Nottingham Castle
A ducal mansion museum standing on castle rock, with a Robin Hood interactive gallery, a city art museum, and guided tours into the cave system carved into the rock.
Nottingham Castle was first built in 1068. The medieval castle was dismantled after the English Civil War, and the surviving buildings are a 17th-century ducal mansion, which from the 19th century became one of England's earliest municipal art galleries. The museum has an interactive Robin Hood gallery and a Nottingham history and sculpture gallery. Guided tours take visitors into medieval passages beneath the castle rock, including Mortimer's Hole. The bronze statue of Robin Hood at the entrance is the city's landmark. The castle closed at the end of 2022 when its operating trust went bankrupt, and it reopened in June 2023 after the city council took it over. Tickets are required.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–16:00 (may close Mondays and Tuesdays in winter)
Nearby sights
- Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem
- Old Market Square & Council House
- City of Caves
- Nottingham Contemporary
- National Justice Museum
- Lace Market & Hockley
- St Mary's Church
- Green's Windmill