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Schloss und Museum
Nottingham Castle
17th-century ducal mansion on Castle Rock, on the site of a Norman royal castle, with galleries, grounds and optional cave tours.
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Castle and Old Market Square
Castle Rock, the old inns at its foot and the square at the heart of the city
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Castle Rock, the old inns at its foot and the square at the heart of the city
Nottingham Castle stands on Castle Rock, a sandstone outcrop with cliffs about 40 m high. The Norman royal castle was demolished after the Civil War, and the building on top today is a 17th-century ducal mansion with museum galleries, a Robin Hood gallery and cave tours. Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem and the Museum at Brewhouse Yard sit at the foot of the rock.
Old Market Square, one of the largest paved squares in the UK, is a few minutes' walk north-east, with the domed Council House at its eastern end. North and west of it are the Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall, the Playhouse with Anish Kapoor's Sky Mirror, the Catholic cathedral and the Arboretum.
Highlights
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Museum
Museum at Brewhouse Yard
Museum of Nottingham life in houses and caves at the foot of the castle rock; part of the castle site, open weekends and holidays.
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Historischer Pub
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem
Grade II listed pub built against Castle Rock with rooms cut into the sandstone; it claims to be the oldest pub in England.
Statue
Robin Hood statue
Bronze statue of Robin Hood by James Woodford, unveiled at Nottingham Castle in 1952.
Denkmal
Albert Ball Memorial
Grade I listed memorial to the First World War fighter pilot Captain Albert Ball VC in the castle grounds, unveiled in 1921.
Platz
Old Market Square
One of the largest paved squares in the UK, about 12,000 square metres, at the heart of the city centre.
Orientierung
Auf der Karte
The map shows Castle and Old Market Square and the streets around it. The Getting there page lists nearby stops and stations.
Insidertipps
Vor der Reise
1
Add a cave tour
Cave tours at the castle are sold as an add-on to the Castle and Grounds ticket, so buy both if you want to go underground.
2
Brewhouse Yard hours
The Museum at Brewhouse Yard, at the foot of the castle rock, opens at weekends and in holidays; the castle's visit page lists the hours.
3
Children go free
The castle and Wollaton Hall both let children aged 15 and under in free, up to three per paying adult.
4
No parking at the castle
There is no visitor parking on site; walk from the station or use a city-centre car park. Blue Badge parking should be booked in advance.
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Lace Market, Hockley and Sneinton
Lace warehouses, courtrooms and caves, and Hockley's bars and independent shops
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10 sights · 12 places to eat
Wollaton, Lenton and University Park
An Elizabethan hall in a deer park, a university campus and its lakeside park
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- Castle and Old Market Square (area photo): Cosmicutencil, CC0, source
- Nottingham Castle: JimmyGuano, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Museum at Brewhouse Yard: Enchufla Con Clave, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem: Richard Hoare, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Robin Hood statue: No machine-readable author provided. Olaf1541 assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Albert Ball Memorial: Veggiebacon, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Old Market Square: Aleksandar Topuzović, CC BY 3.0, source
- Council House: Smashman, Public domain, source
- Malt Cross: Veggiebacon, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bromley House Library: Vasa1628, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- St Peter's Church: Andrewrabbott (talk), Public domain, source
- St Nicholas' Church: Enchufla Con Clave, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Newdigate House: Enchufla Con Clave, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sky Mirror: Gaius Cornelius, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Albert Hall: Andrewrabbott (talk), Public domain, source
- St Barnabas Cathedral: Reading Tom from Reading, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- Park Tunnel: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lace Market, Hockley and Sneinton: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Wollaton, Lenton and University Park: Harry Mitchell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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