 Victorian Nottingham bricks were once exported to other parts of the country and, it is said that the bricks for St Pancras railway station came from Mapperley.Locally the name "Mapperley Top" is used to describe the collection of shops running along Woodborough Road roughly three miles from the Nottingham city centre.Mapperley Park is a conservation area and one of Nottingham’s most prestigious residential locations, just north of the city centre and noted for its distinguished Victorian and Edwardian properties set along attractive tree lined avenues.