The first part of Station Road was built in conjunction with the opening of Beeston railway station in 1839. It ran north from the station to form a junction with Queen’s Road.
Queen Victoria's jester, W. F. Wallett lived in the cottage which he had built to the designs of the architect William Arthur Heazell at 220 Station Road from 1877 until his death in 1892
In 1904-05, Beeston Urban District Council undertook improvement and widening works on Brown Lane (which ran from High Road to Middle Street). Brown Lane South (which ran to the junction with Nether Street), and with Victoria Avenue (constructed in the 1890s from the junction with Nether Street to Queens Road), they were all renamed Station Street.[1]
Beeston Lads’ Club by S.H. Pearson of 1913
In 1913, Beeston Lads’ Club. was erected to the designs of the architect S.H. Pearson which survived until it was demolished in 2007. The site is now occupied by Tesco supermarket.
In 1918, Beeston Victory Club opened as a venue for ex-servicemen of the forces which fought in the First World War.
In 1965 the Fire Station moved from Stoney Street to a new prefabricated CLASP building on Station Road at the corner of Middle Street. In 1998 it came under the control of Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, and it closed in 2009.
Notable buildings
East side
171-177 Station Road by Ernest Hooley 1905201-203 Station RoadBlue plaque on 200 Station Road
Civic Restaurant. 1949.[2] (Later a Television Repair Workshop. In 2019 Mint Hair Boutique)
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