Clifton at a glance
Home to Nottingham Trent University (Clifton Campus) just 0.6 miles from the centre and with The Waste Station only 0.3 miles away for quick clear‑outs, Clifton sits in Nottingham with NG11 postcodes and a 2021 census population of 22936. Beeston station is 1.6 miles from the centre for rail connections, and day‑to‑day moves often link Clifton with its nearest neighbours by road: Ruddington is 1.8 miles away in 6 minutes, West Bridgford 4.1 miles in 13 minutes, Keyworth 5.8 miles in 15 minutes, Nottingham 6.2 miles in 15 minutes, Beeston 6.4 miles in 17 minutes, East Leake 6.5 miles in 16 minutes, Stapleford 7.4 miles in 17 minutes, Sandiacre 13.1 miles in 19 minutes, Long Eaton 14.5 miles in 22 minutes, and Breaston and Draycott 14.6 miles in 23 minutes. Clifton serves smaller nearby places too, such as Wilford at 1.5 miles, and it has easy access to retail and storage destinations that people commonly use when moving: Compton Acres Shopping Centre at 1.7 miles, Riverside Retail Park and Wilford Lane Retail Park both at 2.1 miles, Big Yellow Self Storage at 2.4 miles, and Access Self Storage and Access Self Storage Nottingham at 3.4 miles, with the University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham King's Meadow Campus each 2.6 miles away for academic‑year moves. The nearest main town is Brackley. Typical bookings include house and flat moves to and from the towns nearby, single items such as a sofa, a bed, a wardrobe or a washing machine, tip runs of old furniture, garden waste and clutter to the recycling centre, flat‑pack and furniture collected from the retail parks, student moves at the start and end of term, and loads into and out of self storage. Whether moving to, from or around Clifton, the mix of short hops, campus runs and storage drop‑offs shapes how people plan their van and driver.
Clifton had 22,936 people at the 2021 Census. Furniture and flat-pack from Compton Acres Shopping Centre, Riverside Retail Park and Wilford Lane Retail Park is a common single-item run. The council's nearest recycling centre is The Waste Station, 0.3 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.