The
City's treasures also include Wollaton Hall,
an Elizabethan stately home complete with
a 500-acre deer park; Byron's ancestral
home, Newstead Abbey; and D H Lawrence's
birthplace. Nottingham also boasts its own
castle, built by William the Conqueror,
and a number of National Trust properties
either in the county or within easy reach.
The historic Lace Market still retains the
ornate warehouses built by the Victorian
lace barons..
Every October sees the Goose Fair come to
Nottingham, a tradition that goes back over
700 years!
Film and theatre
Just down the road from Nottingham Trent's
city campus is The Cornerhouse, a massive
12-screen Warner cinema multiplex. The Cornerhouse
also houses an array of restaurants and
shops.
Other cinemas
include the Showcase multiplex outside town
(towards the Clifton campus), the Savoy
and the Broadway cinema. The Broadway cinema
shows a myriad of independent films and
its café area is a firm favourite
with students.
Minutes
away from the City campus you will find
the Royal Centre, home to the Royal Concert
Hall and the Theatre Royal. The Royal Concert
Hall is primarily a major music venue, whilst
the Theatre Royal has hosted many famous
theatrical productions. There is also the
internationally acclaimed Nottingham Playhouse,
which caters to the more eclectic tastes
of the city's theatergoers. The spectacular
Sky Mirror, a giant concave mirror that
reflects Nottingham's ever-changing sky,
recently completed the theatre's forecourt.
Nightlife
With a great reputation for its
nightlife, Nottingham attracts people
from all over the country eager
to experience the buzzing mix of
clubs, bars and eateries.
There is an ever-increasing array
of cafe bars and clubs within the
historic Lace Market and Hockley
areas, whilst on the opposite side
of the City Centre, the recently
re-developed Castle Wharf area is
proving to be a popular haunt.
Cuisine
Benefiting from'the lively mix of
cultures attracted to Nottingham,
the City boasts a wealth of restaurants
and cuisines. From traditional English
to high class French, to
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Indian, Japanese and many more, you
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Shopping
The city centre is relatively small, with
the main retail areas (including four covered
shopping centres) located near the Market
Square. Nottingham has more than 1,300 shops
and offers high street names side by side
with designer labels; this shoppers' heaven
is often referred to as 'the Milan of the
Midlands'. Unsurprisingly, over recent years
Nottingham has been consistently voted one
of the UK's top four premier shopping destinations.
Sports
With cricket at Trent Bridge, an International
Tennis Centre, the National Ice Centre,
motor racing at Castle Donnington, the National
Watersports Centre at Holme Pierrepoint,
and not forgetting Nottingham Forest and
Notts County Football Clubs, Nottinghamshire
really is a major sporting centre!
If you prefer to participate rather than
spectate, Nottinghamshire offers an extensive
range of leisure and fitness centres, swimming
pools and sporting clubs and societies.
Getting away from it all
Nottingham is surrounded by beautiful countryside.
Eastwards from the City lies the tranquil
Vale of Belvoir with the Lincolnshire Wolds
beyond. To the west lie the rolling hills
of the Peak District, a regular haunt of
ramblers walking the Pennine Way. The north-west
is home to the ancient oak woodland of Sherwood
Forest, and to the south can be found the
quiet fields and farmlands of Rutland. You
don't have to travel far to find peace and
quiet in areas of outstanding natural beauty.
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