Fernwood, Nottinghamshire

Coordinates: 53°02′N 0°46′W / 53.04°N 0.77°W / 53.04; -0.77
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Fernwood
Newark
Postcode districtNG24
Dialling code01636
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
Websitewww.fernwood-pc.co.uk
List of places
UK
England
Nottinghamshire
53°02′N 0°46′W / 53.04°N 0.77°W / 53.04; -0.77

Fernwood is a

Balderton, had a population of 10,298 in 2001.[1] It is a suburb of Newark-on-Trent. The population of the civil parish was given as 2,190 in the 2011 census,[2] Balderton by that time was a separate civil parish. Fernwood itself increased to 3,054 at the 2021 census.[3]

Art deco
former hospital chimney nicknamed 'the water tower'

Modern Fernwood expansion has taken place on the site of the old Balderton Hospital which closed in 1993, with street names based on names of former hospital wards and employees.[4][5][6]

Following years of planning, preparatory work was started in 2023 to create an extension and bypass-link from the A1 road near Fernwood, via Middlebeck to the A46 at Farndon.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ 2001 Census
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  3. Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  4. ^ Developers could turn this iconic Nottinghamshire art deco tower into flats Nottingham Post, 25 March 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2023
  5. ^ Owner of imposing art-deco Fernwood Water Tower, near Newark, to be billed for cost of securing the site Newark Advertiser, 2 November 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2023
  6. ^ Street names in Fernwood Fernwood Parish Council. Retrieved 26 December 2023
  7. ^ Final hurdle for Newark southern link road project, Newark and Sherwood District Council hears Newark Advertiser, 10 October 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2023
  8. ^ Southern Link Road middlebecknewark.com. Retrieved 29 December 2023

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53°02′N 0°46′W / 53.04°N 0.77°W / 53.04; -0.77