Think of Nottingham and most tourists bring to mind Sherwood Forest and the legend of Robin Hood and his band of merry men and though the story attracts increasing numbers of people each year there is plenty more to the region than your would think. Infact Nottingham has a respectable selection of interesting visitor attractions and it makes it a superb base for a family vacation and the article below discusses the city and a few of Nottingham tourist attractions, as well as some establishments offering bed and breakfast in Nottingham.

The city of Nottingham is in Nottinghamshire, in the East Midlands, England, Great Britain. As well as the legend of Robin Hood, his merry men and Sherwood Forest, Nottingham is also well known for the lace making industry especially during the period known as the Industrial Revolution when the city gained an excellent worldwide reputation.

Nottingham Lace Market

Once the center of the world's lace industry, at the peak of the British Empire, the Lace Market in Nottingham is, today, a protected heritage area. It  features a great many fantastic examples of Nineteenth Century industrial architecture. The Lace Market was not like a normal market, as such, rather than having salesmen and stall, the market featured a selection of warehouses and salesrooms displaying and selling lace. Following the decline in the lace industry the area also fell into decline however, today, the vast majority of the old warehouses have been renovated for residential use and other purposes for instance photographic studios and similar. The Lace Market in Nottingham is a popular tourist attraction.

Galleries of Justice

Not too far from the Lace Market is the Galleries of Justice located in Shire Hall. The Hall is a Georgian-built civic building which features Neoclassical pilasters, columns and dome. The facade has, if you look at it carefully, a misspelled word Goal instead of Gaol. The Hall has two well preserved courtrooms from the Victorian period and old cells, a women's prison, bath house, an Edwardian police station and a prisoner's exercise yard.

Nottingham is a fantastic place to have a vacation. There is lots to see and do within the city and an selection number of visitor attractions which are readily accessible. Places well worth visiting include; Newstead Abbey, Hardwick Hall and Wollaton Hall.

As is common in all England bed and breakfast, accommodation in Nottingham is usually extremely good at a reasonable rate and many people choose to stay in Nottingham for only part of their vacation and then somewhere else for the remaining nights.