Nottingham Vacations

Bring to mind Nottingham and many folk bring to mind the legend of Sir Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest and although folklore attracts increasing numbers of people year after year there is plenty more to the region than your would think. Indeed the city of Nottingham has a reasonable collection of interesting visitor attractions making it a superb base for a family vacation and the following article introduces the city and a small selection of visitor attractions in and around Nottingham, including some hotels offering B&B in Nottingham.

The city of Nottingham is Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. As well as the legend of Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest, Nottingham is also widely known for the  industry especially at the time of the Industrial Revolution when the city gained an excellent worldwide reputation.

The Lace Market

At one time the heart of the worldwide lace industry, at the time of the British Empire, Nottingham’s Lace Market is, today, a protected heritage area. The area  has a great many splendid examples of 19th Century industrial architecture. The market was not like a normal market, as such, rather than featuring stalls and their stall holders, it featured a collection of salesrooms and warehouses selling and displaying lace. After the collapse in the lace industry the Lace Market became derelict but, nowadays, the vast majority of the warehouses have been restored for alternative use for example photographic studios and the likes. The Lace Market in Nottingham is a popular visitor attraction.

Shire Hall

Nearby the Lace Market you will find Shire Hall and the Galleries of Justice. Shire Hall is a Georgian-built civic building featuring Neoclassical pilasters, columns and dome. The front of the hall has, if you look at it carefully, a spelling mistake Goal rather than Gaol. Shire Hall has two well preserved Victorian courtrooms and a women’s prison, old cells, bath house, a prisoner’s exercise yard and an Edwardian police station.

Nottingham is a excellent place to take a short city break. There is lots to see and do around the city and a massive number of tourist attractions nearby. Nearby places worth visiting include; Newstead Abbey, Hardwick Hall and Wollaton Hall.

As all all England B&B, accommodation in Nottingham is commonly extremely good at a reasonable rate and many folk choose to stay in Nottingham for only part of their vacation and then somewhere else for the remainder.