Basford, Nottingham

Basford
Nottingham Road, Basford
Basford is located in Nottinghamshire
Basford
Basford
Location within Nottinghamshire
Population16,207 (ward. 2011)
OS grid referenceSK 55791 42652
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNOTTINGHAM
Postcode districtNG6 / NG7
Dialling code0115
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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52°58′41″N 1°10′08″W / 52.978°N 1.169°W / 52.978; -1.169

Basford /ˈbsfərd/[1] is a northerly suburb of Nottingham, in Nottinghamshire, England, incorporated into the city in 1877. It gave its name to Basford Rural District, which existed from 1894 to 1974. The ward population at the 2011 census was 16,207,[2] estimated at 16,779 in 2019.[3] Next to Old Basford is New Basford, which is mainly Victorian. Basford lies close to the River Leen, a tributary of the River Trent. It is linked to Nottingham City Centre to the south and Hucknall and Bulwell to the north by the Nottingham Express Transit tram service.

  1. ^ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 11.
  2. ^ "City of Nottingham Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  3. ^ City Population. Retrieved 8 January 2021.