Places to See in Nottingham
Nottingham is associated with the legendary Robin Hood and later gained fame for lace making.
Historical sites
Each year tourists throng to see the Nottingham Castle and the Sherwood Forests where Robin Hood hid with his band of thieves, the City of Caves, the Galleries of Justice, the Lace Market and the city’s quaint pubs.
1. Wollaton Hall
This is a country house erected on the Wollaton Park and is a natural history museum and its outer buildings are museums too. The open area regularly witnesses rock shows and festivals.
2. The Arboretum
This was designed as a botanical park and is the closest green area to the city centre. It hosts many functions like the Nottingham Pride festival.
3. The Forest Recreation Ground
It was part of the Sherwood Forest and it gets its name from the Nottingham Forest Football Club who played there. It hosts the Nottingham Goose Fair in October, each year. It is home to many important flora and fauna. The Rock Cemetery caves are a Geological County Wildlife Site.
Other parks worth visiting are the Rufford Country Park which houses the Rufford Abbey, the Creswell Crags which are a limestone gorge and the Clumber Park which has excellent walk ways and bicycle tracks with cycles for hire.
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4. Nottingham’s Culture
The Theatre Royal and the Nottingham Playhouse are the two large theatres apart from many smaller ones.
The Nottingham Harmonic Society, the Bach Choir, the Philharmonic Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra and the Symphonic Wind Orchestra regale the city dwellers and tourists with their renditions.
The Old Market Square is witness to rock, punk and other contemporary music.
Apart from the many multiplexes, it has two art house cinemas and the major independent Broadway Cinema and the smallest cinema called the Screen Room.
5. Shopping Centres
Victoria centre and the Westfield Broadmarsh are the two most prominent shopping areas. The Pod, the Flying Horse and the New Exchange Arcade are among the smaller shopping areas.
6. Entertainment Centres
The Nottingham Arena and the Nottingham Royal Concert Hall with their largest seating capacity make Nottingham one of the most famous areas of live popular music. Night time entertainment is available at the Lace Market, The Corner House Hockley and The Water Front.
It also has one of the oldest remaining Turkish baths.
7. Sporting Activity
Several high class sports clubs like Nottingham Forest Football Club, the Notts and the Trent Bridge Cricket Ground provide entertainment to the people.
8. National Ice Centre
This has a large ice skating ring and is also the home of the Nottingham Panthers Ice Hockey Team.
9. The Nottingham Open
This is a large tennis centre which hosts the Nottingham Open just prior to the Wimbledon Open and is used by tennis stars for warm up sessions.
10. The National Water Sports Centre
This centre provides all the water sports with clubs for canoeing, rowing and sailing.
11. Museums and galleries in Nottingham
The famous art galleries include the Nottingham Castle Museum, the Wollaton Park’s Yard Gallery, the University of Nottingham’s Djanogly Gallery and the soon to be opened Nottingham Contemporary.
A trip to Nottingham would not be complete without a visit to the Brewhouse Yard Museum that speaks of Nottingham Life, the Gree’s mill and Science Centre, the Galleries of Justice at the Shire hall, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, the Nottingham Industrial Museum, the Nottingham Museums of Costume and Textile at Castlegate and the Nottingham Transport heritage centre in Ruddington.
Tranport Facility
Nottingham is well connected by the East Midlands Airport and the Birmingham International Airport. It has a good network of railways, trams and buses.
Other places to see in UK are Birmingham, Bristol, Nottingham, Leeds and Sheffield.