From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Radbrook Green

Suburb of Shrewsbury, England

Summary

Suburb of Shrewsbury, England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Radbrook Green
population	3,979
population_ref	(2011 ward)
unitary_england	Shropshire
lieutenancy_england	Shropshire
region	West Midlands
constituency_westminster	Shrewsbury
post_town	Shrewsbury
postcode_district	SY3
postcode_area	SY
dial_code	01743
os_grid_reference	SJ477113
static_image_name	The Inn On The Green, Radbrook Green - geograph.org.uk - 864910.jpg
static_image_caption	The Inn On The Green public house, Bank Farm Road

Radbrook Green, usually known locally as simply Radbrook, is the name of a small suburb of Shrewsbury, situated to the south-west of the town, approximately 1.5 miles from the town centre. Construction of the estate started in the late 1970s, with most of the estate completed by the early 1990s. The population of the Shrewsbury Ward at the 2011 census was 3,979. It is a private housing estate, predominantly seen as a middle class area of the town.

The northern part of the estate is often referred to as 'Collegefields' (as houses in this area were built on fields of the nearby Shrewsbury College)

Amenities

There is a post office, and other amenities such as a pub (Inn on the Green), and the Radbrook Community Centre which is home to the local Anglican church (Christ The King, Radbrook). The community centre was opened in 2005 after over 10 years of fundraising and campaigning for its construction. The local hotel, the Radbrook Hall Hotel, closed down in 2006 to be developed for housing and has since been demolished as a part of this programme of development.

Education

Primary education in the suburb is largely handled by Radbrook Primary School, which opened in 1989. The Priory secondary school opened in 1939 and is situated on the edge of the suburb. The Meole Brace secondary school and academy is nearby situated on the edge of the suburb/neighbourhood Meole Brace which is a neighbouring suburb to Radbrook Green as is Copthorne, Kingsland and Belle Vue.

Radbrook Technical College was also in Radbrook, on Radbrook Road. It was built in 1898, as Shropshire Technical School for Girls, a domestic science college, and was latterly a campus of Shrewsbury College until this was closed in 2014. Planning permission was being sought in 2015 by site owners Shropshire Council and the Radbrook Foundation to develop the site for homes and plans were finally approved in 2017.

The new estate is called College Gardens, with Lady Garden Herbert Way providing access from Radbrook Road.

References

"Shrewsbury ward population 2011".
(16 May 2015). "150 homes set for site of ex-college, Controversial plans recommended for approval despite objections". Shropshire Star (Shrewsbury edition).
"Transformation approved as Radbrook celebrates anniversary".

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

suburbs-of-shrewsbury

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Radbrook Green — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report