Qualla: Nottingham https://qualla.com/nottingham en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:15 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Nottingham https://qualla.com/nottingham Nottingham: Introduction https://qualla.com/nottingham/ Robin Hood gets all the postcards. He stands cast in bronze under the castle walls, bow drawn, a souvenir-shop name attached to almost every other tram and beer pump in the city. But spend a weekend in Nottingham and the older nicknames start to make sense too. The Anglo-Saxons called it Snotengaham - the homestead of Snot's people - and the Britons before them called it Tigguo Cobauc, Place of Caves. Walk into any pub on Castle Gate and ask to see the cellar, and you understand: most of central Nottingham sits on soft sandstone that locals have been digging into for a thousand years.

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/r/j/nottingham-wk/gcrj-nottingham-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Nottingham: Queen of the Midlands https://qualla.com/nottingham/ Nottingham is the largest of three East Midlands cities, with Leicester and Derby for siblings. Its centre lies on the River Leen, with the River Trent forming the southern boundary on its run from Stoke to the Humber. The 2021 city population was around 324,000 and the wider urb...

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/r/j/nottingham-wk/gcrj-nottingham-queen-of-the-midlands.mp3 0:06 2 full Nottingham: The Tram and the Two Bus Stations https://qualla.com/nottingham/ Nottingham makes its own argument for trams. The Nottingham Express Transit network runs two lines that cross in the city centre and diverge to four termini at Hucknall, Phoenix Park, Toton Lane and Clifton South, with Park and Ride sites strung along the route. A day ticket is £...

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/r/j/nottingham-wk/gcrj-nottingham-the-tram-and-the-two-bus-stations.mp3 0:06 3 full Nottingham: Castle, Caves and Goose Fair https://qualla.com/nottingham/ Nottingham Castle sits high on a sandstone outcrop above the city, with the Robin Hood statue at its foot. The keep was dismantled after the Civil War in 1651, and what stands now is mostly a seventeenth-century ducal mansion converted into a museum - the real archaeology is the ...

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/r/j/nottingham-wk/gcrj-nottingham-castle-caves-and-goose-fair.mp3 0:06 4 full Nottingham: Three Oldest Pubs and One Lace Market https://qualla.com/nottingham/ At least three Nottingham pubs claim to be among the oldest in England - Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem under the castle rock, Ye Olde Salutation Inn on Maid Marian Way, and The Bell Inn on the Market Square. The claims are loud and unresolvable; the pints are real either way. The Pit...

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/r/j/nottingham-wk/gcrj-nottingham-three-oldest-pubs-and-one-lace-market.mp3 0:06 5 full Nottingham: Safe Enough, and Worth It https://qualla.com/nottingham/ Nottingham picked up the tongue-in-cheek nickname 'Shottingham' from a period of bad press over knife and gun crime in particular suburbs, and the locals will roll their eyes if you mention it. As with most large cities, the inner districts are fine in daylight; the council estat...

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