Editor's picks
A local's shortlist — the places worth your time first, each with a tip.
Nottingham Castle & the caves beneath it
Landmark · City centre, on Castle Rock
A seventeenth-century ducal mansion on a sandstone crag where the medieval castle stood, with a museum, a gallery and a network of caves and passages cut into the rock below.
Local tip: The castle's recent history is the story locals will tell you: it closed in November 2022 when the trust running it was liquidated, twenty months after a £33 million redevelopment, and reopened on 26 June 2023 under the council's own museums service. Book the cave tour rather than just the galleries — Mortimer's Hole, the passage cut down through the rock, is the part worth coming for.
The City of Caves
Culture · Under the Broadmarsh, city centre
Part of a network of more than 800 man-made sandstone caves beneath Nottingham — medieval tanneries, cellars, a Second World War air-raid shelter — the largest such network in Britain.
Local tip: The caves are the reason Nottingham exists where it does: the sandstone is soft enough to dig with hand tools and stable enough not to collapse, so people have been carving cellars under this city since the Middle Ages. Its old Welsh name, Tigguo Cobauc, meant 'place of caves'. Above ground, the old Broadmarsh centre was demolished and the site is being turned into public green space — a genuinely unusual thing for a British city to do with prime centre land.
The Lace Market
Neighborhood · East of the city centre, around St Mary's Church
A quarter-mile grid of tall Victorian lace warehouses, now flats, bars, studios and Nottingham Trent's law school, with the medieval parish church in the middle of it.
Local tip: It was never a market — it was where lace was finished, stored and sold, and the buildings were designed to show off bolts of it in the best possible light, which is why the windows are enormous. Walk it in the evening when the offices empty and the bars on Broad Street and Hockley pick up.
Wollaton Hall & Deer Park
Nature · Wollaton, three miles west of the centre
An Elizabethan prodigy house of 1588 standing on a hill in 500 acres of park, with herds of red and fallow deer that have been there for centuries and a natural history museum inside.
Local tip: It was Wayne Manor in The Dark Knight Rises, which is the fact everyone leads with — but the deer are the reason to come, and they are genuinely wild animals that get aggressive in the autumn rut. The park is free and open daily; the hall charges for some exhibitions.
Sneinton Market & Hockley
Food · East of the centre, between the Lace Market and Sneinton
The Avenues at Sneinton Market — a set of restored 1930s market units now full of small independent food, coffee and design businesses — running into Hockley's bars, the Broadway cinema and the independent shops.
Local tip: Sneinton is where the interesting food is now; Hockley is where it was ten years ago and where the drinking still is. The Broadway is a genuinely good independent cinema with a bar people actually sit in. Go on a Saturday, when the Avenues traders are all open.
Green's Windmill
Hidden gemCulture · Sneinton, a mile east of the centre
A working black tower windmill on a hill in Sneinton, restored and grinding flour, with a small science centre attached.
Local tip: George Green, the miller who worked here, was almost entirely self-taught and in 1828 published an essay introducing what are now called Green's functions and Green's theorem — mathematics without which modern physics, and MRI scanning, would not work. He is buried across the road. The mill is free, it is run by the council, and hardly anyone in the city has been.
Explore 135 places across Nottingham
Museums, landmarks, monuments, heritage sites and parks — mapped, with photos. The most notable spots first.
Museums & galleries
(7)
MuseumNottingham Contemporary
UK charitable organization
MuseumNational Justice Museum
Museum housed in a former courtroom, gaol and police station in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
MuseumPapplewick Pumping Station
Architectural structure and museum in Papplewick, Gedling, England, United Kingdom
Nottingham Industrial Museum
Museum.
Surface Gallery
Art gallery.
Ruddington Framework Knitters Museum
Museum.
Syson
Art gallery.
Landmarks & architecture
(4)
LandmarkNottingham Castle
Castle in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
LandmarkOld Market Square
Square in the centre of the city of Nottingham, England
LandmarkMidland Railway Gate Piers
Historic city gate, 1839.
Monuments & memorials
(4)Lenton War Memorial
Memorial.
Aspire
Public artwork by Ken Shuttleworth, Make Architects, 2008.
