Forest Fields

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Forest Fields is an inner-city area of the City of Nottingham in the county of Nottinghamshire, England.

Geography

The area is known to be very multicultural and is located just North of the city centre, in between the areas of Hyson Green, Basford and Sherwood, close to the site of Nottingham's annual Goose Fair. To the north is New Basford.

Local attractions

Forest Fields is home to one of the main streets in Nottinghamshire for Asian shopping - Berridge Road. The main shops on Berridge Road consist of The Seehra Saree Centre, Eastern Fashions, Adnans Sweet Centre, Mizan Book Store, The Gift Shop (1986-1991) which is now a Grocery Store, The Vegan/Vegetarian Bakery called The Screaming Carrot and many more. It is also home to the Djanogly City Academy on the site of the former Forest Comprehensive School. There is also ncn Clarendon and ncn Berridge, run by New College Nottingham. ncn Berridge, on Stanley Road, used to be Forest Fields Grammar School, and previous to 1954 it was High Pavement Grammar School. Along Noel Street is a charitable organisation called Asian Women's Project. On Gladstone street is the Sumac Centre, a co-operatively owned, non-hierarchical social centre which is the home to the Forest Fields Social Club, a bar, Veggies Catering Campaign, and Nottingham Solidarity Network. The centre also has a weekly people's kitchen, a food bank, a bike repair shop, a free shop, a library and a book shop.

Community Groups

There are a number of community groups in Forest Fields including a residents group Forest Fields Improvement Association and a transition group Transition Forest Fields. Since 2012 it's also been the home for the Nottingham Solidarity Network.

History

The local church is St Andrews on Mansfield Road.

Popular Culture

Forest Fields is listed in Mixmag as being one of the places to be in the 90's due to the massive amounts of warehouse and squat parties that took place. A lot of these parties were organised by people Such as DIY, SMOKESCREEN, DSF etc.

A number of early releases by Tindersticks were recorded in Forest Fields.

Although mainly set in the Radford part of the City, a lot of Alan Sillitoe's books mention streets from Forest Fields

External links

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Coordinates: 52°58′12″N 1°09′54″W / 52.970°N 1.165°W / 52.970; -1.165

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