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Retford: 01777 860780
Worksop: 01909 501148
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Great Central Railway Nottingham Ltd.
Type
Type
Steam Railway
Location
Nottingham
The Great Central Railway Nottingham offers over 10 miles of heritage railway running through the beautiful scenery of South Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. Journeys run between Ruddington, just south of the city to Loughborough.
The Ruddington museum includes a model railway, bus...
Thoresby Gallery
Type
Type
Gallery
Location
Newark
Open 10.30 - 17.00 daily. Free admission and car park. Full disabled access. Closed between Christmas and New Year.
Stylish shopping and Inspiring Arts and Crafts: Changing Art Exhibitions. Working Craftspeople side-by-side with elegant retail outlets in a stunning Grade 1 listed Victorian...
Castle Rock Brewery
Type
Type
Brewery
Location
Nottingham
Castle Rock is a pub and brewing group which operates Nottingham’s largest full mash brewery. It has become firmly established as a favourite in local and national real beer drinking circles.
Using only the finest ingredients available to deliver the highest quality real ales, Castle Rock...
Galleries of Justice Museum
Type
Type
Museum
Location
Nottingham
Based at Nottinghams old courthouse and gaol, there are many ways to explore the Galleries of Justice museum, with free exhibitions, audio & performance led tours and a themed café.
Whatever you choose to do, you will be delving in to the dark and disturbing past of crime and punishment.Travel...
Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve
Type
Type
Forest
Location
Edwinstowe
Legendary home of Robin Hood and an awe inspiring nature reserve of ancient oak trees
Once part of a royal hunting forest, Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve covers 450 acres and incorporates some truly ancient areas of native woodland where slender birch trees grow alongside more than one...Broadway Media Centre
Type
Type
Cinema
Location
Nottingham
Broadway Media Centre provides a unique cinema going experience with a packed programme of film screenings, festivals, talks, courses, exhibitions and cultural events.
In October 2006 Broadway completed a £6m development that has seen the addition of two new cinema screens (making four in...
Papplewick Pumping Station
Type
Type
Historic Site
Location
Mansfield
Papplewick Pumping Station is the finest working Victorian water pumping station in Britain. The site has recently undergone extensive restoration and once again stands proud as a spectacular example of Victorian craftsmanship. It boasts a range of original features including an ornate Engine...
Mansfield Museum
Type
Type
Museum
Location
Mansfield
Our dynamic museum and art gallery contains a fascinating mix of permanent displays of local art and artefacts. Let our exquisite Buxton watercolours take you back to the turn of the century. Savour the delicate beauty of the Pinxton porcelain. Discover a new green world in the hands-on XplorActive...
Ruddington Framework Knitters Museum
Type
Type
Museum
Location
Nottingham
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, try your hand at knitting on a 19th-century sock machine, see a collection of hosiery spanning...
Bone's Unique and Original Tours
Type
Type
Walking Tour
Location
Nottingham
Bones Unique & Original Tours
Bones Unique & Original Tours are treasure trails of fabulous and fascinating facts about places in old Nottingham town. All the stories are based on intensive historical research and are character led which makes them a unique theatrical experience which uses the...
The Museum of Nottingham Life at Brewhouse Yard
Type
Type
Museum
Location
Nottingham
Located at the base of the Castle Rock, the museum depicts the social history of Nottingham over the last 300 years. It contains a mixture of reconstructed rooms and shop settings, and gallery displays.
Step back into an air raid shelter, experience being in a Victorian home, see inside a...
Wollaton Hall and Park
Type
Type
Museum
Location
Nottingham
Spectacular Elizabethan Mansion and Deer Park set in the beautiful suburbs of Nottingham
Wollaton Hall is was designed by Robert Smythson and built by Sir Francis Willoughby between 1580 and 1588 for his family. Now a prominent Grade One listed building, the stunning Hall houses the city's Natural...Hodsock Snowdrops
Type
Type
Garden
Location
Worksop
Hodsock Snowdrop Garden
www.snowdrops.co.uk and www.hodsockpriory.com
Open daily 10am to 4pm in February only each year, Adults £4.50 Children £1 (Under 5s Free)
Clearly signposted off B6045 at Blyth, North Nottinghamshire
Less than 2 miles from A1M
GEORGE & KATHARINE BUCHANAN...The Nottingham Ghost Walk
Type
Type
Walking Tour
Location
Nottingham
Welcome, fellow spirit, and join us, as we reveal the ghostly secrets of this ancient city of Nottingham! In the shadow of the Castle, in a graveyard, and underground in the living rock, we weave our web of chilling tales.
Rich and poor, noble and treacherous, young and old, Nottingham’s ghosts...The Nottingham Experience
Type
Type
Walking Tour
Location
Nottingham
Since 1989 over 150, 000 visitors have experienced Nottingham and other towns and cities through our quality and fully customised services. Our tours are personalised and private, accommodating any size of party. We specialise in red carpet, mobile or walking tours of the city and county, including...
New Art Exchange
Type
Type
Gallery
Location
Nottingham
In September 2003 the New Art Exchange was formed as a new organisation to steer and manage the development of Nottingham’s first dedicated cultural facility for Black contemporary arts.
The New Art Exchange was formed as a partnership between APNA Arts and EMACA Visual Arts. APNA Arts focused...Green's Windmill
Type
Type
Windmill
Location
Nottingham
Green's Windmill in Sneinton was built by the father of notable scientist and mathematician George Green in 1807. Today the working Mill is a popular museum and science centre, which teaches new generations of children about the valuable work of George Green.
Sadly, the mill was badly damaged by...
The Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall
Type
Type
Theatre
Location
Nottingham
The Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall are based in the heart of Nottingham's city centre. Both venues play host to a diverse range of shows and events offering the very best in family entertainment, musicals, drama, dance, ballet, comedy, opera and classical, contemporary and pop music.
Sherwood Forest Art and Craft Centre
Type
Type
Craft Centre
Location
Edwinstowe
Sherwood Forest Art and Craft Centre lies in the heart of ancient Sherwood Forest in the beautifully converted coach house and stables of the former Edwinstowe Hall. The centre houses a variety of artists and crafts people.
The best of British crafts are here, including paintings and prints,...
Nottingham Castle
Type
Type
Castle / Fort
Location
Nottingham
Historic site at the heart of the Robin Hood legend and starting point for the English Civil War
Situated on a high rock, Nottingham Castle commands spectacular views over the city and once rivalled the great castles of Windsor and the Tower of London.
Its history is chequered with sieges,...
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Your travel planner
Welcome to the travel planner. Use this tool to save details of accommodation, events, places to eat and things to see & do in Nottinghamshire
To add an item to your planner click the relevant button
Tourist info centres
Nottingham: 08444 77 5678
Sherwood: 01623 824545
Retford: 01777 860780
Worksop: 01909 501148
Newark: 01636 655765
Southwell: 01636 819038
Featured activities
Water Meadows Swimming and Fitness Centre
Water Meadows is one of the premier water based attractions in the East Midlands. Located close to the M1, Water Meadows can easily be accessed from...
Gunthorpe Leisure Boats
Luxury boat hire for up to 12 people. Two boats available complete with sound system, full kitchen and flushing toilet. Perfect for short trips to...
XD Theater
The Sega XD Theater is the first of its kind in England. Located in the Listergate Square of Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, the 4D motion ride will...
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