War Memorial
Memorial.
Queen Victoria
Memorial.
Places of worship
(103)
ReligiousSt Mary's Church, Nottingham
Church in the City of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousAll Saints' Church, Nottingham
Grade II listed church in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousAlbion Congregational Church
Church building in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousAll Saints' Church, Stanton on the Wolds
Grade II listed church in Stanton-on-the-Wolds, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Alban's Church, Sneinton
Church in Nottingham, England, UK
ReligiousSt Peter's Church, Nottingham
Church in Nottingham
ReligiousSt Helen's Church, Burton Joyce
Grade I listed church in Burton Joyce, Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Lawrence's Church, Gotham
Grade I listed church in Gotham, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Mary's Church, Bunny
Grade I listed church in Bunny, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Mary's Church, Lowdham
Church in Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousChurch of St Michael
Grade I listed church in Breaston, United Kingdom
ReligiousChurch of St Giles
Grade I listed church in Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England, UK
ReligiousChurch of All Saints
Anglican church in Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, UK
ReligiousChurch of All Saints
Church in Strelley, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Faith's Church, Nottingham
Church in Nottingham, England
ReligiousChrist Church, Chilwell
Church in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, UK
ReligiousChurch of St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall
Church in Hucknall, Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousChurch of St. Michael and All Angels, Bramcote
Church in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousChurch of St Mary Magdalene, Keyworth
Grade I listed church in Keyworth, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousChurch of the Good Shepherd, Nottingham
Church in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousFriary United Reformed Church
Grade II listed church in West Bridgford, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousHoly Trinity Church, Tythby
Church in Tithby, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousShakespeare Street Wesleyan Reform Chapel
Synagogue, formerly a church, in Nottingham, UK
ReligiousSt Mary's School
Grade II listed former Baptist church in Nottingham
ReligiousAll Saints' Church, Cotgrave
Grade I listed church in Cotgrave, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousHoly Cross Church, Epperstone
Church in Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousHoly Trinity Church, Lambley
Grade I listed church in Lambley, Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousChrist Church, Cinderhill
Grade II listed church in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousHoly Trinity Church, Ratcliffe-on-Soar
Grade I listed church in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt. George's Church, Barton in Fabis
Grade I listed church in Barton in Fabis, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt. Giles' Church, Cropwell Bishop
Church in Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt. John the Baptist Church, Beeston
Grade II listed church in Beeston, Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Matthias' Church, Nottingham
Grade II listed church in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt. Paul's Church, Carlton-in-the-Willows
Grade II listed church in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Paul's Church
Former church building in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Peter's Church, Ruddington
Grade II listed church in Ruddington, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt. Stephen's Church, Hyson Green
Church in Hyson Green Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Columba's Church
Church in Nottingham, UK
ReligiousSt John the Evangelist's Catholic Church, Nottingham
Church in United Kingdom
ReligiousLong Eaton Baptist Church
Church in Derbyshire, England
ReligiousSt Peter's Church
Church in Tollerton, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt James' Church, Long Eaton
Church in Long Eaton, England
ReligiousSt Catherine's Church, Cossall
Church in Cossall, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Laurence's Church, Gonalston
Grade II listed church in Gonalston, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Luke's Church, Kinoulton
Church in Kinoulton, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Patrick's Church, Nuthall
Church in Nuthall, Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Peter & St Paul's Church, Oxton
Church in Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Peter's Church, East Bridgford
Grade I listed church in East Bridgford, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Wilfrid's Church, Calverton
Church in Calverton, Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Wilfrid's Church, Wilford
Church in Wilford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Aidan's Church, Caythorpe
Church in Caythorpe, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousHyson Green Methodist Free Church
Church in United Kingdom
ReligiousSt. Luke's Church, Stapleford
Church in United Kingdom
ReligiousChurch of St Mary
Church in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, UK
ReligiousChurch of St Michael and All Angels
