Sights in Nottingham
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Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Set atop a sandstone outcrop worm-holed with caves and tunnels, the original Nottingham castle was founded by William the Conqueror and held by a succession of English kings before falling in the English Civil War. Its 17th-century replacement contains a diverting museum of local history, with an extensive collection of costumes, jewellery, Wedgwood jasperware and paintings, including works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Your ticket also gains you entry to the Museum of Nottinghamshire Life at Brewhouse Yard.
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Wollaton Hall
Built in 1588 by Sir Francis Willoughby, land and coal-mine owner, Wollaton Hall is a magnificent example of Elizabethan architecture at its most extravagant. Architect Robert Smythson was also responsible for the equally avant-garde Longleat in Wessex. It was undergoing restoration works at the time of research; call ahead to check opening hours. The hall also houses a mediocre natural-history museum.
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Caves of Nottingham
Nottingham stands on Sherwood sandstone riddled with man-made caves that date back to medieval times. Bizarrely, the entrance to the most fascinating, readily accessible Caves of Nottingham is inside Broadmarsh shopping centre, on the upper level. These contain an air-raid shelter, a medieval underground tannery, several pub cellars and a mock-up of a Victorian slum dwelling.
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Mortimer’s Hole
Burrowing through the bedrock beneath the castle, this atmospheric underground passageway emerges at Brewhouse Yard. In 1330, supporters of Edward III used this tunnel to breach the castle security and capture Roger Mortimer, the machiavellian Earl of March, who briefly appointed himself ruler of England after deposing Edward II.
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Brewhouse Yard Museum
Housed in five 17th-century cottages carved into the cliff below the castle, this engaging Brewhouse Yard Museum re-creates everyday life in Nottingham over the past 300 years with particularly fine reconstructions of traditional shops.
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Industrial Museum
The Industrial Museum , in the 18th-century stable block, displays lace-making equipment, Raleigh bicycles, a gigantic 1858 beam engine and oddities such as a locally invented, 1963 video recorder that never got off the ground.
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