The tram depot was replaced by Carrington Lido (open air swimming pool) and, later still, by a town-house development.

The 2418 (Sherwood) Squadron of the Air Training Corps is located in Wesley Street.

[2] Recent years have seen the construction of a Lidl supermarket on Mansfield Road.

Carrington lies within the Nottingham City Council Sherwood ward, which has three Labour Party councillors.

It lies in the Nottingham East constituency and has been represented by Labour Party MP Nadia Whittome since 2019.