Radstock is a community in Somerset, England, 9 miles (14 km) south west of Bath, and 8 miles (13 kilometres) north west of Frome. It is within the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset and had a population of 5,620 according to the 2011 Census. Since 2011 Radstock has been a community council in its own right. Radstock has been resolved given that the Iron Age, as well as its relevance grew after the building and construction of the Fosse Way, a Roman road. The development of the community happened after 1763, when coal was uncovered in the location. Great deals of mines opened throughout the 19th century consisting of several owned by the Waldegrave family members, who had been Lords of the Estate given that the English Civil War. Admiral Lord Radstock, bro of George, fourth Earl Waldegrave, took the community's name as his title when developed a Baron. The spoil lot of Writhlington colliery is now the Writhlington Site of Special Scientific Interest, that includes 3,000 lots of Upper Carboniferous spoil where greater than 1,400 insect fossil specimens have actually been recuperated. The complicated geology and narrow joints made coal removal tough. Tonnage enhanced throughout the 19th century, reaching a peak around 1901, when there were 79 separate collieries as well as annual production was 1,250,000 bunches per year. Nevertheless, as a result of local geological difficulties and also manpower lacks output declined and the variety of pits reduced from 30 at the beginning of the 20th century to 14 by the mid-thirties; the last two pits, Kilmersdon and Writhlington, closed in September 1973. The Great Western Railway and also the Somerset and Dorset Railway both developed stations and also marshalling yards in the community. The last passenger train solutions to Radstock enclosed 1966. Manufacturing industries such as printing, binding as well as packaging offer some regional employment. Over the last few years, Radstock has progressively become a traveler community for the neighboring cities of Bath as well as Bristol. Radstock is residence to the Radstock Museum which is housed in a previous market hall, and has a range of exhibits which supply an understanding into north-east Somerset life since the 19th century. A lot of the exhibits connect to regional geology and also the currently disused Somerset coalfield and geology. The community is likewise house to Writhlington School, famous for its Orchid collection, and a variety of educational, religious as well as social buildings and showing off clubs.