Radford, Nottingham
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Radford
| country= England
| region= East Midlands
| static_image_name = Geograph-1591056-by-John-Sutton.jpg
| static_image_width =
| static_image_caption = St Peter's Church
| static_image_alt =
| os_grid_reference = SK 55277 40643
| coordinates = {{coord|52.960|-1.177|display=inline,title}}
| map_type= Nottinghamshire
| population= 21,414
| population_ref= (Ward 2011){{Cite web | url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13690320&c=Radford+and+Park&d=14&e=62&g=6385502&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460987393606&enc=1 |title = Local statistics – Office for National Statistics}}
| post_town= NOTTINGHAM
| postcode_area= NG
| postcode_district= NG7
| dial_code= 0115
| constituency_westminster= Nottingham South
| shire_district= Nottingham
| shire_county= Nottinghamshire
}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13690320&c=Radford+and+Park&d=14&e=62&g=6385502&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460987393606&enc=1|title=City of Nottingham ward population 2011|access-date=18 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} It is bounded to the south by Lenton and to the east by Nottingham city centre, and comprises around {{convert|600|acre|ha}} of land.
History
File:Evangelical Free Church, Radford - geograph.org.uk - 1047185.jpg
St Peter's Church, Radford was given{{when|date=June 2023}} by William Peveril to Lenton Priory.{{cn|date=June 2023}} The church was rebuilt in 1812 at a cost of £2,000. A Wesleyan chapel was built in 1805 and enlarged in 1828.White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853 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.In Every Generation: A brief history of the Methodist Churches in Nottingham 1764-1978, Rowland C Swift
File:Alfreton Road School - geograph.org.uk - 1044404.jpg
Bentinck Road School opened on 19 November 1880, and was formerly called the Alfreton Road Board School.{{cite web |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/gallery/schools-nottingham-opened-2951781 |title=Schools in Nottingham when they opened |first=David |last=Whitfield |date=7 June 2019 |publisher=nottinghampost.com/news| access-date=19 June 2023}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10269430/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Radford AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=26 July 2023}} On 1 April 1897 the parish was abolished and merged with Nottingham.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10269430|title=Relationships and changes Radford AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=26 July 2023}}
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).{{cn|date=June 2023}}
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."{{cite web |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/how-radford-changed-over-last-5044563 |title=How Radford has changed over the last 50 years and what residents think of it now |last=Zagnat |first=Olimpia |date= 7 March 2021 |publisher=nottinghampost.com |access-date=19 June 2023}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.movie-locations.com/movies/s/Saturday-Night-And-Sunday-Morning.php#:~:text=It%20was%20the%20White%20Horse,in%20the%20studio%20at%20Twickenham. |title=Saturday Night and Sunday Morning |publisher=movie-locations.com |access-date=19 June 2023}} In 2009 a 1982 recording of Finney, talking about the making of the film, was released on DVD.{{cite web |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/albert-finney-saturday-night-sunday-313499 |title=Albert Finney on Saturday Night and Sunday Morning |date=11 August 2017 |publisher=nottinghampost.com |access-date=19 June 2023}}
2023 Nottingham attacks
{{main|2023 Nottingham attacks}}
At 4:00 am on 13 June 2023, two 19-year-olds were found stabbed to death in Ilkeston Road.{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/nottingham-van-attack-what-we-know-so-far-12901534|title=Nottingham attack: What we know so far|website=Sky News}}{{Cite news |date=13 June 2023 |title=Three people found dead in Nottingham |work=Al Jazeera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/13/three-people-found-dead-in-nottingham-uk-police |access-date=13 June 2023}}{{Cite news |date=13 June 2023 |title=Nottingham attacks: What we know so far |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65890403 |last1=McNamee |first1=Michael Sheils |last2=Gregory |first2=James |url-status=live |access-date=13 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613140712/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65890403 |archive-date=13 June 2023}} The victims were first-year students at the University of Nottingham.