Nottinghamshire

Nottingham

Experience Nottinghamshire

Experience Nottinghamshire is responsible for promoting tourism in the county. The organisation’s key aim is to promote Nottingham as a regional capital – a great European city striving to become a first choice conference and short break destination. It’s also a great place in which to invest, work, live, meet and study.

Tourism contributes an estimated £1.4 billion to the local economy in Nottinghamshire and attracts over 38 million visitors per year. For information on the value and economic impact of tourism in Nottinghamshire
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Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a green, rural and historic county with a lively university city at its heart and excellent shopping opportunities. A county where Robin Hood’s presence is never far away.

Highlights:

• Explore the grounds of Newstead Abbey and share the same inspiration enjoyed by the poet Lord Byron during his residence here.
• Follow Ezekial Bone deep into the dark heart of the Lace Market area of Nottingham for a shadowy insight into Victorian mayhem and misery. The Bone Corporation runs a number of gorey and gut wrenching tours designed to thrill and chill.
• Plug into the Robin Hood audio tour, visitors can follow in the footsteps of the legendary hero on a tour of the county’s key locations. The Footsteps of Robin Hood is available from the toursim centre on Smithy Row for £1.99 or can be downloaded from www.robinhoodbreaks.com

Key visitor attractions:

• Southwell Workhouse - an authentic 19th century workhouse
• Galleries of Justice – an insightful look into crime and punishment over the centuries including a real life court situation
• Sherwood Forest – birth place of the famous legend, Robin Hood 

For further details go to www.visitnotts.com.