The site lies on the northern side of Wilford Lane along the very western edge of West Bridgford to the immediate east of the dismantled railway that forms the Nottingham City boundary. Trenches were placed throughout the site to cover most of the diverse areas. Trenches 1-3, 6 and 7 were placed on areas stripped of vegetation. Trenches 4 and 7 were placed on a gravel drive and the car park respectively. All the initial exploratory trenches were 20m long and 1.6m wide, except Trench 6, which was 25m long. Trenches were excavated to around 0.5m depth, deeper in some areas. No archaeological features or finds associated with archaeological features were identified in any trenches. Site code: WLWB14. An archaeological strip, plan and sample excavation was carried out by University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) at Wilford Lane, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, (NGR: SK 570 369). The work was commissioned by Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd in advance of the proposed development of the site for a new superstore. The site is now a brownfield site, including areas of stripped vegetation, hard standing, and demolition rubble. The site previously contained a public house 'The Chateau' and prior to that was the site of a house called Wilford Cottage. Seven 20m x 1.6m and one 25m x 1.6m wide trenches were placed across the site in different areas to cover different terrain. The trenches were excavated to 0.5m (the typical ground reduction level for the site), except Trench 6, which was taken down to around 0.7m. Some of the trenches were deepened in places. Soil sequence normally consisted of thin topsoil and subsoil overlying silty clay alluvium at around 0.4m depth. Some trenches contained tarmac and hardcore or gravel and hardcore over thin subsoil and alluvium. In Trench 6 at the front of the site gravelly silt was locatedunder the silty clay alluvium and in other deepened areas a firmer clay layer was identified, although this may also have been alluvial. A number of services and areas of modern disturbance were also encountered. No archaeological remains were identified and no artefacts were recovered from the trenches. (2)