Radford, Nottingham

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Radford
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Radford
Location within Nottinghamshire
Population21,414 (Ward 2011) [1]
OS grid reference SK 55277 40643
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district NG7
Dialling code 0115
Police Nottinghamshire
Fire Nottinghamshire
Ambulance East Midlands
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52°57′36″N1°10′37″W / 52.960°N 1.177°W / 52.960; -1.177

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. [2] 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

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Evangelical Free Church

St Peter's Church, Radford was given[ when? ] by William Peveril to Lenton Priory.[ citation needed ] The church was rebuilt in 1812 at a cost of £2,000. A Wesleyan chapel was built in 1805 and enlarged in 1828. [3] 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. [4]

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Bentinck Primary School

Bentinck Road School opened on 19 November 1880, and was formerly called the Alfreton Road Board School. [5]

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.

In 1891 the parish had a population of 38,718. [6] On 1 April 1897 the parish was abolished and merged with Nottingham. [7]

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 are 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).[ citation needed ]

In 2021 residents reported that the crime rate was high, although Amy English, neighbourhood policing inspector for the Radford area, said "As a result of this work we have seen a reduction in recorded crime, including robbery and burglary, in the Radford and Park neighbourhood." [8]

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

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. [9] In 2009 a 1982 recording of Finney, talking about the making of the film, was released on DVD. [10]

2023 Nottingham attacks

At 4:00 am on 13 June 2023, two 19-year-olds were found stabbed to death in Ilkeston Road. [11] [12] [13] The victims were first-year students at the University of Nottingham. [14] [15] [16] 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. [17] 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. [13] [12] On 16 June 2023 the suspect was charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. [18]

Bus services

Nottingham City Transport

■28: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Jubilee Campus → Beechdale → Bilborough [19]

■30: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Jubilee Campus → Wollaton Park → Bramcote → Wollaton Vale [20]


■77: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Aspley Lane → Strelley [21]

■77C: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Aspley Lane → Strelley → Cinderhill [22]

■78: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall Road → Broxtowe → Strelley [23]

■79: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell → Rise Park → Warren Hill → Bestwood Park → Arnold [24]

■79A: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell → Rise Park → Top Valley → Bestwood Park → Arnold [25]

■79B: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell / Rise Park [26]

Trentbarton

■rainbow one: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall → Kimberley → Eastwood → Heanor / Ripley / Alfreton [27]

■two: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Wollaton → Trowell → Ilkeston → Cotmanhay [28]

CT4N

■L4: Nottingham → Radford → Ainsley Estate → Beechdale → Aspley [29]

■L14: Nottingham → Radford → Hyson Green → Bulwell [30]

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  3. ↑ White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853
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