The Leen Valley is the wide valley formed by the River Leen within the county of

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...

. The Leen Valley was once an important centre for

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and

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industries. Today, although light manufacturing continues, the valley is increasingly becoming part of the commuter belt for

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. Settlements within the valley include Annesley, Bestwood Village, Newstead, Papplewick, Linby,

Hucknall Hucknall () is a market town in the Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England, north of Nottingham, southeast of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, from Mansfield and south of Sutton-in-Ashfield. Hucknall is on the west ba ...

, Bulwell, Sherwood, Basford, Lenton and

. Leen Valley is also the name of one of the Council wards, which lies within Nottingham, and a housing estate in the north of Nottingham, which is located in a valley created by the Leen within the larger Leen Valley area. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 10,702.

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