Aspley, Nottingham

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Coordinates: 52°59′N 1°12′W / 52.98°N 1.20°W / 52.98; -1.20

Aspley
Aspley Aspley shown within Nottinghamshire
OS grid reference	SK539420
District	Nottingham
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG8
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire

Aspley is a suburb of the city of Nottingham. It is located within the boundaries of Nottingham City Council.

It adjoins the nearby estates of Broxtowe Estate and Strelley. Akin to both, at one time it had a dubious reputation for social problems associated with crime and poor housing, but has benefited in recent years from regeneration and redevelopment work, including the recent regeneration near the Aspley Lane shops, where new car parking spaces have been added as well as the pavement and road surfaces being resurfaced.^{[citation needed]}

Aspley was formerly almost entirely council houses. Since the 1980s, however, most of the houses have passed into private ownership. Aspley has a good selection of shops and good transport links (by bus) with Nottingham City Centre and surrounding areas.^{[citation needed]}

Education

There are several schools in Aspley, among them Trinity School and Nottingham Bluecoat School. It also had the since demolished William Crane school which in 1999 finished joint bottom in the GCSE league tables. When William Crane school was closed it caused controversy over the remaining students that needed to find a new school.^{[citation needed]} The primary schools include Ambleside Primary School which replaced the William Crane School.^{[citation needed]}

Parks

It also contains Melbourne Park, just off Melbourne Road, King George's Park which lies between Beechdale Road, Aspley Lane and until 2004 the Commodore, which has now been demolished and replaced with a local Sainsbury's.^{[citation needed]}