Traditional county: Nottinghamshire · District / Borough: Gedling · Region: East Midlands
Explore Bestwood Village, Nottinghamshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bestwood Village map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bestwood Village, Nottinghamshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Bestwood Village |
| Traditional County | Nottinghamshire |
| District / Borough | Gedling |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.023089 |
| Longitude | -1.178517 |
| Place Type | Village |
Bestwood Village commands a quiet authority over the Nottinghamshire landscape, marking a transition between industrial heritage and the enduring patience of the earth. It lies 1.4 miles south-east of Hucknall (from Hucknall: bearing 136°T, OS grid SK 551 476), and is situated west-south-west of Bestwood St Albans village. The River Leen flows with a rhythmic, silver persistence only 0.2 miles to the west-north-west, carving a path through the valley that once powered the ambitions of local enterprise. Where the coal-black memories of the past linger, the Bestwood Colliery Engine House serves as a stoic monument to the mechanical toil that shaped the horizons of Bestwood Village. Beyond the brickwork, the expansive greenery of Bestwood Country Park offers a sanctuary where the light catches the dew on long grasses, softening the edges of a geography once defined by deep-shaft mining. The air here holds a distinct stillness, a quality that seems to linger between the ancient timber of the nearby woodlands and the modern residential lanes. Residents walk paths that follow the contours of a terrain once trodden by those who laboured in the dark, now finding a different sort of value in the open, uncrowded vistas. This landscape remains a study in contrasts, where the heavy gravity of industrial brick meets the light, fleeting touch of the seasons upon the water.
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Explore Bestwood Village, Nottinghamshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.023089, -1.178517. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |