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Milton Street, NOTTINGHAM, NG1 3PZ

An unfortunate lack of harmony in this area of Milton Street as the clock tower of the old Victoria Station (circa 1898), the Victoria Centre retail development plus flats and offices (1967-72,) together with the new tower block to the right of them, conspire together in an attempt to win a prize as one of the drabbest parts of Nottingham city centre. This picture was taken from one of upper floors of the Trinity Square multi-storey car park opposite.

View northward, towards Sheffield on the ex-Great Central main line, also Derby on the ex-Great Northern. The Up iron ore empties train is probably from Stanton Ironworks and heading for the ironfields south of Grantham: the locomotive is a Thompson O4/8 2-8-0 No. 63873. On the right is a local for Grantham with a Stanier 2-6-4T.

View southward, towards Leicester, London Marylebone etc.; ex-Great Central London - Leicester - Nottingham - Sheffield main line, also ex-Great Northern Grantham - Nottingham - Derby line etc. (For details, see Image] and other views). Gresley K3 2-6-0 No. 61950 is heading a Down Class E freight, several years before this great Station and the GC main line were closed.

Some demolition and refurbishment work in the vicinity of the Victoria Centre is visible here from the Trinity Square multi-storey car park. The Grade II-listed former station clock tower dates from c.1900. The tower was designed by A.E.Lambert for the Great Central Railway Company as part of the former Nottingham Victoria railway station. The station was demolished in 1967 but the tower and the present Hilton Hotel were preserved. The Victoria Centre was built in 1967-72. In February 2013 the parent company, Capital Shopping Centres, changed its name to "Intu Properties plc" and the centre was renamed the "Intu Victoria Centre" as part of the company's £25m nationwide re-branding exercise.

Standing on one of the through lines in the middle of the station is ex-GCR Robinson class 9N (LNER class A5/1) No. 69825, which was built just after Grouping in 4/23 as GCR No. 46, soon to be LNER No. 5046, renumbered 9825 in 1946, so BR No. 69825, withdrawn 11/59 - just eight months after this photograph.

Betting shop on Milton Street, on the outside of the "Vikki" centre.

Looking north-east. In the foreground the spire of the former Prudential Assurance building; directly above it the Victoria Clock Tower which is the last remaining part of Victoria Station. To the left the tower crane stands above the new Trinity Square development. To the right, the towering Victoria Centre flats. For views from the Nottingham Eye see http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2274643 . To add your views to the slide show, simply ensure that the title or description includes 'View from the Eye’.

The Victoria Clock Tower is the last remaining part of the former Nottingham Victoria Railway Station. The sun is still low enough to cast a fine shadow on the neighbouring building. Compare with Image taken later the same day.