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 Rock, the old inns at its foot and the square at the heart of the city
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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.
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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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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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Grade II listed pub built against Castle Rock with rooms cut into the sandstone; it claims to be the oldest pub in England.
Bronze statue of Robin Hood by James Woodford, unveiled at Nottingham Castle in 1952.
Grade I listed memorial to the First World War fighter pilot Captain Albert Ball VC in the castle grounds, unveiled in 1921.
One of the largest paved squares in the UK, about 12,000 square metres, at the heart of the city centre.
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The map shows Castle and Old Market Square and the streets around it. The Getting there page lists nearby stops and stations.
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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.
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.
The castle and Wollaton Hall both let children aged 15 and under in free, up to three per paying adult.
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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Nottingham
Lace warehouses, courtrooms and caves, and Hockley's bars and independent shops
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An Elizabethan hall in a deer park, a university campus and its lakeside park
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