Nottingham
Properties and events in Nottingham
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Architecture Walk at the University of Nottingham
Join us for a guided walk around the historic houses and gardens on University Park.
Bagthorpe Gardens
Enjoy a guided walk through these interesting historical allotments created in the 1840s.
Courtroom Trial
Our trial re-enactments are one of the highlights of our paid museum ticket. For Heritage Open Day, we’re delighted to open one of our rarely seen spaces to the public – our beautiful Civil Courtroom – for a family-friendly mock trial.
CPMG Architects office 13 St Peter's Gate, Nottingham
A chance to see inside the newly refurbished office of one of Nottinghams premier architects practices - CPMG Architects at 13 St Peter's Gate. This is a grade II listed building.
CWGC Tours 2026 - East Retford Cemetery
Join the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for a free tour of East Retford Cemetery, led by one of our experiences volunteer tour guides.
CWGC Tours 2026 - Mansfield (Nottingham Road) Cemetery
Join the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for a free tour of Mansfield (Nottingham Road) Cemetery, led by one of our experienced volunteer tour guides.
Extraordinary impact of everyday education heroes
For more than a century, Skills and Education Group has been creating social impact through education. Together with the Boots Archive and Nottingham College's Adam's Building, explore stories from the past that continue to shape society today.
Family Day at Bromley House Library
Kids take over Bromley House Library! Free activities for children aged 4-12 and their grown-ups. Get hands on at our book conservation station, visit Narnia, and capture your portrait in our Photography Studio.
Green's Windmill and Science Centre
Join us for a special exhibition to celebrate Heritage Open Days. Learn more about famous mathematician George Green, view photos of the mill's restoration and read the many press cuttings.
Inspire Nottinghamshire Archives - Archives Escape!
You have become trapped inside Nottinghamshire Archives! Solve the fiendish clues scattered throughout records of the past to escape - time is running out!
Laundry with Matron
How would you fare as a female prisoner in our gaol? Our Matron will certainly put you to the test! Once you’re in her care, she will put you to work in the gaol’s laundry.
Lenton Through Time
Step into the story of Lenton—Past, Present, and Future. Discover how The Lenton Centre and the Lenton community have evolved through time in this captivating exhibition.
Mary Potter Heritage Centre - Everyday working lives of women in care and service
Visit the Mary Potter Heritage Centre and discover how ordinary women’s daily work, care, and service in Hyson Green created a legacy that still inspires today.
Newstead Abbey
Discover the ancestral home of the poet, Lord Byron, with free entry into the Medieval Cloisters. Originally, built as an Augustinian Priory in the 12th century, becoming the Byron country seat in 1540. Lots to see and do for families.
Nottingham Catholic Cathedral
The cathedral, a masterpiece of the Gothic revival, designed by the celebrated architect, A.W.N. Pugin in the Early English style and built in the early 1840s, will be open daily. On selected days there will also be guided tours.
St Leonard's Church, Wollaton, Nottingham
Tours of the church, with its memorials to the Willoughby family and Robert Smythson, architect of Wollaton Hall. Come and turn the pages of the 'virtual antiphonal', the church's rare medieval service book. Trails and toys for children.
St Mary's Church in the Lace Market
Tower tours (approx 130 steps and a short section by ladder). Brass rubbing. Children's activities Guided tours of church and churchyard Refreshments.
Stitch Sampler @ Debbie Bryan, Nottingham City Centre
Create your own A6 paper stitch sampler using reproductions of salvaged Nottingham lace drawings and Cyanotype blueprints. A fun and family friendly craft-drop in.
Store tour: Work, Play, Retire: The working life of those who built Nottingham's key industries
Against the backdrop of Nottingham City Museums & Galleries stores, a tour to investigate items of significance to the working lives of those at Raleigh, Players, Ericsson, the lace industry, printing, Manlove-Alliott, etc. many previously unseen.
The Adams Building
Discover the Adams Building, a Grade II* Listed Building in the heart of Nottingham's Lace market, not normally open to the public. It was constructed in phases between 1855 and 75 for Adams and Page who were lace manufacturers.