Nottingham/Bestwood Park

Bestwood Park is an area of social housing in the north of Nottingham City. This page refers to a broader area defined as a 'cake slice' on the main Nottingham page. This includes the Top Valley, and Rise Park estates.

The main purpose of this page is to provide more detail on mapping status, progress and issues, than is possible on the main page for the city.

This is one of the least well mapped areas around Nottingham, no active mappers seem to live nearby, it is not covered by aerial photography on Yahoo, and was mostly built in the past 50 years and NPE is therefore not useful. A significant proportion of the area is covered by post-1970 social housing with intricate networks of short cul-de-sacs and many walkways between houses, as well as many small open areas of grass or other green space. Most of the area will therefore require mapping on foot to achieve a decent level of coverage and accuracy.

Subdivisions for mapping and monitoring status

Given the size and complexity of the area it will require concerted survey effort over time. In order to facilitate such effort, and determine what remains to be done, the area has been broken down into much smaller units. The basic principle is that an individual unit should be mappable (all roads, footpaths, cycleways and most POI) on foot in 2-3 hours.

Colour and symbol legend

The status of each map region is indicated by a symbol, which describes the type of feature, and a colour, which indicates the completeness of that feature in a map region.

Usage

The status is displayed using a template Template:State

{{State|Key=progress}}

progress - 1/2/3/4/NA

Meaning of symbols

• - Street names are labelled. This means that the map can be used to find an address - Key: l
• - All housenumbers are present - Key: h
• - All footways are present - Key: fo
• - All wheelchair access is present - Key: d
• - All cycleways, and field and forest roads suitable for bicycles are present - Key: b
• - Roads for car traffic are present. One way streets and pedestrian streets are present. This means that the map can be used for car navigation - Key: c
• - All public transports are present (including name of the bus stop/station names) - Key: tr
  • - All stop/station/harbour names are present - Key: ha
  • - All bus lines are present (including name of the bus stop names) - Key: bu
  • - All trolley/guided bus lines are present (including name of the station names) - Key: ty
  • - All tram lines are present (including name of the tram station names) - Key: tm
  • - All fast railway lines transports are present (including name of the train station names) - Key: tn
    • - All U-Bahn (subway in Germany) lines are present (including name of the station names) - Key: u
    • - All S-Bahn (regional commuter train in Germany) lines are present (including name of the station names) - Key: s
    • - All steam railway lines transports are present (including name of the train station names) - Key: st
  • - All ship lines are present (including name of the harbour station names) - Key: sh
• - All public institutions are present (Churches, sports facilities, venues, schools, hospitals, city hall) - Key: p
  • - All emergency services (hospitals...) are present - Key: em
• - All petrol stations are present - Key: fu
• - All restaurants and hotels are present - Key: r
• - All tourist attractions are present - Key: t
• - All natural resources are mapped (e.g Water, Lakes and Woodland) - Key: n

Meaning of colours

Background colour	Meaning	Use for navigation	To do	value
	The map needs checking, status unknown	Availability unknown	Please check	(None)
	The map contains no or little data	Not to be used	Please complete	0
	The map contains partial data	Limited usability	Please complete	1
	The map is largely complete (please describe missing data)	Use with restrictions	Please complete (missing data, streets etc.)	2
	The map is complete (in the opinion of a mapper)	Suitable for use	Please check and correct any errors	3
	The map is complete (verified by 2 mappers) ; please indicate Date when checked)	Suitable for use	Please update as needed	4
	This attribute does not exist in the mapped area (e.g. no petrol stations)	Suitable for use	Please update as needed	X

The English translation is Editable here.

