Sherwood: Residents divided over chess table in car park

However, Ruth Rice, 59, couldn’t think more differently about the new facilities.

She said: “I spotted it and thought, ‘that looks really lovely’. You can sit there, play a bit of chess with a friend, it’s great for socialising.

“I love it and want them all over the place.”

But her son Bradley added: “It’s not really a nice place to sit and relax…it’s a car park.

“You’d be looking out on to all of the cars while trying to play a game of chess. It’s not for me.”

Meanwhile, Rhiannon D-Arcey, 32, of Mapperley, says she loves the idea but is “disappointed” by the location.

“I love the chess pattern, but there’s a park up the road, why put it here?

“The bike storage is a great idea, but I’m not sure about the other parts.

“I have to park in front of people’s houses because there’s hardly any space here, and when you want to visit the high street, it’s an issue.”

A spokesperson for Nottingham City Council said: “We welcome the feedback from the public on the construction of the ‘E-Mobility Hubs’ that we have received so far.”

They added: “These projects are deliberately experimental by nature, so may well change following feedback from the public.

“They will be evaluated and reviewed down the line to see how successful and popular they’ve been, with the idea that if these individual schemes work well, they could then be rolled out across the country.”