community centre. Landmarks The former public house, The Oakdale, that used to greet you as you enter Bakersfield, stood on the original site of a large farm barn. Over the years it has been the centre of the local community and in the Second World War was a bomb shelter. The public house has now closed and the premised now house a Tesco Local store. Oakdale Road and the pub both get their name from a large oak tree that stood there till bad weather caused damage, and it was deemed unsafe and had to be felled. Transport The railway to Netherfield and Grantham runs along the A612 road on the southern edge of Bakersfield but the area has not had a station since the Racecourse station shut in 1959. Buses Nottingham City Transport 43: Nottingham - Sneinton Dale - Bakersfield Nottingham Minibus 73A: Netherfield - Bakersfield - Sneinton Education Some primary students attended Jesse Boot Primary School, Hereford Road, Parkdale Primary School, Parkdale Road. Comprehensive age students accessed schools around the immediate area, such as Greenwood Dale, Manvers Pierrepont, Carlton Road and further down Sneinton Road. Further Education was initially at the Forest Fields College and as of the late 1990s in the now defunct Manvers Pierrepont Comprehensive, Carlton Road. Religion The parish church of St John the Baptist at Carlton (further up Oakdale Road, opened in 1957) and St Stephen's on Sneinton Dale cover the area for the Church of England. The Church of St Cyprian on Marston Road, off Dale View Road, was built in 1913. Dales United Reformed Church was built in 1930. Sport Nottingham Racecourse and Nottingham Greyhound Stadium lie on the southern edge of Bakersfield. There was a public pitch and putt course in Colwick Woods which was closed some years ago. Notable people Jack Burkitt captained Nottingham Forest to their 1959 FA Cup win against Luton Town. He managed Notts County in 1966 and then worked for Brian Clough at Derby for a few years before leaving football to take over Oakdale Road post office. See also Bakersfield (disambiguation) - for other towns with the same name References External links Areas of Nottingham