Case Study: Nottingham

'A case study of housing in an urban area: tenure, access,

opportunities, constraints and patterns this leads to.'

Bold: Specific Place Names within Nottingham to learn
Blue: Tenure
Red: Constraints
Green: Opportunities


The Meadows: older inner city area from the 19th
century (due to workers who needed to live close to
the centre) with cheaper terraced housing. Mainly
rented from private landlords or social housing
associations.
Can be of lower quality due to age
Close to the city centre, providing easy access to
job/university and also plenty of opportunities for
entertainment
Working class, students or ethnic minorities live here,
due to lower costs of housing.
West Bridgford: outer suburbs with detached housing.
Either owner-occupied or rented from private
landlords.
can be expensive for some socio-economic groups such
as people with low incomes
close to the greenbelt, low crime rate, safe environment
which is not located in the city
For the middle class
inner city areas such as the Lace Market.
privately rented and mixed renting schemes available
can be extremely expensive for some socio-economic
groups such as low income and working class families
close to CBD (Central Business District) providing easy
access to jobs and plenty of services and entertainment
Young, single professionals who want to live closer to
the CBD live here.
new, small housing built on greenfield land as you
leave the city e.g. Gamston and Radcliffe.
mix of privately rented and owner occupied and some
social housing
far from CBD, reliance on public transport
safe environment with low crime rate and affordable
housing
For young families.