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This 650 acre park has an incredible variety of different wildlife habitats and lots of open green space to enjoy. There are miles of paths to explore.
From Mill Lakes, teeming with water birds, to meadows full of wildflowers, from ancient oak woo...
The most outstanding feature of Sutton Colliery was the pit tip that smouldered and glowed red at night time. Buried deep under the spoil heap was Brierley Pond which was once alive with minnows, sticklebacks, newts, tadpoles and frogs. Take a walk u...
Clumber is a beautiful expanse of parkland, heath and woods covering more than 3,800 acres. Clumber Park was once the country estate of the Dukes of Newcastle. Although the house was demolished in 1938, there are glimpses of its grand past to exp...
A large and diverse area of water, woodland and meadows providing a perfect backdrop for a variety of wildlife and recreational activities.
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Creswell Crags is a limestone gorge honeycombed with caves and smaller fissures. Stone tools and remains of animals found in the caves provide evidence for a fascinating story of life during the last Ice Age between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago. Furth...
Visitors enter the museum through the house next door, going through the museum shop. The house has been laid out in the style of a late 19th century working class house with the furniture being mostly from the family of the women who founded it. The...
Welcome to Ferry Farm Nottinghamshire. Whether you are looking for Family days out, a fun indoor activity centre, go karting or just a family restaurant in Nottinghamshire, Ferry Farm is the ideal place.
Our new and amazing indoor activity centre...
England's history of crime and punishment is a shocking one. As are the sinister and grim stories of Nottingham's own outlaws which are brought to life in the building where they were judged, imprisoned and executed.
To capture and explain this gr...
Swing through the trees and speed down zip slides in legendary Robin Hood country at our brilliant high wire adventure course at Sherwood Pines Forest Park. Climb up high and tackle a course of over 30 hanging rope bridges, scramble nets and zip slid...
Green's Windmill is a unique working windmill that was home to the 19th century mathematical miller, George Green Includes a hands-on Science Centre, Outdoor play area, Action Station and under 5s Discovery Zone along with a special events programme ...
Green's Windmill in Sneinton was built by the father of notable scientist and mathematician George Green in 1807. Today the working Mill is a popular museum and science centre, which teaches new generations of children about the valuable work of Geor...
Holme Pierrepont Hall, long the home of the Pierrepont family, was built in the 16th century, although much of what can be seen of the house nowadays is a result of alterations in 1790 and 1812....
The Heritage Centre has a changing programme of events and exhibitions centred on the permanent artefacts of the John Hyatt Collection. The collection represents the life and history of the Langwith and Whaley Thorns citizens. It reflects the impact ...
Making it! is an 'exciting family attraction' based around design & technology - it's fun, entertaining, engaging and educational - fully hands on galleries to keep you inspired and amazed for hours...
Mansfield Museum was the brainchild of William Edward Baily, a wealthy local collector and natural historian. In 1903 Baily offered his collection and a building - the 'Tin Tabernacle' in which to house it, to Mansfield. The Museum opened the followi...
Mattersey Priory are now the remains, of mainly the 13th-century refectory and kitchen, of a small monastery for just six Gilbertine canons - the only wholly English monastic order....
Fascinating 1920s tradesman's home. This modest semi-detached Edwardian house was the family home of well-to-do grocers William and Florence Straw from 1923. It is remarkable because the Straws' two sons preserved it almost unaltered till it came to ...
Step back in time to discover over 300 years of Nottingham's history in this unique community museum which is based within five 17 Century cottages situated at the base of the rock under Nottingham Castle.The galleries contain a variety of exhibition...
Explore our links with the natural world in the Natural History Museum. Located within the Hall itself, a fantastic array of specimens and minerals await your discovery
Since Wollaton Hall opened to the public in the autumn of 1926, it has been ho...
Newark Air Museum is located on the former World War Two airfield of Winthorpe in eastern Nottinghamshire. Its diverse collection of sixty-nine aircraft and cockpit sections cover the history of aviation, the aircraft on display include 10 (ten) Nati...
Newark Castle was originally a Saxon fortified manor house, founded by King Edward the Elder. In 1073, Robert Bloet, bishop of Lincoln founded an earthwork motte and bailey fortress on the site. From 1123-33, Bishop Alexander the Magnificent complete...
