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Crest View, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 3AQ

The old entrance to Nottingham Prison, which is undergoing major rebuilding work. To the right of the gate is the long, high wall which can be seen more clearly in Oxymoron's picture:-Image

Recreating this 'First' for the square https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/18537 . The Victorian buildings have been replaced with more modern buildings. I decided not to get quite as close with a camera as the original photographer did.

A view along Perry Rd in the direction of Sherwood with HMP Nottingham on left-hand side. His Majesty's Prison was opened in 1891 for the reception of 206 males and 31 females.

Building work at Nottingham Prison

Completely deserted on a Sunday Morning. The appropriately grim concrete curtain wall on the left is part of Nottingham prison, and the low brick building on the right, now boarded up, used to house an engineering works.

An unusable ancillary road forming a physical boundary between HMP Nottingham and Perry Road (Sherwood direction). The prison was known as Bagthorpe Gaol in the past.

Perry Road connects Sherwood and Basford. This is a view towards the junction with Victoria Road (next right hand turning). The boundary wall of H.M.P. Nottingham is seen on the left, with a former Factory and Warehouse site on the left. The prison was closed in 1930 and reopened as a borstal in 1932. In 1950 it reverted to being a maximum security prison. New houses are currently being constructed on the left on a site identified on a 1912 map as the "Sherwood (Bleaching, Dyeing and Dressing) Works. Although the premises later became a factory and warehouse the site was cleared in 2009-10 and the plot left unused until now. Behind the photographer are some other older buildings identified on this same 1912 map as "Peace Mills", a title that has been selected as the name of this new housing development.

Seen from Tring Vale. As well as the traditional long blocks, there has been a significant amount of new build in recent years.

The Perry Rd/Hucknall Rd junction viewed from the HMP Nottingham staff car park. The red van parked in Perry Rd and the area behind the parade of shops are part of the Berridge (local government) ward, whereas the area in the foreground sits within Sherwood ward.

Where Hucknall Road drops down from the crossing with Perry Road, the soft stone making it easy to create a cutting. Note the various sedimentary layers and planes, and the considerable quantity of embedded rounded pebbles. The section is around 1.6 metres high.