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 to the south by Lenton and to the east by 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. Population by year 1811 - 5,704 1821 - 7,348 1831 - 16,568 1841 - 22,473 1851 - 12,635 1901 - 34,354 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). Crime rate is also very high. 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 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 (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