What to do in Nottingham for a few hours?

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I've got a few hours to spend in Nottingham next week, up to lunchtime.

I'm interested in history & art. Any suggestions about what I could see/do?

Avoid the castle, it's rubbish! The caves tours are good fun. There is a contemporary art gallery if that's your thing.

Thank you! I'll avoid the castle then
May well check out the gallery.

Definately pop to the Contemporary. Nice food too.

Although the Galleries of Justice do a good tour.

Go here for excellent coffee and cake.

i can’t remember the name but we went to a pub where the door to the loos was hidden in a fake bookshelf. I quite liked it in there but don’t go if you are desperate for the loo

Galleries of justice, followed by something to eat in the lace market area. 😊

The Barrel Drop? Its down a small alley

It's the Pit and Pendulum, great pub if you like rock music

No I don’t think that was the name, i think it was straight onto the street not down an alley, it was a big pub but lots of nooks and crannies rather than a big area

The arts centre at Nottingham Uni often has good art shows on. We saw a touring Lowry exhibition there a few years ago.

www.lakesidearts.org.uk

Hahahaha noted!

IKEA 😂
Joking aside what about here

https://nottinghamindustrialmuseum.org.uk/

the university grounds are nice.

Don't do what we did with some time to kill before our train... It was raining, we saw a tram going to phoenix Park so jumped on thinking a couple of hours in the park would be pleasant. It was a fucking CAR PARK!!!

😂😂

Another recommendation for Galleries of Justice museum and the pub with the canal boat inside it (can't remember name sorry!)

You can get a joint ticket for Galleries of Justice and the Caves of Nottingham - Industrial Museum is out at Wollaton Park, a ten minute drive away. But Wollaton Hall is worth a look if you have the time and inclination!

Joint ticket

I love the castle - to be fair, it's expensive but I always enjoy visiting. There's another thread from a few weeks ago about what to do in Nottingham. Have a search.

The cave tour is great, especially if you like history.

The ‘castle’ is rubbish. Is basically a site where a castle used to be, plus a sandwich shop.

Canal house

Depends what time it is, definitely the caves or the galleries of justice are worth a visit. Trip to Jerusalem is a good pub to visit for the history and go upstairs and see the infamous ship!
Uni campus is good but it's a
Trip on the tram, they have lakeside and djanogoly centres all near the tram stop on university boulevard.
Loads of other things but those are the closest things.

Deffo avoid the castle. It's expensive and not great. There is a Pugin cathedral if you are into that sort of thing.

I almost did the same thing when I first moved to Nottingham!

There's a cat cafe if you like that sort of thing