Radstock is a community in Somerset, England, 9 miles (14 kilometres) southern west of Bath, and also 8 miles (13 km) north west of Frome. It is within the unitary authority of Bath and also North East Somerset and had a population of 5,620 according to the 2011 Census. Because 2011 Radstock has been a town council in its very own right. Radstock has actually been cleared up since the Iron Age, as well as its relevance grew after the construction of the Fosse Way, a Roman road. The development of the community took place after 1763, when coal was found in the area. Large numbers of mines opened up throughout the 19th century consisting of several possessed by the Waldegrave household, who had been Lords of the Estate considering that the English Civil War. Admiral Lord Radstock, sibling of George, fourth Earl Waldegrave, took the community's name as his title when produced a Baron. The spoil lot of Writhlington colliery is currently the Writhlington Site of Special Scientific Interest, that includes 3,000 tons of Upper Carboniferous ruin from which more than 1,400 insect fossil specimens have been recouped. The complicated geology as well as slim seams made coal extraction tough. Tonnage raised throughout the 19th century, reaching a peak around 1901, when there were 79 separate collieries and annual production was 1,250,000 heaps per annum. However, because of local geological troubles and manpower lacks output decreased and the variety of pits decreased from 30 at the start of the 20th century to 14 by the mid-thirties; the last 2 pits, Kilmersdon and Writhlington, closed in September 1973. The Great Western Railway as well as the Somerset and Dorset Railway both developed terminals as well as mustering lawns in the community. The last passenger train solutions to Radstock enclosed 1966. Production markets such as printing, binding and packaging supply some local employment. Over the last few years, Radstock has increasingly come to be a traveler community for the neighboring cities of Bath and Bristol. Radstock is home to the Radstock Museum which is housed in a previous market hall, and has a series of exhibits which offer an insight into north-east Somerset life given that the 19th century. Most of the exhibits associate with regional geology and also the now disused Somerset coalfield and also geology. The community is likewise home to Writhlington School, renowned for its Orchid collection, and a variety of instructional, spiritual as well as cultural structures as well as showing off clubs.