Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located 110 miles (180 km) north-west of London, 33 miles (53 km) south-east of Sheffield and 45 miles (72 km) north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham is the legendary home of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle and tobacco industries. The city is also the county town of Nottinghamshire and the settlement was granted its city charter in 1897, as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Nottingham is a tourist destination; in 2018, the city received the second-highest number of overnight visitors in the Midlands and the highest number in the East Midlands.
Emmerdale connections[]
- Tommy Stokes, a friend of Seth Armstrong, was mentioned to have lived in Nottingham. (November 1982)
- In Peterborough, after being knocked unconscious by the mother of his child, Kelly Windsor, Jimmy King was found in Nottingham and taken to hospital, seemingly having amnesia. (February 2011)
- Tracy Metcalfe moved to Nottingham with her daughter Frankie, visiting Emmerdale briefly in October 2022 before moving back to the village in June 2023. (January 2022)
Real-life events[]
- 13th July 1973: James Hooton (Sam Dingle) is born in Carlton, Nottinghamshire. Also acted in Nottingham director Shane Meadows' film Twenty Four Seven and appeared in a 2011 play about 1980s-Nottingham, Our Style is Legendary.