Radstock is a town in Somerset, England, 9 miles (14 kilometres) south west of Bath, as well as 8 miles (13 kilometres) north west of Frome. It is within the unitary authority of Bath as well as North East Somerset as well as had a population of 5,620 according to the 2011 Census. Given that 2011 Radstock has been a town council in its own right. Radstock has actually been resolved since 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 town happened after 1763, when coal was uncovered in the area. Great deals of mines opened during the 19th century consisting of numerous owned by the Waldegrave family members, that had actually been Lords of the Manor since the English Civil War. Admiral Lord Radstock, sibling of George, 4th Earl Waldegrave, took the town's name as his title when created a Baron. The spoil stack of Writhlington colliery is now the Writhlington Site of Special Scientific Interest, that includes 3,000 lots of Upper Carboniferous spoil from which more than 1,400 insect fossil specimens have been recovered. The complicated geology and also slim seams made coal removal tough. Tonnage boosted throughout the 19th century, reaching a peak around 1901, when there were 79 different collieries as well as annual production was 1,250,000 bunches per annum. Nonetheless, as a result of regional geological difficulties and also workforce lacks result declined and the number of pits decreased from 30 at the beginning 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 and also the Somerset and Dorset Railway both developed terminals as well as aligning lawns in the community. The last passenger train services to Radstock closed in 1966. Production markets such as printing, binding and product packaging give some neighborhood employment. Recently, Radstock has progressively come to be a commuter town for the neighboring cities of Bath and Bristol. Radstock is home to the Radstock Museum which is housed in a previous market hall, as well as has a range of exhibitions which use an understanding right into north-east Somerset life given that the 19th century. A number of the exhibits relate to neighborhood geology and the now obsolete Somerset coalfield as well as geology. The community is likewise home to Writhlington School, famous for its Orchid collection, as well as a series of instructional, religious as well as social structures and also showing off clubs.