Manchester Airport 1 hr 48
Newstead Abbey (37 min)
Water-features fill the 300-acre grounds of this dissolved monastery and home of Byron's ancestors. Holme Pierrepont Country Park, home of The National Water Sports Centre (15 min)
Sprawling, 270-acre resort with rooms & a cottage, plus a cafe, a bar & water sports. National Justice Museum (6 min)
Penal system history tracing local legal institutions back to the 1780s, with interactive tours. National Ice Centre (10 min)
Home of Nottingham Lions ice hockey team, with family skating, toddler sessions and private parties. Nottingham Contemporary (4 min)
Elegant building sunk into a sandstone cliff with modern art galleries, a learning area and a cafe. City of Caves (5 min)
Cave network attraction under the city that has been adapted by man since Anglo-Saxon times. Attenborough Nature Reserve (22 min)
226-hectare reserve with a visitor centre, ponds & bird hides, along with trails & picnic tables. Robin Hood Statue (6 min)
This striking monument in a quaint village square honors the local legend, Robin Hood. Trent Bridge Cricket Ground (9 min)
Large sporting ground seating 15,000, featuring a state-of-the-art roof, squash courts and library. Old Market Square (Slab Square) (2 min)
Expansive, open city square featuring iconic stone lions, fountains & historic pubs. Nottingham Castle, Museum & Art Gallery (8 min)
Mansion with displays on local history, decorative items and work by renowned international artists. Wollaton Hall, Gardens and Deer Park (17 min)
16th-century, English Renaissance style mansion housing natural history museum, set in parkland. Nottingham Natural History Museum (17 min) Arboretum (12 min)
Victorian park with collection of more than 800 trees, some of which planted when it opened in 1852. Wollaton Park (16 min)
500 acres of grassland, wetlands & woodlands surrounding Wollaston Hall, known for deer sightings. | 
