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.
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 
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.
 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
 rainbow one: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall → Kimberley → Eastwood → Heanor / Ripley / Alfreton
 two: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Wollaton → Trowell → Ilkeston → Cotmanhay
 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