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

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 was created on 1 July 1837 on the introduction of Statutory Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths - and was abolished, and absorbed into Nottingham RD, on 1 July 1880.

Population by year

The area has a large ethnic minority population, 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.
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
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 → Jubilee Campus → Beechdale → Bilborough
30: Nottingham → Radford → Jubilee Campus → Wollaton Park → Bramcote → Wollaton Vale
31: Nottingham → Radford → Jubilee Campus
77: Nottingham → Radford → Aspley Lane → Strelley
77C: Nottingham → Radford → Aspley Lane → Strelley → Cinderhill
78: Nottingham → Radford → Nuthall Road → Broxtowe → Strelley
79: Nottingham → Radford → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell → Rise Park → Warren Hill → Bestwood Park → Arnold
79A: Nottingham → Radford → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell → Rise Park → Top Valley → Bestwood Park → Arnold
79B: Nottingham → Radford → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell / Rise Park
N28: Nottingham → Radford → Jubilee Campus → Beechdale → Bilborough → Wollaton Vale
N77: Nottingham → Radford → Aspley Lane → Strelley → Cinderhill → Whitemoor
;Trentbarton
rainbow one: Nottingham → Radford → Nuthall → Kimberley → Eastwood → Heanor / Ripley / Alfreton
two: Nottingham → Radford → 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