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Nottingham is home to a multitude of different architectural styles, with buildings dating from the 1100s. Architects such as Alfred Waterhouse, Thomas Chambers Hine and Nottingham's own Watson Fothergill produced elaborate buildings in the 19th century to meet the expansion generated by industrialization.

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DISCOVER NOTTINGHAM: Adams Building, Albert Hall, The Bell Inn, City of Caves, Galleries of Justice, Lace Market, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham Council House, Nottingham Railway Station, Robin Hood, Sky Mirror, Wollaton Hall, Ye Olde Salutation Inn, Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem,

ADAMS BUILDING The Adams Building on Stoney Street is the largest building in the Lace Market district of Nottingham, England. Historically, it is probably the largest and finest example of a Victorian lace warehouse to survive in the country, and has been listed by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport as Grade II ...

ALBERT HALL The Albert Hall, Nottingham, is a former Wesleyan Methodist chapel dating from 1909, which is now a conference and concert venue, situated in Nottingham, England. The original Albert Hall was started in 1873 as a Nottingham Temperance Hall. The venue comprises the Great Hall and a further 10 conference rooms of varying sizes ...

THE BELL INN The Bell Inn is a Grade II listed public house dating from around 1437 that lays claim (along with Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Inn and Ye Olde Salutation Inn) to being the oldest in Nottingham. In 1276 a group of Carmelite friars established a Friary on what is now Friar Lane with lands that included a guesthouse ...

CITY OF CAVES City of Caves was an award-winning visitor attraction in Nottingham which consists of a network of caves, carved out of sandstone that have been variously used over the years as a tannery, public house cellars, and as an air raid shelter. The attraction is now open again after redevelopment of the Broadmarsh Centre from which the caves are accessed ...

GALLERIES OF JUSTICE The Galleries of Justice museum is a tourist attraction on High Pavement in the Lace Market area of Nottingham, England. It is home to The Villainous Sheriff of Nottingham where you will discover Nottingham's horrible history and delve into the dark and disturbing past of Crime and Punishment ...

THE LACE MARKET The Lace Market is an historic quarter-mile square area of Nottingham, UK. Once the heart of the world's lace industry during the days of the British Empire, it is full of impressive examples of 19th century industrial architecture and thus is a protected heritage area. The Lace Market has undergone a renaissance in recent years ...

NOTTINGHAM CASTLE Nottingham Castle is a castle in Nottingham, England. It is located in a commanding position on a natural promontory known as the castle rock, with 130 foot cliffs to the south and west. There is some uncertainty whether a castle existed on the site before the Norman Conquest ...

NOTTINGHAM COUNCIL HOUSE Nottingham Council House is the city hall of Nottingham, England. The iconic 200 feet high dome that rises above the city is the centrepiece of the skyline and presides magnificently over the Old Market Square. The Council House was designed by Thomas Cecil Howitt and built between 1927 and 1929 in the Neo-Baroque style ...

NOTTINGHAM RAILWAY STATION Nottingham Station, for some time known as Nottingham Midland or Nottingham City, is the principal railway station of the city of Nottingham and the Greater Nottingham area. It is served by East Midlands Trains, CrossCountry and Northern Rail. The first Nottingham station opened in May 1839 when the Midland Counties Railway opened the line to Derby ...

ROBIN HOOD Nottingham is famed for its links with the legend of Robin Hood - a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his Merry Men. Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes ...

SKY MIRROR, NOTTINGHAM Sky Mirror is a public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor. Commissioned by the Nottingham Playhouse from the artist, it is installed outside the theatre in Wellington Circus, Nottingham, England. Sky Mirror is a six-metre-wide concave dish of polished stainless steel weighing ten tonnes and angled up towards the sky ...

WOLLATON HALL Wollaton Hall is a country house standing on a small but prominent hill in Wollaton, Nottingham, England. Wollaton Park is the area of parkland that the stately house stands in. The house itself is a natural history museum, with other museums in the out-buildings. The surrounding land is regularly used for large scale outdoor events ...

YE OLDE SALUTATION INN Ye Olde Salutation Inn is a public house dating from around 1240 that lays claim (along with Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Inn and The Bell Inn) to being the oldest in Nottingham. The current building was constructed as a workshop for a tanner with living accommodation above in 1240 on the site of an old alehouse known as The Archangel Gabriel Salutes the Virgin Mary ...

YE OLDE TRIP TO JERUSALEM Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem in Nottingham is one of the 20 public houses (including Ye Olde Salutation Inn and The Bell Inn also in Nottingham) which claim to be the oldest drinking establishment in England. Its painted sign states that it was established in 1189 AD ...

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