From 11 to 15 December 2017, Nottingham Castle is opening its doors and offering a free visit for National Lottery players. Nottingham Castle is one of 350 participating National Lottery funded visitor attractions across the UK that will be saying ‘thanks’ to people who have raised money for good causes by buying a lottery ticket. […]
Nottingham Music Service, a registered charity providing life-changing music programmes in the city, is hosting two Christmas in the City concerts from Nottingham city pupils. The charity now has more than 8,000 young people learning to play instruments in the city compared to just 650 in 2002. The first concert will be at the Albert […]
Projects involving Nottingham City Council’s Museums and Galleries Service (NCMG) have recently been awarded top honours in three categories at the East Midlands Heritage Awards. The awards are designed to highlight progress and successes, recognise the hard work of staff and volunteers and to share best practice across the heritage and museums sector. The first […]
Work will begin on Monday (20 November) to fell ten cherry trees in Highfields Park, with replacements scheduled to be planted in the New Year. All the trees are unfortunately diseased and have been in decline for a number of years, meaning they are now in a dangerous condition. They will be replaced with semi […]
Christmas in the city kicks off on Friday 17 November, with the opening of Nottingham Winter Wonderland at 11am and Christmas lights switch-on at 7.30pm. A new 30-minute festive show will lead up to the switch-on moment, featuring music, lights and special effects. It will be focused on a stage area near the water feature, with […]
Work began on Monday (6 November) on improvements to a pathway in Highfields Park as part of a £4.8m restoration project. The path from the tram stop to Nottingham Lakeside Arts Centre is being re-surfaced and will eventually be lit by newly restored gas lamps, leading to the beautiful hand-crafted iron gate by the tram […]
The grounds team from Nottingham Tennis Centre has been awarded the title of Infinicut Professional Tennis Grounds Team of the Year. The victory was announced Wednesday night at the prestigious Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) Awards presented at a glittering ceremony at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham. The team beat last year’s winners – the All […]
Nottingham City Council’s latest café project will be officially opened on Monday 23 October. The building is the last remaining World War Two hut on the site and will be named Wollaton 508 in memory of Parachute Infantry Regiment 508 which was based there. More recently it was the park’s sports pavilion, but has not […]
Hart’s restaurant and hotel is amongst the first sponsors to pledge support for Nottingham’s Hoodwinked public art trail, due to launch in the city in July 2018. Owner Tim Hart signed up immediately after attending the official launch event and hearing about the plans. He said: “I knew straight away that I wanted to support […]
A new vision for the role of culture and creativity in the life of Nottingham as a city is outlined in a document produced by the city’s Strategic Cultural Partnership. The Cultural Statement and Framework for Nottingham is being submitted for adoption by Nottingham City Council at the Executive Board meeting on 24 October. The […]