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Lenton, Nottingham
Lenton is an area of the City of Nottingham in the county of Nottinghamshire, England.
Politically, it falls within the Nottingham South constituency.
The name "Lenton", is derived from the River Leen, which runs nearby.
Lenton is largely a residential area.
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Alongside a section of the Tottle Brook in March 2008 with one of the buildings of Science Park alongside it.

Latest Website Updates - May 2008
Lenton Boulevard, Montpelier Road, The Tottle BrookUniversity Boulevard

Recent Updates
Alderney Street, Castle Marina Site, Church Street, Dunkirk School, Frederick Grove, Gregory Street, Holy Trinity Church, Memories of Trevethick's, Memories of Warwick Street

Photograph by Chris Jackson taken in 1986 showing the Blacpool to Harwich train passing under Raleigh's 'bridge' which used to connect the Faraday Road factory to the Triumph Road site.

Issue 26 of Lenton Times is now available
Featuring
Up, Up and Away! The 1847 Balloon Ascent - Putting Helen Watts in the Picture - Where’s Wally? The Search for Walter Edwin James - Radford Marsh and the Pearson Family - Lenton and the Railway - Our Sponsor’s Story - Nazareth House: A Childhood Lost - Nazareth House: Post-War Recollections - Sport at Cottesmore Girls in the 1930s - Lenton’s Ice Rink that never was

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Wheels Of Fortune:
The Story of Raleigh Cycles of Lenton, Nottingham

Exhibition at the Weston Gallery, D H Lawrence Pavilion, University Park Nottingham
Saturday 12 April - Sunday 03 August 2008
Monday - Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday, Bank Holidays 12 noon to 4 p.m.

Admission Free

also
 Three Lunchtime Talks relating to the exhibition

(prebook tickets for these at box office)
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  Lenton Gallery shows photographs of the Lenton, Dunkirk & Wollaton areas Past and Present

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The Lenton Listener - Selected articles from the magazine produced for Lenton Community Association between 1979 and 1988

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Godfrey's History of Lenton 1884

 A review of
The History of the Parish and Priory  of Lenton
by John Thomas Godfrey - 1884

The book was reviewed in the Nottingham Daily Express and published over four issues during December 1884 to January 1885

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Lenton Local History Society - General information about the Society, current programme of events and contact details

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