There have been several new housing estates built recently including the redevelopment of the former Bayles and Whylie factory site which was a former glue mill.

Bestwood Country Park is an area of heath, grassland, wetland and formal garden which can be accessed from the village.

Bestwood Lodge was built in the Gothic style for the 10th Duke of St Albans in 1862–65 by the architect Samuel Sanders Teulon.

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, often visited incognito to spend a quiet time with his friends, and many old residents remember seeing him walking up from the station by himself.

In 1878 he visited with Princess Alexandra for the opening of the Nottingham Castle Museum and both planted a tree at Bestwood.

In the last century, Sir Frank Bowden, head of Raleigh, bought Bestwood Lodge and later it became the headquarters for the Army during World War II.

Their Bestwood Coal and Iron Company (BC&IC) also opened an ironworks next to the colliery in 1881 with two blast furnaces and two more were added in 1890.

[5] The historic Winding Engine House off Park Road offers free tours between 10 am and 12-noon on Saturdays and Bank Holidays or for groups at other times by special arrangement.