Look Up! A Walk Around Nottingham

Don’t Forget To Look Up…

In bustling urban spaces it can be easy to be consumed by our phones, rather than our surroundings. But if we make the effort to lift our gaze above the window line there are untold joys to behold

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LOCATIONS 1 Theatre Royal 2 Royal Concert Hall 3 Cornerhouse 4 Victoria Centre Clock Tower 5 Shoppers Statues 6 Cock & Hoop 7 Broadway 8 The Exchange 9 Fothergill Buildings 10 Playhouse

4 6 1 5 MILTON STREET Victoria Centre Clock Tower Head down Forman Street to experience the easy-to-miss Grade II listed building that is the shopping centre clock tower. A remnant of the former train station, the free-standing tower dates back to 1898. Theatre Royal THEATRE SQUARE A local institution with a national reputation, this veritable wedding cake of a building is regarded as one of the finest examples of Victorian architecture in the country. Built in 1865, its high-rise columns do more than just prop up the roof.

2 3 BURTON STREET Cornerhouse Facing the Royal Concert Hall, look behind you to take in the city’s biggest cinema. Built on the site of the old Nottingham Evening Post building, the complex’s cylinder-shaped corner makes it a landmark in its own right. THEATRE SQUARE Royal Concert Hall The shortest of walks finds us outside the Theatre Royal’s younger brother. Built in the ‘80s, the exterior is described as offering a mirror on the world by day, and a glimpse to what’s happening within by night. CHAPEL BAR Shoppers Head uphill in the general direction of Chapel Bar to enjoy this easily missed bronze sculpture by artist Richard Perry. Costing £25,000 and dating back to 1988, the cluster of characters was moved from its original location in order to accommodate the tram line. HIGH PAVEMENT Cock & Hoop Drag yourself past southside, before heading up the hill past Nottingham Contemporary to this age-old pub. Now part of the Lace Market Hotel operation, the site’s ownership dates back to 1833.

7BROAD STREET Broadway Motoring past St Mary’s Church and the fabulous Angel Brewery, and we are in Hockley. Here to enjoy the exterior of one of the coolest places to watch films in the world. Fact.

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OLD MARKET SQUARE The Exchange A three-minute walk and you’re within the magnificent Council House, gasping at the central dome of this wondrous listed building. Wowing visitors since the 1920s, it’s a place of reverential quiet in what are otherwise all-go surroundings.

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OLD MARKET SQUARE Fothergill Buildings Back in the direction of the Theatre Royal renowned architect Watson Fothergill made his mark on over a hundred buildings between 1841 and 1928, his medieval take on design personalises every façade he created. His fingerprints on the city are simply everywhere.

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WELLINGTON CIRCUS Playhouse Heading over Maid Marian Way, and we are met by the imposing Sky Mirror, outside another of the city’s beloved art institutions. The sculpture, by Anish Kapoor, was installed in 2001. The stainless steel ‘dish’ is angled in such a way to reflect the heavens and their ever-changing moods.