Attractions in Nottingham

Adams Building

Grade II* listed former lace showroom and warehouse, the largest building in the Lace Market; now part of Nottingham College.

• Lace Market, Hockley and Sneinton, Nottingham

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.

• Castle and Old Market Square, Nottingham

Albert Ball Memorial Homes

Grade II* listed homes built in 1922 for families of servicemen, designed to evoke an aircraft.

• Wollaton, Lenton and University Park, Nottingham

Albert Hall

Conference and concert venue on the western edge of the city centre, close to the Playhouse.

• Castle and Old Market Square, Nottingham

Aspire

60-metre red and orange steel sculpture on the university's Jubilee Campus.

• Wollaton, Lenton and University Park, Nottingham

Bromley House Library

Subscription library, founded as the Nottingham Subscription Library, a few steps from Old Market Square.

• Castle and Old Market Square, Nottingham

City of Caves

Sandstone caves used over the centuries as a tannery, pub cellars and an air raid shelter; run by the National Justice Museum.

• Lace Market, Hockley and Sneinton, Nottingham

Council House

Grade II* listed former city hall with a 61 m dome above Old Market Square, and shops at street level.

• Castle and Old Market Square, Nottingham

Green's Windmill

• Lace Market, Hockley and Sneinton, Nottingham

High Pavement Chapel

Grade II listed former Unitarian chapel on High Pavement, now a pub.

• Lace Market, Hockley and Sneinton, Nottingham

Highfields Park

Grade II listed park of 121 acres beside University Park, with a boating lake.

• Wollaton, Lenton and University Park, Nottingham

Lakeside Arts

The University of Nottingham's public arts centre on University Park, with the Djanogly Theatre and a café.

• Wollaton, Lenton and University Park, Nottingham

Lenton Priory

Remains of a Cluniac priory founded around 1102-08 by William Peverel, in Lenton.

• Wollaton, Lenton and University Park, Nottingham

Malt Cross

Music hall built in 1877 on St James Street, one of only a few Victorian music halls still standing.

• Castle and Old Market Square, Nottingham

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham

Indoor arena, part of the National Ice Centre, opened in 2000; the largest live entertainment venue in the East Midlands.

• Lace Market, Hockley and Sneinton, Nottingham

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.

• Castle and Old Market Square, Nottingham

National Justice Museum

Museum in the former Shire Hall, courtrooms, gaol and police station on High Pavement; the courtrooms date back to the 14th century.

• Lace Market, Hockley and Sneinton, Nottingham

Newdigate House

Grade II* listed 17th-century house on Castle Gate, where the French commander the duc de Tallard was held after the Battle of Blenheim.

• Castle and Old Market Square, Nottingham

Nottingham Castle

17th-century ducal mansion on Castle Rock, on the site of a Norman royal castle, with galleries, grounds and optional cave tours.

• Castle and Old Market Square, Nottingham

Nottingham Contemporary

Contemporary art centre opened in 2009, its cladding embossed with a Nottingham lace pattern; free entry.

• Lace Market, Hockley and Sneinton, Nottingham

Nottingham Industrial Museum

Volunteer-run museum in the 17th-century stable block of Wollaton Hall, with textile machinery, transport and mining displays.

• Wollaton, Lenton and University Park, Nottingham

Old Market Square

One of the largest paved squares in the UK, about 12,000 square metres, at the heart of the city centre.

• Castle and Old Market Square, Nottingham

Park Tunnel

Grade II listed carriage tunnel cut through the sandstone in 1855 to link the Park Estate with Derby Road.

• Castle and Old Market Square, Nottingham

Robin Hood statue

Bronze statue of Robin Hood by James Woodford, unveiled at Nottingham Castle in 1952.

• Castle and Old Market Square, Nottingham

Sky Mirror

Anish Kapoor's 6-metre concave dish of polished stainless steel outside the Playhouse, reflecting the sky.

• Castle and Old Market Square, Nottingham

St Barnabas Cathedral

Grade II* listed Roman Catholic cathedral, mother church of the Diocese of Nottingham.

• Castle and Old Market Square, Nottingham

St Leonard's Church, Wollaton

• Wollaton, Lenton and University Park, Nottingham

St Mary's Church

• Lace Market, Hockley and Sneinton, Nottingham

St Mary's Church, Wollaton Park

• Wollaton, Lenton and University Park, Nottingham

St Nicholas' Church

Grade II* listed Anglican parish church below the castle, known locally as St Nic's.

• Castle and Old Market Square, Nottingham

St Peter's Church

• Castle and Old Market Square, Nottingham

St Stephen's Church, Sneinton

• Lace Market, Hockley and Sneinton, Nottingham

Stonebridge City Farm

Free-entry community farm in St Ann's, founded in 1978, with animals, gardens and a café.

• Lace Market, Hockley and Sneinton, Nottingham

The Arboretum

Nottingham's first public park, opened in 1852, Grade II* listed, with more than 800 trees of 65 species.

• Castle and Old Market Square, Nottingham

Weekday Cross

Once the main market area of Nottingham, with the town hall and guildhall, before the market moved to Old Market Square.

• Lace Market, Hockley and Sneinton, Nottingham

Willoughby House

Grade II* listed house on Low Pavement in the Lace Market.

• Lace Market, Hockley and Sneinton, Nottingham

Wollaton Hall

Elizabethan house of the 1580s on a hill in Wollaton Park, now Nottingham's Natural History Museum.

• Wollaton, Lenton and University Park, Nottingham

Wollaton Park

Grade II listed 500-acre park around the hall, with herds of red and fallow deer and gardens.

• Wollaton, Lenton and University Park, Nottingham