Bring to mind Nottingham and nearly all people recall the legend of Sir Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest and even though this attracts many visitors each year there is much more to Nottingham and Nottinghamshire than your would think. Indeed Nottingham has a respectable collection of great local attractions making it a superb place for a short break and the following article discusses the city and a small selection of Nottingham attractions, as well as some places offering B&B accommodation in Nottingham.

Nottingham is located in the county of Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, UK. As well as the legend of Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest and the Sheriff of Nottingham, the city is also associated with the lace making business especially during the Industrial Revolution when it gained a worldwide reputation for excellence.

Nottingham Lace Market

At one time the heart of the worldwide lace industry, at the time of the British Empire, the Lace Market in Nottingham is, today, a protected heritage area. It  has a great many fantastic examples of industrial architecture of the Nineteenth Century. The market was not like a normal market, as such, instead of featuring salespersons and stalls, it was more a collection of warehouses and salesrooms displaying and selling lace. Following the collapse in the lace industry the area became derelict but, nowadays, most of the old warehouses have been renovated and restored for residential use and other purposes such as photographic studios and the likes. The Lace Market is a popular visitor attraction.

Galleries of Justice

Not a great distance from the Lace Market can be found the Galleries of Justice and Shire Hall. The Hall is a Georgian civic building which features Neoclassical columns, pilasters and dome. The front of the hall has, if you examine it carefully, a spelling error Goal rather than Gaol. The Hall has 2 well preserved courtrooms from the Victorian period plus old cells, a women’s prison, bath house, an Edwardian police station and a prisoner’s exercise yard.

Nottingham is a superb place to have a vacation. There is plenty to see and do within the city and a huge selection of visitor attractions which are readily accessible. Nearby places well worth visiting include; Newstead Abbey, Hardwick Hall and Wollaton Hall.

As all all B&B in England, accommodation in Nottingham is mostly of superb quality at a fair rate and many people choose to stay in Nottingham for only part of their break and then somewhere else for the remaining days.