Bestwood Village
Encyclopedia
Bestwood Village is a village in the Gedling
district of Nottinghamshire
.
It is part of the civil parish
of Bestwood St. Albans
. A small part of the village falls within the Ashfield district council area. There have been several new housing estates built recently including the redevelopment of the former Bayles and Whylie factory site which was a former glue mill.
It is to the east of Hucknall
and north of Bulwell
. It is neighboured to the North by the village of Papplewick
. It is also close to the Bestwood Park Estate which is in the City of Nottingham. Bestwood Estate is a different part of Nottingham within the Nottingham city boundary and this is approximately 3 miles south of Bestwood Village.
It was once a colliery village, indeed the one immortalised by D.H.Lawrence in Sons and Lovers (1913), but is now considered a more affluent area of the Nottingham
conurbation
.
Bestwood Mill Lakes are an attractive park in the village, the lakes having been constructed for use by now-defunct water mills.
Bestwood Country Park is an area of heath, grassland, wetland and formal garden which can be accessed from the village.
Bestwood Lodge was built in the Gothic
style for the Tenth Duke of St Albans
in 1862-65 by the architect Samuel Sanders Teulon
.
Bestwood Pumping Station
, 2 miles north west of the village, was built in 1871-4.
The surviving headstock and winding house of Bestwood Colliery in the Nottinghamshire Coalfield, with its vertical steam engine of 1873, has been preserved to commemorate Bestwood's industrial heritage. It stands at the entrance to the park and is now a listed building..
Bestwood is part of Nottinghamshire's Hidden Valleys
area.
Gedling
Gedling is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in Arnold. It is part of the Greater Nottingham metropolitan area lying to the North and East of the City of Nottingham....
district of Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
.
It is part of the civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
of Bestwood St. Albans
Bestwood St. Albans
Bestwood St. Albans is a civil parish in the Gedling borough of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 4,950...
. A small part of the village falls within the Ashfield district council area. There have been several new housing estates built recently including the redevelopment of the former Bayles and Whylie factory site which was a former glue mill.
It is to the east of Hucknall
Hucknall
Hucknall, formerly known as Hucknall Torkard, is a town in Greater Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, in the district of Ashfield. The town was historically a centre for framework knitting and then for mining but is now a focus for other industries as well providing housing for workers in...
and north of Bulwell
Bulwell
Bulwell is an English market town approximately northwest of Nottingham city centre, on the northern edge of the city. The United Kingdom Census 2001 showed there were almost 30,000 people living in the Bulwell area, accounting for over 10% of the population of the city of Nottingham.-Early...
. It is neighboured to the North by the village of Papplewick
Papplewick
The parish of Papplewick is situated towards the west of central Nottinghamshire, to the north of the town of Hucknall. It has an area of 7.15 km². The village of Papplewick is located in the west of the parish. It is 7.5 miles north of Nottingham and 6 miles south of Mansfield...
. It is also close to the Bestwood Park Estate which is in the City of Nottingham. Bestwood Estate is a different part of Nottingham within the Nottingham city boundary and this is approximately 3 miles south of Bestwood Village.
It was once a colliery village, indeed the one immortalised by D.H.Lawrence in Sons and Lovers (1913), but is now considered a more affluent area of the Nottingham
Greater Nottingham
The Nottingham Urban Area is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics, consisting of the city of Nottingham and the adjoining urban areas of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England...
conurbation
Conurbation
A conurbation is a region comprising a number of cities, large towns, and other urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area...
.
Bestwood Mill Lakes are an attractive park in the village, the lakes having been constructed for use by now-defunct water mills.
Bestwood Country Park is an area of heath, grassland, wetland and formal garden which can be accessed from the village.
Bestwood Lodge was built in the Gothic
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
style for the Tenth Duke of St Albans
Duke of St Albans
Duke of St Albans is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1684 for Charles Beauclerk, 1st Earl of Burford, then fourteen years old...
in 1862-65 by the architect Samuel Sanders Teulon
Samuel Sanders Teulon
Samuel Sanders Teulon was a notable 19th century English Gothic Revival architect.-Family:Teulon was born in Greenwich in south-east London, the son of a cabinet-maker from a French Huguenot family. His younger brother William Milford Teulon also became an architect...
.
Bestwood Pumping Station
Bestwood Pumping Station
Bestwood Pumping Station was a water pumping station operating in Nottinghamshire from 1874 until 1964.-History:Bestwood Pumping Station was built between 1871 and 1874 on land belonging to William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans. It was commissioned by the Nottingham Water Company and designed...
, 2 miles north west of the village, was built in 1871-4.
The surviving headstock and winding house of Bestwood Colliery in the Nottinghamshire Coalfield, with its vertical steam engine of 1873, has been preserved to commemorate Bestwood's industrial heritage. It stands at the entrance to the park and is now a listed building..
Bestwood is part of Nottinghamshire's Hidden Valleys
Hidden Valleys
Hidden Valleys was a name coined in 2004 to describe an area of interesting historical and scenic value between Nottingham and Mansfield in the county of Nottinghamshire. Promotional Literature and tourist information for the Hidden Valleys were created to encourage tourism in an area which had...
area.