Radford, Nottingham

Radford is an inner-city area of Nottingham, located just outside the city centre. The appropriate ward of the City of Nottingham Council is called Radford and Park with a population of 21,414. It is bounded on the south by Lenton and Nottingham City Centre, and comprises around of land.

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 owing 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 Statutory 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 European, West Indian, African, Arab, Asian, South American, Polish and increasingly Kurdish), and accordingly there is a large number of specialist food and retail shops catering to specific cultures, owing 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

It provides the backdrop for much of Alan Sillitoe's book ''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning''. Numerous scenes from the film of the book which starred Albert Finney were shot in Radford.

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

31: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Jubilee Campus (Grounds)

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

N28: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Jubilee Campus → Beechdale → Bilborough → Wollaton Vale

N77: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Aspley Lane → Strelley → Cinderhill → Whitemoor

; Trentbarton
rainbow one: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall → Kimberley → Eastwood → Heanor / Ripley / Alfreton

two: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Wollaton → Trowell → Ilkeston → Cotmanhay

; Nottingham Community Transport
L4: Nottingham → Radford → Ainsley Estate → Beechdale → Aspley

L7: Nottingham → Radford → Charlbury Road

L12: QMC → Jubilee Campus → Radford → Hyson Green

L14: Nottingham → Radford → Hyson Green → Bulwell

References

Areas of Nottingham
Former civil parishes in Nottinghamshire

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