Radford, Nottingham facts for kids
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| Population | 21,414 (Ward 2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK 55277 40643 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NOTTINGHAM |
| Postcode district | NG7 |
| Dialling code | 0115 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Radford is an inner-city area of Nottingham and former civil parish in the Nottingham district, in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England, located just outside the city centre. The appropriate ward of the City of Nottingham Council is Radford and Park which, in 2011, had a population of 21,414. It is bounded to the south by Lenton and to the east by Nottingham city centre, and comprises around 600 acres (240 ha) of land.
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History
St. Peter's Church, Radford was given by William Peveril to Lenton Priory. The church was rebuilt in 1812 at a cost of £2,000. The Wesleyan chapel, was built in 1805, and enlarged in 1828. In September 1878 a chapel was built on St Peter's Street by the United Methodist Free Churches at a cost of £1,900. It was closed due to declining membership and income in June 1947 and purchased by the Evangelical Free Church.
Radford Registration District (RD) was created on 1 July 1837 on the introduction of Statutary registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths (bmd) - and was abolished, and absorbed into Nottingham RD, on 1 July 1880.
Population by year
- 1811 - 5,704
- 1821 - 7,348
- 1831 - 16,568
- 1841 - 22,473
- 1851 - 12,635
- 1901 - 34,354
Background
The area has a large ethnic minority population (mainly West Indian, African, Asian and increasingly Polish), and accordingly, there is a large number of specialist food and retail shops catering to specific cultures. Due to the relatively cheap nature of housing in the area (and the large number of old Victorian properties converted into flats and bedsits).
Radford has a large student population, most of whom attend the nearby Nottingham Trent University and University of Nottingham.
Industry
Radford was the home of
- Raleigh Industries, once the world's largest bicycle producer
- Player's cigarettes, with a range of buildings housing factories, offices and warehouses
- Manlove, Alliott & Co. Ltd., inventors of incinerators for waste disposal.
Culture
Radford provides the backdrop for much of Alan Sillitoe's book 1958 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. Numerous scenes from the 1960 film of the book which starred Albert Finney, playing Raleigh worker Arthur Seaton, were shot in Radford. In 2009 a 1982 recording of Finney, talking about the making of the film, was released on DVD.
2023 Nottingham attacks
..... The victims were first-year students at the University of Nottingham. The suspect is a 31-year-old dual Guinea-Bissau/Portuguese national. He has settled status through his Portuguese citizenship and was previously a student at the University of Nottingham in 2022. At about 5:30 am, Nottinghamshire Police tasered the man outside a convenience store in Bentinck Road, Forest Fields and arrested him on suspicion of murder. He had no criminal record and was not known to the security services, but had a history of mental health issues. On 16 June 2023 the suspect was charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder.
Bus services
- Nottingham City Transport
■ 28: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Jubilee Campus → Beechdale → Bilborough
■ 30: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Jubilee Campus → Wollaton Park → Bramcote → Wollaton Vale
■ 77: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Aspley Lane → Strelley
■ 77C: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Aspley Lane → Strelley → Cinderhill
■ 78: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall Road → Broxtowe → Strelley
■ 79: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell → Rise Park → Warren Hill → Bestwood Park → Arnold
■ 79A: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell → Rise Park → Top Valley → Bestwood Park → Arnold
■ 79B: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell / Rise Park
- Trentbarton
■ rainbow one: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall → Kimberley → Eastwood → Heanor / Ripley / Alfreton
■ two: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Wollaton → Trowell → Ilkeston → Cotmanhay
- CT4N
■ L4: Nottingham → Radford → Ainsley Estate → Beechdale → Aspley
■ L14: Nottingham → Radford → Hyson Green → Bulwell
