Nottingham Council House

The Flying Horse Inn is a former public house in Nottingham. It was established around 1483. It is a Grade II listed building. It stands upon the site of the house which the Plumptre family erected for themselves when they first came to Nottingham in the 13th century.The first information of "The Flying Horse," is from 1400 when John de Plumtre founded Plumptre Hospital. The property forming the endowment included the oldest portion of The Flying Horse in The Poultry. In the 18th century it was called the "Travellers Inn". in 1791 at the Flying Horse Inn.In 1799 "The Flying Horse " was in the possession of one William Rowbotham. The house was described as being at the Hen Cross. In 1813, a great dinner was held to celebrate victory over Napoleon I. A figure of Napoleon had been brought from London by coach, and this was burned in the Market Place amidst scenes of excitement and rejoicing. By 1818, the owner was Robert Mackley. In 1826 the rent was £63 a year. The building was in bad condition and scarcely habitable. After repair the rent increased to £100 a year. In 1832 Jane Clark occupied The Inn. It was heavily restored in 1935. On Thursday 24 November 1977 Richard Branson, with John Mortimer, Johnny Rotten and entourage, visited the pub to celebrate Virgin Records being found not guilty at Nottingham Magistrates Court of charges relating to the promotion of The Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks album. A promo poster for the album had been displayed in the Virgin Record Store at 7 Kings Street, Nottingham, when complaints over the word 'bollocks' led the police to visit the shop on 9 November. After failing to comply with a request to remove the poster, the shop manager, Chris Serle, had been summoned to appear. Mortimer had been instructed to represent Virgin Records.It survived as a public house until 1989, when it was converted into a shop. It is now at the entrance to the Flying Horse Walk shopping mall.

Nottingham city centre is the cultural, commercial, financial and historical heart of Nottingham, England. Nottingham's city centre represents the central area of the Greater Nottingham conurbation. The centre of the city is usually defined as the Old Market Square, one of the largest surviving town squares in the United Kingdom. Covering about 12,000 square metres, it is within the boundaries of the centuries-old Great Market Place, which covered about 22,000 square metres. A major redevelopment of the Old Market Square was completed in March 2007. Many of the main shopping streets abut the square, which is dominated by Nottingham's city hall. The building's landmark dome can be seen for miles around. Much of the ground floor of the building houses the Exchange Arcade, a boutique shopping centre. A Bohemian quarter of the city known as Hockley has gained popularity in recent years, situated close to the Lace Market area. The northwestern end of the city centre is home to the Nottingham Trent University city campus, which contains a mix of old and new buildings. The university's Newton building is one of the tallest buildings in Nottingham and has a prominent position on the city's skyline. Nottingham's central railway station is located in the city centre. Nottingham Express Transit trams also service the area.

The Black Boy Hotel was a coaching inn on Long Row in the centre of Nottingham until its demolition in 1970.

Poultry is a row of buildings in Nottingham City Centre between Flying Horse Inn and Victoria Street. It is the name of the south side of the street, the north side being known as Cheapside.

The Flying Horse Walk is a shopping arcade located at the heart of Nottingham City Centre in Nottingham, England. The arcade houses a variety of fashion boutiques and other retailers. It is situated just off the city's Old Market Square on The Poultry. The arcade takes its name from a fifteenth-century public house, the Flying Horse Inn, that is located at the Market Square end of the walk. The facade of the public house has been retained and is Grade II listed building. It was extensively restored in 1935 and converted in 1989 as an entrance to the shopping centre.

St Peter's Church, formally The Church of St Peter with St James, is an Anglican parish church in the city centre of Nottingham, England. It is part of the parish of All Saints', St Mary's and St Peter's, Nottingham. The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.

Queen’s Chambers is a Grade II listed building on Long Row and King Street in Nottingham.

Nottingham Parksmart is a parking scheme which divides Nottingham city centre into five distinctive zones to aid parking in the city, and to help tourists find attractions.

Nottingham ( (listen) NOT-ing-əm, locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located 110 miles (180 km) north-west of London, 30 miles (48 km) south-east of Sheffield and 45 miles (72 km) north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle and tobacco industries. The city is also the county town of Nottinghamshire and the settlement was granted its city charter in 1897, as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Nottingham is a tourist destination; in 2018, the city received the second-highest number of overnight visitors in the Midlands and the highest number in the East Midlands.In 2020, Nottingham had an estimated population of 330,000. The wider conurbation, which includes many of the city's suburbs, has a population of 768,638. It is the largest urban area in the East Midlands and the second-largest in the Midlands. Its Functional Urban Area, the largest in the East Midlands, has a population of 919,484. The population of the Nottingham/Derby metropolitan area is estimated to be 1,610,000. The metropolitan economy of Nottingham is the seventh-largest in the United Kingdom with a GDP of $50.9 billion (2014). Aside from Birmingham, it is the only city in the Midlands to be ranked as a sufficiency-level world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.Nottingham is a major sporting centre and, in October 2015, was named 'Home of English Sport'. The National Ice Centre, Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre and Trent Bridge international cricket ground are all based in or around the city, which is also the home of two professional football teams: Notts County, formerly the world's oldest professional league club, and Nottingham Forest, famously two-time winners of the UEFA European Cup under Brian Clough and Peter Taylor in 1979 and 1980. The city has professional rugby, ice hockey and cricket teams; it also hosts the Aegon Nottingham Open, an international tennis tournament on the ATP and WTA tours. This accolade came just over a year after Nottingham was named as the UK's first City of Football.Nottingham's public transport system won awards prior to 2015, including the largest publicly owned bus network in England. The city is served by Nottingham railway station and the modern Nottingham Express Transit tram system. In December 2015, Nottingham was named a 'City of Literature' by UNESCO, joining Dublin, Edinburgh, Melbourne and Prague as one of only a handful in the world. The title reflects Nottingham's literary heritage, with Lord Byron, D. H. Lawrence and Alan Sillitoe having links to the city, as well as a contemporary literary community, a publishing industry and a poetry scene. The city is served by three universities: the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and the Nottingham campus of the University of Law; it hosts the highest concentration of higher education providers in the East Midlands.

Nottingham Exchange was built in the Market Place in Nottingham between 1724 and 1726 as the main offices of the Nottingham Corporation.

South Parade is a row of buildings in Nottingham City Centre forming the south side of Old Market Square, Nottingham which runs from Wheeler Gate to Exchange Walk.

Old Market Square is a tram stop of Nottingham Express Transit (NET) in the centre of the city of Nottingham. It is situated on the South Parade of Nottingham's Old Market Square, from which it derives its name, and is the most central of the system's stops. The location is a high-profile one, benefiting from the long views and high pedestrian footfall of the market square. It is also adjacent to the city's Council House, and is an important interchange point with the city's buses.South Parade is part of a pedestrian area, which is closed to all vehicles except for trams and buses, and for delivery to adjoining premises. The tram stop has twin side platforms flanking the twin tram tracks. To the west of the stop, the track executes a 90 degree curve to run along the west side of the square, before proceeding up Market Street towards the Royal Centre tram stop. To the east of the stop, the track runs alongside the Council House before climbing Victoria Street towards the Lace Market tram stop.The tram stop opened on 9 March 2004, along with the rest of NET's initial system.With the opening of NET's phase two, Old Market Square is now on the common section of the NET, where line 1, between Hucknall and Chilwell, and line 2, between Phoenix Park and Clifton, operate together. Trams on each line run at frequencies that vary between 4 and 8 trams per hour, depending on the day and time of day, combining to provide up to 16 trams per hour on the common section.