[3] In the graveyard of St Mary's Church, there is a memorial to the 134 people killed on 1 July 1918 in an explosion in the shell factory in nearby Chilwell.

[9] This southeastern part of Attenborough is bounded to the north-west by the railway line and on the other three sides by the wetlands of the nature reserve.

It was named the Lucy Brown Village Hall in memory of the late wife of Mr. E.V.

[13] In 1966, a hoard of Roman coins was found on the footpath that runs over the railway and onto Barrett Lane.

[17] The first nine houses were built at the end of the nineteenth century along the south side of Barratt Lane and had their fronts facing the railway rather than the lane, offering fine views towards the church and the River Trent beyond.

However, the scheme proved controversial because of the impact of a proposed high flood wall along The Strand.

After a series of negotiations, planning permission was granted in August 2010, with the defences being moved to behind the village green.

Bus services in the area are operated by Trent Barton and Nottsbus Connect; key routes are:[27] Attenborough railway station is managed by East Midlands Railway, which operates the following services that stop here:[28] CrossCountry operates a small number of stopping services, in the early morning and late evening, on the route between Nottingham, Birmingham and Cardiff.

[29] Beeston railway station is approximately 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) away, where additional stopping services are available on these routes; these include hourly inter-city services between Nottingham, Leicester and London St Pancras.

founded in 1947, who currently play in the Nottinghamshire Senior League Development Division at the Strand.