Hucknall
Appearance
Hucknall | |
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![]() Tram 212 at Hucknall in the first week of operation of modern trams (March 2004) | |
Location within Nottinghamshire | |
Area | 7.913 km2 (3.055 sq mi) |
Population | 32,107 (2011 census)[1] |
• Density | 4,058/km2 (10,510/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | SK 53434 49300 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Nottingham |
Postcode district | NG15 |
Dialling code | 0115 |
Police | Nottinghamshire |
Fire | Nottinghamshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Hucknall, which used to be called Hucknall Torkard, is an English town near Nottingham. It is mostly a dormitory town for Nottingham. It is 11 km (7 mi) north of Nottingham.[2] It is the final resting place of Lord Byron, an English poet and Greek War of Independence leader,[3] and Ada Lovelace, a famous mathematician and programmer.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Brinkhoff, Thomas (7 July 2013). "Arnold (Nottinghamshire)". City Population. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey website[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Pevsner, N. (1951) Nottinghamshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin; pp. 85–86
- ↑ St. Mary Magdelene parish church Archived 2019-01-11 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 25 September 2008.