City of Caves

City of Caves is a visitor attraction in based on a network of caves, carved out of sandstone that have been variously used over the years as a tannery, public house cellars, and as an air raid shelter.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: caves at Drury Hill in Nottingham, now under the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre and operated as a visitor attraction called City of Caves
  • Also known as: “Caves at Drury Hill”, “Caves under Broadmarsh Shopping Centre‎”, and “Drury Hill Caves”
  • Address: Garner’s Hill, Nottingham, NG1 1HF
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Justice Museum and Nottingham Contemporary.

Museum
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The is an independent museum on High Pavement in the area of , . The museum is housed in a former Victorian courtroom, prison, and and is therefore a historic site where an individual could be arrested, tried, sentenced and executed. is situated 390 feet northeast of City of Caves.

Art gallery
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is a contemporary art centre in the area of , England. The gallery opened in 2009. The gallery describes its site as being "the oldest in the city", having been the site of a Saxon fort.

Castle
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is a Stuart Restoration-era ducal mansion in , England, built on the site of a Norman castle built starting in 1068, and added to extensively through the medieval period, when it was an important royal fortress and occasional royal residence. is situated 1,900 feet west of City of Caves.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lace Market and Hockley.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic quarter-mile square area in the centre of , England. It was once the centre of the world's lace industry and was an area of salesrooms and warehouses for storing, displaying and selling the lace.

Quarter
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is an area near the city centre of , England. It lies adjacent to the area and contains multiple well-preserved Victorian buildings.

Suburb
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or Meadows is an area of , England, south of the city centre, close to the and connected to in the Borough of Rushcliffe by and the .

City of Caves

Latitude
52.95029° or 52° 57′ 1″ north
Longitude
-1.14604° or 1° 8′ 46″ west
Open location code
9C4WXV23+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6301287041
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q17642895
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In Other Languages

From Hausa to Japanese—“City of Caves” goes by many names.
  • Hausa: “Birnin koguna”
  • Japanese: “ノッティンガムの洞窟”
  • Japanese: “ノッティンガムの洞窟群”

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Highlights include Tramline Spot and High Pavement Chapel.

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