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Derby Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 1LS

Early 19th century semi-detached houses just to the west of Canning Circus. The second and third pairs are both Listed Grade II, the latter now being a Spiritualist Church.

A row of white painted properties on Derby Road (A6200) are complemented by a dressed wedding car. Behind the bus stop is the home of the Nottingham First Spiritualist Church and in the distance is Canning Circus Police Station. Addendum (09/04/16) : This police station will have closed by 17/04/16, after which its services will be transferred to the new "Central Police Station" in Byron House, Maid Marion Way, NG1.

An extremely faded inscription on the brickwork of the house on the right - between the two metal brackets securing the drainpipe to the wall - declares this to be "Park Hill". It seems likely that in the path this set of steps, plus a short path or passageway, connected Derby Road (seen at the foot of these steps) with Ilkeston Road. In the distance there is gated access to a modern block of apartments that are currently being used by students. Unfortunately pedestrians are obliged to pass through the rather insalubrious, raised forecourt that exists between the two older houses.

By the junction (with Elliott Street) is Alton's Cigar Factory http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1247221&searchtype=mapsearch . http://www.bodenassociates.co.uk/city-centre-apartments-and-offices/altons-cigar-factory/ describes its conversion into modern apartments. Further down the road is Image http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1247531&searchtype=mapsearch .

Just to the west of Canning Circus These steps lead from between a row of shops to the back of a new apartment block in Ilkeston Road.

A typical piece of functional architecture from around 1960, it has survived the various reorganisations of police forces.

The private Park Estate was developed in the 19th century for the Duke of Newcastle. Its many Grade II listed buildings include Regency, mid- and late-Victorian houses and some modern ones. The land slopes steeply down from Derby Road (high above right) and The Ropewalk to the wide Trent Valley below.

A disused gateway/entrance into the exclusive Park Estate located at the side of and behind Canning Circus Police Station. Although the gate is permanently open, a series of notices advise motorists that the sloping road through the gate is for "Police Vehicles Only". There is however, access into the estate for pedestrians and cyclists via a narrow gate at the end of this short sloping road. A footpath that connects this area with Park Terrace can be seen commencing/terminating at the foot of the white painted wall. The white, Grade II-listed, C18th house - one of an original pair - has a Ropewalk address.

Built as the headquarters and drill hall for several local volunteer regiments in around 1910, one of the grandest of its kind in the country. After ceasing to be used by the Territorial Army, it became the western sorting and delivery office for the Post Office in Nottingham, before being converted to apartments around 1985. Listed Grade II.