Mansfield Town Centre

Mansfield is a market town in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the main town in Mansfield local government district and part of the Mansfield Urban Area. Nestling in a pocket of the Maun Valley surrounded by hills, the town is some 12 miles north of Nottingham. The district is a largely urban area in the north west of Nottinghamshire, populated by 99,600 residents, most of whom live in Mansfield itself , with Market Warsop a secondary centre, and the remainder the rural north of the district. Adjacent to the urban area of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Mansfield is the only major sub-regional centre in Nottinghamshire, covering an area of 30 square miles . The Centre for Cities classes the town as a small city, although it does not have official city status. Mansfield is the one local authority area in the county directly to elect its Mayor. In October 2008 it elected its first Youth Mayor. Historically, the district has been influenced by its industrial past of coal mining and textiles thriving until their decline in the 1990s, seen also in the national economy. Mansfield has 20.2 per cent of its working age population seeking key out-of-work benefits . Over the last century the population has declined along with this industrial base, though much has been done to diversify the economy and replace jobs lost. Mid-year population forecasts show a move since April 2008 from 100,100 to 100,600 in 2009, 99,700 in 2010 to 99,600 in 2011.
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