an inner-city area of Nottingham, located just outside the city centre itself.-History:Radford is bounded on the south by Lenton and Nottingham, and comprises around of land....
. The University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
and Queen's Medical Centre
Queen's Medical Centre
The Queen's Medical Centre situated in Nottingham, England, is the largest hospital in the United Kingdom, and the largest teaching hospital in Europe.-History:...
(QMC), the UK's largest hospital, are also nearby.
In terms of transport, buses run by Trent Barton
Trent Barton
Trent Barton is one of the very small number of significant independent bus operators in the United Kingdom. It was formed as the result of merging Derbyshire's Trent Buses with Nottinghamshire's Barton Transport....
and Nottingham City Transport
Nottingham City Transport
Nottingham City Transport is the major bus operator of the English city of Nottingham, running a comprehensive network of services in the Greater Nottingham area, with some services continuing to Southwell, Loughborough, and East Midlands Airport. There are over 80 routes across the City, giving...
offer access to and from the City Centre, Beeston, Bulwell and Stapleford. Wollaton Vale is the central road through the area.
Pubs
The Admiral Rodney Now has a pay and display car park for non-customers, Buy a drink / meal and you get your ticket price taken from your bill.The Hemlock Stone and Dragon.
The Wheelhouse.
The Wollaton.
Middleton's formerly The Roebuck.
The Priory/Toby Carvery
Local Football
WHYFCWollaton Hall
Wollaton Hall
Wollaton Hall is a country house standing on a small but prominent hill in Wollaton, Nottingham, England. Wollaton Park is the area of parkland that the stately house stands in. The house itself is a natural history museum, with other museums in the out-buildings...
Youth Football Club (founded 1984) is a FA
The Football Association
The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...
Charter Standard Club with the aim of providing a safe and supportive environment where boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 18 can enjoy playing football. The club is based on Wollaton Park with the clubhouse and pitches based at the front of the hall, adjacent to the main park entrance. Some of WHYFC teams play their home games at nearby Fernwood Comprehensive School, which is also where the club train. The club currently has over 300 registered players and teams compete in the Notts Ladies & Girls League, the Young Elizabethan League, Notts Youth League and Derby City League.
WFC
Wollaton FC were formed in 1954 and play at Wollaton Sports Association Ground sharing the ground with Wollaton Cricket Club. The Club is sited on land that was sold to the village for sports and recreational activities by the Middleton family just after the 2nd World War. The Club Badge depicts the Elizabethan architecture of Wollaton Hall. Originally in the Midland Amateur Alliance, Wollaton joined the Notts Alliance in 1990. The club enjoyed a long and successful spell in the MAA and the 3rd and 4th teams still play in that League. Season 2004/5 saw Wollaton become one of the founder members of the Notts Senior League.