Nottingham Favorites

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Favorite thing: Legend has it that Robin Hood's poaching in the royal deer parks caused him to fall out with the Sheriff of Nottingham. There are still large herds of deer in the Nottingham area today. At Wollaton Park, there are 100 roe deer and 150 red deer. They have been protected for so long now that they are not afraid of humans, so you can get really close to them, and they are beautiful!

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Favorite thing: In many ways the castle grounds are more interesting than the castle itself. Dotted around the grounds are the ruins of the original castle, monuments to Lord Byron and Albert Ball VC, the Victorian bandstand and some beautiful gardens. The best time to visit is in late April and early May to see the cherry blossom.

Also, from the castle walls you get some of the best views of the city.

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Favorite thing: Nottingham has more pubs per thousand people than any other city in Britain. Many of them are very old, including the oldest pub in the country, Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, and many of them have interesting histories, like the one in the picture, the Royal Children. Other noteworthy pubs in the city, include Ye Olde Salutation Inn, the Bell Inn and Yates's Wine Lodge.

The water of the River Trent is said to be the best water in England for brewing beer - a bit like the River Liffey in Ireland.

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Favorite thing: Nottingham's lace industry has influenced the city in many positive ways. It brought prosperity to Nottingham and many of its great buildings were funded by money it brought in.The Lace Market area, where the lace factories were, is now one of the most interesting areas to wander around.

Favorite thing: Coming to Nottingham? Get firsts hand info from the folks of the Nottingham Forums at www.NOTTSTALGIA.com. Worldwide members, Locals and Ex Pats. You can't beat local knowledge.

Fondest memory: Nottingham is THE GREATEST, Meet the people now.

Favorite thing: Nottingham like the other Midlands cities, is chopped in pieces by an inner ring road, which encloses most of the attractions, eateries and bars.

The train station is south of the canal on the southern edge of the centre.

There are two bus stations : Victoria bus station is hidden away behind the Victoria shopping centre, just north of the city centre, while Broadmarsh bus station (the National Express buses stop there) is behind Broadmarsh shopping center to the south.

The TIC (tel 915 5330, fax 915 5323; www.visitnottingham.com; 1-4 Smitty Row; open 9am-5:30pm Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm Sat year-round, 11am-3pm Sun summer) is situated in the Council House on the Old Market Square.

Favorite thing: This is my favourite museum in Nottingham and in the whole world! I am one of those people who don't usually find museums extremely exciting, but this one was great! It's a museum of crime and punishment where you can see how and why criminals were convicted in the past and what happened to those poor convicted souls afterwards. The place itself is interesting to look at, but what's best about the museum is that you really get to EXPERIENCE what some people have had to go through in the past.

You start the tour by following a trial in the Victorian court room. The judge is a man who knows his value but does not show great interest towards his job, or at least towards making just decisions. He allows you to take part in the trial so my friend and I did. My friend got sentenced to death for speaking for the defence and I was to be sent to Australia for not bowing deep enough in front of the judge. We were both sent downstairs first, where we met the prison warder. He welcomed us and told us in a rather frank way what our lives would be like down there. After that we were taken on a tour around the cells and caves and finally locked in a very small scary cell with no light.

It was all great fun!!! Read more at http://www.galleriesofjustice.org.uk/.

Favorite thing: Generally, Nottingham is famous for Robin Hood. You can visit the castle. I did not put this as a must-see activity becos there are much better castles to see (eg. Warwick castle, Windsor, Edinburgh, etc to name a few). The castle is pretty small.