Nottingham city, the pure "legal" definition, is actually quite small and not what most people think of when you say "Nottingham".

For example, it doesn't include Beeston, West Bridgford, Stapleford, Clifton, Ilkeston, Arnold, Long Eaton, Hucknall and more.

Even though no outsider could draw a line where Nottingham city stops and most of them start.