Historic church in Stanton by Dale, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
ReligiousChurch of All Saints
Church in Risley, Derbyshire, England, UK
ReligiousChurch of St Margaret, Owlthorpe
Church in Owthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousUnited Reformed Church, Burton Joyce
Church in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
ReligiousOasis Christian Centre
Church in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England, UK
ReligiousCastle Gate Congregational Centre
Church in Nottingham, UK
ReligiousChrist Church, Peas Hill
Church in United Kingdom
ReligiousChurch of St. John the Divine, Bulwell
Grade II listed church in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousChurch of St. John the Evangelist, Carrington
Grade II listed church in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousChurch of St. John the Evangelist, Hucknall
Church in United Kingdom
ReligiousChurch of St. Mary and All Saints, Bingham
Grade I listed church in Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousChurch of St. Mary the Virgin and All Souls, Bulwell
Grade II listed church in Bulwell, Nottingham, England, UK
ReligiousChurch of St. Mary the Virgin, Plumtree
Grade II listed church in Plumtree, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousChurch of the Holy Rood, Edwalton
Church in Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Religious
ReligiousDales United Reformed Church
Church in United Kingdom
ReligiousGreek Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary Eleousa
Grade II listed church in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousHoly Trinity Church
Church in Lenton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousHoly Trinity Church
Grade I listed church in Wysall, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousPriory Church of St. Anthony, Lenton
Grade II listed church in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousQueen's Walk Congregational Church
Church in United Kingdom
ReligiousSt. Aidan's Church, Basford
Church in United Kingdom
ReligiousSt. Andrew's Church, Nottingham
Church in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt. Andrew with Castlegate United Reformed Church
Church in Nottingham, UK
ReligiousSt Ann with Emmanuel
Church in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
ReligiousSt Barnabas' Church
Church in Lenton Abbey, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
ReligiousSt. Barnabas Church, Inham Nook
Church building in Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Swithun's Church, Woodborough
Church in Woodborough, Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousNottingham Whitefriars
Former Carmelite Monastery in Nottingham, England
ReligiousBoulevard United Reformed Church
Church in United Kingdom
ReligiousHoly Trinity Church, Bulcote
Grade II listed church in Bulcote, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousHoly Trinity Church
Former church in Trinity Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousAll Saints’ Church, Thrumpton
Church in Thrumpton, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousChrist-Citadel International Church
Church building in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt. Christopher's Church, Sneinton
Church in United Kingdom
ReligiousSt. Cyprian's Church, Sneinton
Church in United Kingdom
ReligiousSt. Edmund's Church, Holme Pierrepont
Grade I listed church in Holme Pierrepont, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Giles' Church, Costock
Church in Costock, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Giles Church, West Bridgford
Grade II listed church in West Bridgford, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt. Helen's Church, Stapleford
Church in Stapleford, Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt Jude's Church, Mapperley
Church in Mapperley, Nottingham, UK
ReligiousSt. Laurence's Church, Long Eaton
Grade II* listed church in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt. Leodegarius Church, Basford
Church in Basford, Nottingham, UK
ReligiousSt. Leonard's Church, Wollaton
Church in Nottingham, UK
ReligiousSt Margaret's Church
Church in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
ReligiousSt. Martin's Church, Sherwood
Grade II listed church in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt. Mary's Church, Arnold
Church in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ReligiousSt. Mary's Church, Attenborough
Grade I listed church in Attenborough, Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Hope Church Nottingham
Clifton
Place of worship in Clifton.
Heritage & archaeology
(4)St Mary's Church
Historic ruins.
Moat
Archaeological site.
Gatepier at South Lodge
Historic ruins.
Annesley Castle
Archaeological site.
Parks & nature
(9)
ParkRushcliffe Country Park
Park in the United Kingdom
Park
ParkHighfields Park, Nottingham
Park in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
ParkColwick Country Park
Country park in the English city of Nottingham
ParkWest Park
Park in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Park
ParkBestwood Country Park
Country park in Nottinghamshire
ParkForest Recreation Ground
Park in Nottingham, United Kingdom
ParkStonebridge city farm
Urban farm in Nottingham, England, UK
More to explore
(4)Warhammer World
Visitor attraction.
East View
Viewpoint.
Windmill Hill
Viewpoint.
The Cuckoo Bush
Visitor attraction.
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