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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
A mural, which celebrates Nottingham’s pioneering history with the lace industry, has been created on the NCC Car Park located on Fletcher Gate.
Newark
Explore the richly dramatic English Civil War, seeing stories of gunpowder, plague and plot as you walk through the fantastic galleries of Newark's National Civil War Centre.
Nottingham
The Adams & Page Building dates back to 10th July 1855 and sits proudly as the largest building in the Lace Market district of Nottingham City Centre.
Chesterfield
There's a fairytale quality to Bolsover Castle that makes it a firm favourite with anyone looking for a great value day out in the East Midlands.
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…
Upton, Newark
The Museum of Timekeeping is home to a fascinating collection of clocks, watches and timepieces.
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…
Set amongst the rolling countryside of South Nottinghamshire, the vines of Hanwell Wine Estate are being hand-tended to grow grapes for English Sparkling Wine. Hanwell Wine Estate is open most weekends, be sure to check their website before…
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
Civil War Cannonball Hole on Newark Church
The spire on Newark Parish Church dates back to around 1220 and as the fierce battles of the English Civil War raged, it was used as a look-out post. Today, there is a hole in the spire where a…
Nottingham
Second Mural of Nottingham’s Street Art Project featuring Eric Irons OBE, who moved to Nottingham from Jamaica after WWII and would go on to become the first black magistrate in the UK.
Nottingham
Only one part of Nottingham’s original medieval town wall can be seen in it’s original position.
Newark
Milton Mausoleum stands close to the A1 Great North Road roundabout at Markham Moor in Nottinghamshire.
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.
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…
Newark
This was the residence of the Governors of Newark during the sieges of the Civil War. A diagonal path from the Governor’s House to the south door of the Parish Church was laid, so the Governor could walk to the church without soiling his feet. The…
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
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
Go Quest Adventures is turning the streets of Nottingham into an Adventure Playground!
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