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Crikey it’s cold, but the sky is blue here in sunny Notts. If you’re stuck for something to do this weekend, then don’t despair. Here are a few options of events and activities.
Most importantly, do you fancy winning a luxury weekend package for two including massages at the Nottingham Belfry, dinner at Le Bistrot Pierre and overnight accommodation at the four star Mercure Hotel Nottingham?
Well all you need to do to enter our super Valentines competition is take a funky photo of yourself and a loved one at Newstead Abbey, Newark Castle, Old Market Square or Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve and post it on our fab Love Notts facebook
Following the recent success stories of Nottingham Light Night over the past five years, events for this year have got even bigger via an innovative partnership thanks to We Are Nottingham.
The organisation, which is the Business Improvement District for Nottingham and represents the licensed premises across the city, has helped bring together a live music and entertainment festival at some 23 venues across the city.
Anticipated highlights of this year’s festival will be at The Bodega Social Club for live music from rock, soul and folk artists. If you’d prefer to steer clear of live music then you could try DJ’s and a special light show
Last week over 40,000 visitors and 4,000 exhibitors were at Newark Showground for the Lincolnshire Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers’ Association Show (LAMMA).
The event started out at the showground near Newark back in 1998 with a fledgling offer of 105 stands, and since it moved to the venue, has since grown seven fold in the last 14 years.
This year there were 750 stands across the 65 acres of Newark Showground with 66 stands taken up from overseas countries including France, Belgium, USA, Canada, Holland, Germany, Austria, Eire, Poland and Spain.
The show offers the industry the chance to get together and see leading farm machinery equipment and gives businesses the opportunity to seek
It may seem like a long way away but plans are already underway for a Nottinghamshire Great War Centenary Exhibition at Nottingham Castle in 2014.
On Sunday 22 January 2012, 10:30am, Major John Cotterill will be looking to meet willing volunteers at Nottingham Castle to help in the delivery of the exhibition, currently entitled ‘The Trent to the Trenches’.
A planning meeting will also take place at the Millgate Museum in Newark on Wednesday 29 February 2012 at 7pm.
The emphasis of the exhibition will be to look at how the Great War changed Nottinghamshire socially, economically, politically and educationally together with commemorating the people who made the ultimate sacrifice during the conflict.
For
Mansfield Museum has been awarded a £23,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help re-develop the Arcade.
The funding for the museum will help Mansfield celebrate and commemorate its industrial heritage, which includes Mansfield Brewery, coal mining, Shoe Co. and Metal Box.
It is the next step in a very productive period for Mansfield Museum. The Museum, which is located next to Mansfield Palace Theatre, was recently voted Family Friendly Museum of the Year by the Guardian.
At the museum you’ll have the chance to see seasonal art with galleries and exhibitions taking place through the year and get involved with interactive learning with XplorActive. During half term, the museum will
The City of Caves, the popular attraction about subterranean Nottingham, is set to reopen on 11 February 2012.
The attraction has been closed since May last year as the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, where it is home, undertook redevelopment work.
Now the upgrade to the is ready for completion the attraction has been given the go ahead to open it’s doors to the general public again.
It’s been an intriguing 12 months for Nottingham’s caves with the recent University of Nottingham led survey of all the city’s caves. Using the latest technology, the survey has been able to show a 3D flythrough of the different limestone caves around the city, some
If you’re anything like me, by the time Boxing Day comes around you’re already going up the walls and are ready to get out and about, either to catch some fresh air or totally detox yourself from Christmas Day’s binge.
And if you’re still like me, the thought of going and hitting the sales is quite possibly the worst thing to do, so here’s some options for attractions that are open between Christmas and New Year.
Boxing Day: why not take a stroll around the lake at Rufford Abbey, Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve or Wollaton Park. If you fancy being entertained, you’ll find Pantos at the Theatre Royal and Nottingham Playhouse –
Delicious treats, exclusive discounts and late night openings are just some of the ways in which Nottinghamshire hopes to spoil you this Christmas.
This year, treat your loved ones to fabulous fancies from an array of independent shops and Christmas markets. Feast your eyes on these festive retail delights available throughout Nottinghamshire.
December sees a fantastic new way to travel in Nottingham. From 3 December (every Saturday until 17 December and Friday 23 December) visitors will be able to travel to Canning Circus from St Peter’s Square via electric rickshaw. The ride will lead you to enchanting independents including Le Chien et Moi and The Worm that Turned on Derby Road – perfect places to shop
Christmas is coming to Nottinghamshire. November invites the first signs of Christmas as magical wonderlands and festive grottos begin to sparkle across Nottinghamshire.
This year Nottingham will once again transform into a Winter Wonderland for all to enjoy. Festivities will include music, food, and the fantastic 60ft high North Star Swing Ride.
This year’s celebrations will officially open with a Christmas light switch on event on Wednesday 23 November at 6.20pm.
A Winter Wonderland at the NIC
As an alternative to the chilly outdoor rink, this year you will be able to get your skates on inside the National Ice Centre. Glide along to your favourite festive Christmas songs, surrounded by
Local author Adam Nightingale, is to present his one-man show, ‘GEORGIAN BLOODBATH’ at the home of Nottingham’s horrible history, the Galleries of Justice Museum, on Thursday 17th November at 7.30pm.
His show originates from the evil margins of Nottingham in the 18th century and is an interactive, irreverent mixture of bloody local history, expert storytelling, gory special effects and audience interaction, performed within the gothic surroundings of The Galleries of Justice, the nation’s finest prison museum and one of the world’s most haunted buildings.
The former prison and gaol has been the site of many public executions and housed some of Nottingham’s most infamous criminals. It is home to the most
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