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About Nottingham

Nottingham is world famous for many things, from its historical past; fine lace manufacture; the world’s oldest football league club and notorious legend of Robin Hood, to its booming industries of the Boots Company, Speedo, Paul Smith and Raleigh that make this a city with a thriving future.

The city combines the stylish with the cultural and the best of old and new. With cosmopolitan shopping centres combined with traditional markets, Nottingham is a Mecca for the retail savvy. Cultural life thrives with the ultra modern concert hall, attracting the world’s most well known and talented artists. The lovingly restored 18th Century Theatre Royal hosts major touring dramas, operas, ballet, and West End musicals.

Nottingham is proud of its history and heritage and boasts numerous unusual museums, inspiring galleries and fun filled attractions. The Riverside and Arboretum Festivals prove to be highly popular in the summer months, whilst autumn welcomes the Robin Hood Pageant at the Nottingham Castle, and the Goose Fair, which is the country’s largest three-day fair and is still an annual fixture after over 700 years. 

The city hosts an assortment of fashionable bars, nightclubs and authentic inn’s – including the Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, reputed to be the world’s oldest inn, carved into the rock beneath NottinghamCastle.

Nottingham’s proven academic excellence attracts a wealth of students to the cities two award winning Universities.

For the sports fans, there is also a wide choice of first class cricket, top level soccer, horse racing, watersports, golf, and motorsport. Nottingham is home to two football teams, Nottingham Forest and Notts County (which is the oldest football league team in the world, foundered in 1862 – a year before the establishment of the Football Association).

Nottinghamshire, the surrounding county, offers the chance to explore literary associations contributing to world heritage by discovering the passionate verse of Lord Byron, 20th Century author DH Lawrence as well as the works of the celebrated author of Peter Pan, JM Barrie, who began his writing career in Nottingham.

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