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The Trent at Farndon

A Couple of Trentside Villages

Written by MichaelJM on May 21, 2008

  • I’ve travelled up and down the A46 between Bingham and Newark on more occasions than I’m able to recall but I’ve never made the detour to check out the villages that lie between it and...
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Newark Castle

Southwell and Newark - civilisation out east

Written by JayBroek on June 28, 2004

  • At the age of 14 my parents had finally had enough of my teen angst and packed me off to boarding school. Sure, they dressed it up with claims to be 'concerned about my education'...
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Pitcher and Piano

The Lacemarket and Bridlesmith Gate - style in abundance

Written by JayBroek on June 28, 2004

  • What is Nottingham all about? Robin Hood plays a big part, although he was more a countryside kind of guy. Torvill & Dean might ring a bell with some (whatever happened to ice dancing anyway?)....
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Maid Marian Way

Maid Marian and the Castle - it ain't pretty or a castle

Written by JayBroek on June 28, 2004

  • Now there's an evocative name - Maid Marian Way. If I tell you it runs close to the base of Castle Rock, in the shadow of Nottingham Castle, what pictures does it conjure up in...
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Council House

The Old Market Place - good, bad and ugly

Written by JayBroek on June 28, 2004

  • You know you've made it in Nottingham when someone arranges to "meet you by the Lions". Lying proud and noble outside the city's magnificent Council House, the lions are almost always accompanied by crowds of...
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Diagram of the Millenium Garden in Nottingham University

Visit to Nottingham University

Written by marseilles on March 24, 2007

  • One of our main reasons for coming to Nottingham was to visit Nottingham University, one of the British universities I hope to apply to for a postgraduate degree. We left our hotel early in the...
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Monument to Raoul Wallenberg

Heading North - Sherwood Forest, or what's left of it

Written by JayBroek on June 28, 2004

  • Nottinghamshire is a county that isn't easy to pin down and describe. With residents numbering around 1 million it couldn't be described as a sparsely populated place and yet vast swathes of the north of...
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Trent Bridge

West Bridgford - the posh 'burb across the river

Written by JayBroek on June 28, 2004

  • The murky River Trent makes a sluggish sweep around the south and east of the city and separates it from its oh-so-proper neighbour West Bridgford. In many people's eyes Bridgford is just a suburb of...
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Brownes

Hockley - the cool part of town

Written by JayBroek on June 28, 2004

  • The area immediately to the east of the Old Market Square is known as Hockley. A short stroll up pedestrianised Pelham Street or Victoria Street takes you away from the city centre of well known...
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A lock

Working the locks

Written by tjwit on September 4, 2003

  • For a landlubber, the working of the locks can be intimidating. That is, until you see how easy it is! The water does all the work. All you are doing is draining the lock or...
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