Bestwood St. Albans

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Bestwood St Albans
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Bestwood St Albans
Location within Nottinghamshire
Population5,259 (2011)
OS grid reference SK5548
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Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district NG6
Police Nottinghamshire
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53°01′N1°12′W / 53.02°N 1.2°W / 53.02; -1.2

Bestwood St. Albans is a former civil parish in the Gedling borough of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 4,950. At the time of the 2011 census the population had increased to 5,259. [1] The parish included the Bestwood Village and Bestwood Lodge areas, as well as Warren Hill, Warren Wood, Deer Park and 'The Gardens' on the northern outskirts of the Greater Nottingham conurbation, but not the area of Nottingham itself known as Bestwood.

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Bestwood St. Albans ceased to exist on 31 March 2018, after which date it was replaced by Bestwood Village parish and St Albans parish. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. "Home". bestwoodstalbans.org. Bestwood St. Albans Parish Council. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  3. The Gedling Borough Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2018