Cake Slice	District	Status	Remarks	Mapped / Checked by
35A	Rise Park NW 53°00′44.53″ N, 1°10′43.61″ W		N of Revelstoke Drive, bounded to the E by Brownlow Drive. Approx area 10 ha.
35B	Rise Park SW 53°00′39.85″ N, 1°10′43.03″ W		Between Revelstoke Road and Bestwood Park Drive West, bounded to the E by Brownlow Drive. Approx area 20 ha.
35C	Rise Park E 53°00′43.74″ N, 1°10′19.02″ W		N of Bestwood Park Drive West, bounded to the W by Brownlow Drive. Approx area 20 ha.
35D	Rise Park S 53°00′34.38″ N, 1°10′42.31″ W		S of Bestwood Park Drive West, accessed by Rise Park Road and Earlbank Avenue. Approx area 10 ha.
35E	Muirfield Road 53°00′40.93″ N, 1°09′46.55″ W		Muirfield Road and roads and other housing off Muirfield Road except for Bewcastle Road. Approx area 20 ha.
35F	Bewcastle Road W 53°00′48.85″ N, 1°09′48.60″ W		All of Bewcastle Road and roads off on the loop from one end of Muirfield Road to the next, except for on the E side after Finsbury Road. Approx area 20 ha.
35G	Bewcastle Road E 53°00′44.42″ N, 1°09′32.47″ W		Bewcastle Road and roads off from the Duke of St. Albans pub to Muirfield Road and roads off N of Bewcastle Road on the E side to Finsbury Road. Approx area 10 ha.
35H	Harkstead Road 53°00′31.32″ N, 1°09′23.33″ W		Harkstead Road and roads off. Approx area 4.4 ha.
35I	Queens Bower Road E (City) 53°00′21.89″ N, 1°08′52.84″ W		Mildenhall Crescent and roads off within the City boundary.
35J	Queens Bower Road E (County) 53°00′19.19″ N, 1°08′43.62″ W		Bestwood Hall Drive & roads off.
35K	Redhill 53°00′35.17″ N, 1°08′01.21″ W		Roads on W side of Mansfield Road from cemetery to edge of countryside.
35L	Top Valley W 53°00′22.46″ N, 1°10′35.47″ W		Top Valley to the W of Top Valley Drive and the Ridgeway. About 30 ha.
35M	Top Valley C 53°00′19.84″ N, 1°10′16.86″ W		Bounded by Top Valley Drive on the North, by Old Farm Road to the E, and by the Ridgeway to the S. 1970's housing estate with many short cul-de-sacs, pedestrian footways, and probably addresses not readily allocatable to a road. About 30 ha.
35N	Top Valley E 53°00′24.48″ N, 53°00′24.48″ E		Bounded by Bestwood Park Road West on the North, by to the W, and by the Ridgeway to the E and S. 1970's housing estate with many short cul-de-sacs, pedestrian footways, and probably addresses not readily allocatable to a road. About 40 ha.
35O	Bestwood Park N 53°00′20.16″ N, 1°09′26.68″ W		Roads off Beckhampton Road S to Elmbridge Shops, W boundary Belleville Road. About 20 ha.	Most roads are now on the map, but many still need accurate traces, and stubs need more surveying.
35P	Bestwood Park S 53°00′04.00″ N, 1°09′10.62″ W		Roads off Beckhampton Road S of junction with Belleville Road. Bounded to W by Parkview Drive, Eastglade Road, Beckhampton Road, and Hartcroft Drive; to the S by Arnold Road, and to the E by Chippenham Road. Aim is to include the bulk of the estate within the city boundary. Approx 40 ha.
35Q	S of Chippenham Road 53°00′01.19″ N, 1°08′55.03″ W		Bestwood Park Estate between Chippenham Road and Oxclose Lane, bounded to W by Edwards Lane and to N by Bestwood Park Road. The S and E parts of this area are in Gedling District. Approx 30 ha.
35R	Off Hucknall Road (E) 53°00′00.47″ N, 1°10′40.73″ W		A newish development S of Top Valley on the E side of Hucknall Road. Approx 8.5 ha.	3 out of 10 roads surveyed with GPS, remainder as stubs, but reasonably accurate w.r.t. length & position.
35S	Southglade Park 53°00′01.66″ N, 1°10′20.14″ W		Green space S of Top Valley and N of Southglade Road, bounded to E by Parkview Drive. Approx 30 ha.
35T	Bestwood Park C 53°00′02.34″ N, 1°09′31.64″ W		Roads off Beckhampton Road S of junction with Belleville Road. Bounded to W by Parkview Drive, Eastglade Road; to W & S Beckhampton Road, and to E by , and to the E by Pedmore Valley. Approx 40 ha.
35U	Bestwood W 52°59′43.30″ N, 1°10′11.06″ W		Between Hucknall Road, Southglade Road, Padstow Road and Gainsford Crescent. About 40 ha.
35V	Bestwood E 52°59′48.55″ N, 1°09′48.53″ W		t.b.a. W of Hartcroft and Beckhampton Roads. About 30 ha.
35W	Former High Pavement Site 52°59′35.34″ N, 1°09′58.03″ W		Area bounded by Gainsford Crescent and Arnold Road. Approx 10 ha.
35W	Bestwood SE (Landscroft Crescent area) 52°59′40.41″ N, 1°09′41.97″ W		t.b.a. Approx 9 ha.