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Upton, Newark
The Museum of Timekeeping is home to a fascinating collection of clocks, watches and timepieces.
Nottingham
Nottingham's leading architect Watson Fothergill has some magnificent buildings within the city, characterised by a Gothic Revival style with red brick and turrets.
Nottingham
‘Line of Light’, created by artist Jo Fairfax, projects five-word poems by writers including Byron, Lawrence and Ovid, as well as current Nottinghamshire residents, onto the underside of the Karlsruhe Friendship Bridge over Station Street.
Nottingham
Raleigh Street, Nottingham, was the site of a small workshop which in 1886 started producing diamond-frame safety bicycles at the rate of three a week.
Newark
Newark Market Place provides a focal point for the town. It hosts regular market days when visitors can buy local produce, antiques and much more. The market days are as follows:
Monday (except bank hols) - collectors / antique market
Wednesday…
Nottingham
The Brian Clough statue stands proudly in Nottingham city centre just off Old Market Square.
Nottingham
Weekday Cross, in the historic Lace Market area of Nottingham, was once the main market area in Nottingham in the days before the Norman Conquest.
Newark
A large area of public open grass and woodlands, including Devon Pastures Local Nature Reserve.
Welbeck, Worksop
Creswell Crags, in North Nottinghamshire is a limestone gorge honeycombed with caves and smaller fissures. Stone tools and remains of animals found in the caves by archaeologists provide evidence for a fascinating story of life during the last Ice…
Nottingham
Meet amazing, costumed characters from Nottingham's history in our Grade II* listed, Shire Hall. Explore the Victorian Courtroom, Georgian gaol, and ancient cells - all spread over five fascinating floors.
Edwinstowe
Sherwood Forest, a 450-acre country park and nature reserve, is home to the well-loved veteran oak tree the Major Oak, which is known throughout the world for its connection to Nottinghamshire’s legendary hero Robin Hood.
Ruddington
A unique collection of restored cottages and workshops arranged around a garden courtyard. Walk round to see how a local Victorian community lived and worked, watch live demonstrations of their machines or try your hand at knitting on a 19th-century…
Nottingham
Cave Escape is the newest addition to Nottingham's amazing escape room scene. Based within a unique site - a sandstone cave system once used as cellars; Cave Escape aims to bring you some seriously immersive escape games, jam-packed full of riveting…
Newark
Open from 8:30AM - dusk.
Newark Castle and Gardens are lovely, formal gardens bordered by the remaining walls of Newark Castle which was partly destroyed in 1646 at the end of the English Civil War. The Castle has stood proudly on the banks of…
Nottingham
The Methodist preacher William Booth, who was born in Sneinton in 1829, founded the of the Salvation Army. Based on the Christian principle of providing salvation, particularly to the poor, the organisation now works throughout the world.
Nottingham
Enter and explore a whole new world in the caves underneath Nottingham city and descend into the dark depths of the original Anglo-Saxon tunnels, meeting real cave-dwellers from its dramatic hidden past.
Nottingham
Nottingham Cathedral (the Cathedral Church of St Barnabas) was designed and built under renowned architect A.W.N. Pugin and the foundation stone was laid by Bishop Nicholas Wiseman in 1842, who had brought with him the relics of Saint Barnbas from…
Nottingham
Nottingham Castle promises the best day out for all, from history seekers to families wanting an action-packed adventure. Discover more and plan your perfect visit today.
Nottingham
Spectacular Elizabethan Mansion and Deer Park set in the beautiful suburbs of Nottingham.
Car parking £3 for up to 2 hours and £5 for the whole day.
Babworth
All Saints' Church is one of the key landmarks in the story of the Pilgrim Fathers who left England to form English settlements in what was to become America.
Located in Babworth, a small village close to Retford, the church dates back to the…
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