Other amenities added later included a supermarket (Greater Nottingham Coop on Oakdale Road), numerous smaller shops and a sub post-office.

Bakersfield lies on the eastern edge of Nottingham unitary authority, running up to the boundary with Gedling Borough Council.

There are panoramic views from the top of Colwick Woods, of the Trent Valley as far as Belvoir Castle and across the city to Wollaton, Clifton and the Ratcliffe on Soar power station.

A feature of the area is that many of the road names end in 'dale' (for example Parkdale, Middledale, Langdale, Greendale and Kirkdale), which sometimes causes confusion for first-time visitors.

Oakdale Road and the pub both get their name from a large oak tree that stood there until bad weather caused damage, and it was deemed unsafe and had to be felled.

Further Education was initially at the Forest Fields College, and as of the late 1990s in the now defunct Manvers Pierrepont Comprehensive, Carlton Road.

He managed Notts County in 1966 and then worked for Brian Clough at Derby for a few years before leaving football to take over Oakdale Road post office.