{{Cite tweet |number=1668637471066796034 |user=UniofNottingham |title=It is with great sadness that we confirm the sudden and unexpected death of two of our students following a major incident in Nottingham city centre overnight. |date=13 June 2023 |access-date=13 June 2023}}{{Cite news |date=13 June 2023 |title=Two University of Nottingham students among three killed in city centre attack |work=ITV News |url=https://www.itv.com/news/central/2023-06-13/no-trams-in-nottingham-due-to-major-police-incident |access-date=13 June 2023}}{{cite web | last=Watson | first=Gavin Bevis & Greig | title=Nottingham: Students among three killed in Nottingham attacks | website=BBC News | date=2023-06-13 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65893694 | access-date=2023-06-13}} 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.{{Cite news |date=16 June 2023 |title=Nottingham attacks: Suspect named as Valdo Amissão Mendes Calocane |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65927760 |access-date=16 June 2023}} 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.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65912592 | title=Nottingham attacks: Valdo Calocane charged with three counts of murder | work=BBC News | date=16 June 2023 }}
Bus services
{{colorbull|#da487e}} 28: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Jubilee Campus → Beechdale → Bilborough
29: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Jubilee Campus (Term Time Only)
{{colorbull|#da487e}} 30: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Jubilee Campus → Wollaton Park → Bramcote → Wollaton Vale{{cite web|url=https://www.nctx.co.uk/timetables-tickets-maps/buses-lines/bus/30|title=Service 30 on Pink Line|first=Base|last=wearebase.com|website=nctx.co.uk}}
{{colorbull|#3fcfd5}} 77: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Aspley Lane → Strelley{{cite web|url=https://www.nctx.co.uk/timetables-tickets-maps/buses-lines/bus/77|title=Service 77 on Turquoise Line|first=Base|last=wearebase.com|website=nctx.co.uk}}
{{colorbull|#3fcfd5}} 77C: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Aspley Lane → Strelley → Cinderhill{{cite web|url=https://www.nctx.co.uk/timetables-tickets-maps/buses-lines/bus/77C|title=Service 77C on Turquoise Line|first=Base|last=wearebase.com|website=nctx.co.uk}}
{{colorbull|#3fcfd5}} 78: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall Road → Broxtowe → Strelley{{cite web|url=https://www.nctx.co.uk/timetables-tickets-maps/buses-lines/bus/78|title=Service 78 on Turquoise Line|first=Base|last=wearebase.com|website=nctx.co.uk}}
{{colorbull|#3fcfd5}} 79: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell → Rise Park → Warren Hill → Bestwood Park → Arnold{{cite web|url=https://www.nctx.co.uk/timetables-tickets-maps/buses-lines/bus/79|title=Service 79 on Turquoise Line|first=Base|last=wearebase.com|website=nctx.co.uk}}
{{colorbull|#3fcfd5}} 79A: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell → Rise Park → Top Valley → Bestwood Park → Arnold{{cite web|url=https://www.nctx.co.uk/timetables-tickets-maps/buses-lines/bus/79A|title=Service 79A on Turquoise Line|first=Base|last=wearebase.com|website=nctx.co.uk}}
{{colorbull|#3fcfd5}} 79B: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell / Rise Park{{cite web|url=https://www.nctx.co.uk/timetables-tickets-maps/buses-lines/bus/79B|title=Service 79B on Turquoise Line|first=Base|last=wearebase.com|website=nctx.co.uk}}
{{colorbull|#004a98}} rainbow one: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall → Kimberley → Eastwood → Heanor / Ripley / Alfreton{{cite web|url=https://www.trentbarton.co.uk/services/rainbowone/|title=Rainbow one service by TrentBarton|first=Base|last=wearebase.com|website=trentbarton.co.uk}}
{{colorbull|#eec72d}} two: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Wollaton → Trowell → Ilkeston → Cotmanhay{{cite web|url=https://www.trentbarton.co.uk/services/two/|title=Two service by TrentBarton|first=Base|last=wearebase.com|website=trentbarton.co.uk}}
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{{colorbull|#8bbf43}} L4: Nottingham → Radford → Ainsley Estate → Beechdale → Aspley{{cite web|url=http://ct4n.co.uk/sitedata/root/file/services/locallink-l4-dec15-web.pdf|title=L4 service by Nottingham Community Transport|first=Base|last=wearebase.com|website=ct4n.co.uk}}
{{colorbull|#8bbf43}} L14: Nottingham → Radford → Hyson Green → Bulwell{{cite web|url=http://ct4n.co.uk/sitedata/root/file/services/locallink-l14-may17-web.pdf|title=L14 service by Nottingham Community Transport|first=Base|last=wearebase.com|website=ct4n.co.uk}}
References
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