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The Glade Business Centre, Forum Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 9RW

Part of the Bestwood Estate development from the late 1930s

The line of trees straight ahead marks the course of the Great Northern Railway's Leen Valley line, built in 1881 to serve collieries north of Nottingham and closed to passengers in 1929 and to all traffic in 1968. It is now a footpath beside Hucknall Road, on the eastern side of Bulwell Common.

The commencement (or conclusion) of a footpath off Hucknall Road (the A611). The fence in the distance runs almost parallel with St Albans Road, Bulwell. The stones are two in a linear series of similar stones that have been installed in the gaps in the tree-line of a copse that runs parallel with Hucknall Road. It seems likely that the object of the stones is to prevent 'travellers' setting up camp here in what is known as Potter's Hollow Recreation Ground.

A view of Gala Way on the opposite side of Hucknall Road (the A611) is seen here from the eastern edge of Potter's Hollow Recreation Ground. The stones are two of a linear series of similar stones that have been installed in the gaps in the tree-line of a copse that runs parallel with Hucknall Road. It seems likely that the object of the stones is to prevent 'travellers' setting up an illegal camp. Gala Road is a cul-de-sac serving a 'light industrial' zone.

A footpath along the western boundary of Potter's Hollow Recreation Ground. To the photographer's right lies Hucknall Road, the A611 road, linking Nottingham and Hucknall. The Great Central Railway line once ran along this western edge. It was the last main line built to London, opening to passenger traffic in 1900. It seems that trains from Manchester and Sheffield passed alongside Bulwell Common and through Bulwell Common Station on their way to Marylebone.

Part of the sports facilities at Southglade Park

Rigley Drive - seen here at the junction with Hucknall Road - takes its name from William Rigley's railway wagon works, which stood to the left of here until the 1960s, specialising in the manufacture and repair of railway wagons and, latterly, the scrapping of steam locomotives. The Great Northern Railway's Leen Valley line, built in 1881 to serve collieries in the Leen valley, ran directly ahead and behind the camera until closure in 1968. Bulwell Forest Station (also behind the camera) closed to passengers as early as 1929.

1980s housing - pedestrian access to the front, cars at the back.

This was the name of this former pub, now a day nursery.

Showing the external water chute.