Out/About Nottingham - Your Guide to Nottingham

Nottingham has gotten a bit of bad rap in recent years with a larger clubbing and pub
scene in Birmingham and better shopping in Leicester and Derby. However what is does
have is a city almost drowned in history, a vibrant café and restaurant culture and, with
a few hints and tips some hidden gems of nightspots for you to enjoy.

This website features a select offering of some of the venues we’ve found and enjoyed
(some we haven’t) and in all cases a blunt and honest appraisal of all. So if your'e off
out for the night, a meal, staying over or in need of a brief libation theres some useful
information for you here.

Some facts about Nottingham:

	Has the worlds first professional football club - Notts County FC
	Has the worlds smallest Cinema. The Screen Room on Broad Street has only 22 seats.
	Nottingham is the birthplace of both Boots the Chemists and Raleigh Cycles. HP sauce was invented here by F C Garton
	Ibuprofen was discovered here
	Famous Nottingham people are: Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Dale Winton, Sue Pollard and Harold Shipman

Some fairly obvious Nottingham tourist links:

	Nottingham Castle Nottingham Castle - a magnificent 17th century ducal mansion built on the site of the original Medieval Castle, with spectacular views across the city. The Castle has a turbulent past, linked to kings and conquerors and still has a maze of original caves hidden beneath its imposing walls Nottingham Castle Website
	Halls of Justice Based at Nottingham’s old courthouse and gaol, there are many ways to explore the Galleries of Justice Museum, with free exhibitions, audio & performance led tours and a themed café. Whatever you choose to do, you will be delving in to the dark and disturbing past of crime and punishment. Nottingham Halls of Justice Website
	City of Caves 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 over the Centuries by local people to escape and take refuge from the world above. City of Caves Website
	Nottingham Contemporary At 3,000 square metres, Nottingham Contemporary is one of the largest contemporary art centres in the UK. It has four galleries - lit by 132 skylights – a performance and film Space, a Learning room, The Study, The Shop and Café.Bar. Nottingham Contemporary Website


	Wax Bar 27 Broad Street, Nottingham, NG1 3E Intimate and stylish bar in the Lace Market. More Info


	Bad JuJu Tiki Bar 9 Broad Street, Nottingham, NG1 3AJ Unique cocktail bar in the Lace Market. More Info

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