Newark Millgate Museum is now closed to visitors as we have been awarded £3.5 million of Heritage Lottery Funding to develop a new museum and national civil war centre at the Old Magnus Buildings on Appletongate Newark. The museum staff are at ou...
Experience the romance and mystery of the ancestral home of famous poet Lord Byron. Set within a glorious landscape of gardens and parkland, the abbey still contains the medieval cloisters, Victorian room settings and private apartments of Lord B...
The windmill was built in 1813 and, though it has been repaired since then and parts rebuilt, the present-day structure looks very much the same as it always has. It was constructed by and for a group of farmers in the parishes of Fenton, North Lever...
A 17th Century Ducal mansion, once a medieval stronghold, Nottingham Castle has had a turbulent past. Now home to an internationally renowned art gallery, which has housed exhibitions such as Andy Warhol, Waking Dreams, a collection of Pre-Raphael...
IN the burial ground belonging to Papplewick Church there is a grand, sombre yew, and just beyond the spread of its sheltering branches is to be observed a tomb of more pretension than the rest of the graves, which are chiefly marked by such humble m...
This is Britain's finest Victorian Water Works and the only one in the Midlands to be preserved as a complete working water pumping station. Papplewick Pumping Station was built between 1882 - 1884 to supplement the water supply for the growing ci...
The Visitor Centre, opened in October 1994, is an environmentally-friendly building and a centre of excellence for energy conservation.
As well as the outstanding walks within the Park the centre is an ideal starting point for the Three Centres T...
Machine Knitting History brought to life.
Visit this Victorian time-capsule and see how the knitters lived and worked.
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The best-preserved remains of a Cistercian abbey west cloister range in England, dating mainly from c. 1170. Incorporated into part of a 17th-century and later mansion, set in Rufford Country Park....
Set in the beautiful south Nottinghamshire countryside - about half a mile south of Ruddington - Rushcliffe Country Park is an ideal place to get away from it all. With a network of over 8 kilometres of footpaths, grassland, conservation and landscap...
All the fun of a family operated children's fair in the beautiful surroundings of Sherwood Forest.
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Once a royal hunting forest, this is the legendary home of the outlaw Robin Hood, today part of a National Nature Reserve because of its national ecological importance. Within the 450 acre site there are 900 veteran oak trees, including the famous Ma...
Ahoy there! Watch out for those wicked pirates and all their friends! You’ll never know when you're going to get wet on the BOOZY BARREL BOAT RIDE, and don't forget your bucket and spade for CAPTAIN SANDY’S PLAY COVE.
Journey back in time on t...
Since opening in 1993, The Teversal Trails Visitors Centre has provided an ideal access point to the Teversal and Pleasley Trails Network and other walks. There is ample free parking outside the centre with an extensive surrounding grass area maki...
Enter and explore a whole new world in the caves underneath Nottingham city and descend into the dark depths of the original Anglo-Saxon tunnels, meeting real cave-dwellers from its dramatic hidden past. See how these caves have been used and adapted...
19th-century institution for paupers. The Workhouse survives as the least altered example of its kind in existence today. Visitors can explore the segregated rooms and stairways as well as the master's quarters to discover the thought-provoking story...
From its' humble beginnings as a place to house Countess Manvers paintings, Thoresby Gallery is now home to an extensive array of paintings, ceramics, glass, jewellery and textiles.
Specialising in representing regional artists, it demonstrates t...
The Vina Cooke museum houses a large collection of dolls dating from the 18th century to the present day. The collection is brought together in a late 17th century Dower house and former Rectory, which is itself of considerable interest....
Here at Wetlands Animal Park we offer people of all ages the chance to learn about exotic and domestic animals. Here you have the chance to see, hear, smell, touch and even feed most of our collection. You can see at close quarters animals such as th...
Get ready for a New Destination of family fun.......Set in 30 acres of parkland in the heart of Nottinghamshire,near Mansfield, Wheelgate Park, full of venture variety and value is the ultimate day out for all of the family. Play the day away as you ...
A spectacular Elizabethan mansion surrounded by 500 acres of stunning parkland and deer park. The Hall houses the Natural History Museum with a fascinating collection from all around the world, along with special Sunday Steaming Events in the Industr...
Woodthorpe Grange is an impressive large green space that sits on the edge of the city and has a wide variety of facilities including Pitch and Putt, Tropical House, formal gardens and sports pitches....
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