Nottingham is situated in the county of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. The city is one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group with the wider Nottingham Urban Area being the UK’s 7th largest area. Nottingham is famous for the legend of Robin Hood and was recognised for its lace-making and bicycle industries during the Industrial Revolution.
Old Market Square, the principal point of Nottingham, is the largest square in the UK and is dominated by the Council House. Nottingham has two main shopping centres: Victoria Centre and Broadmarsh Shopping Centre. Broadmarsh Shopping Centre has numerous bars and restaurants which are redeveloped 19th century industrial buildings. There are also many specialist shops, designer shops, as well as interesting independent shops. Nottingham as a city was in fifth position within the retail shopping league of England back in 2007; only behind London, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham.
The City of Nottingham has a rich and varied number of buildings displaying different architectural styles; namely, Albert Hall, St Barnabas' Cathedral, St. Mary's Church as well as the Lace Market area. It also has many amenities for a wide range of cultual activities including the Nottingham Playhouse, the Theatre Royal, the Nottingham Castle Museum, the University of Nottingham's Djanogly Gallery, Wollaton Park's Yard Gallery and The Galleries of Justice to name just a few of Nottingham’s landmarks.
Nottingham is accessible by air via East Midlands Airport, situated at Castle Donington which is within 20 miles of Nottingham, and is the UK’s 10th busiest airport. It has the Skylink bus service providing links to the city. Nottingham also is connected by the M1 motorway and is easily accessible by rail services providing links to major UK cities. Mansfield is accessible via the Robin Hood Line which links to other towns as well in the north of Nottinghamshire. The city centre of Nottingham is linked to Hucknall as well as the Phoenix Park and Ride close to J26 of the M1. New lines will extend the route to the southern suburbs of Wilford and Clifton and the western suburbs of Beeston and Chilwell. There is a comprehensive network of local bus sevices to the area of Southwell, Loughborough, and East Midlands Airport. Nottingham’s waterways which have previously been used for transport are now used for leisure.
The City of Nottingham have several areas around the city including: Arnold, Carlton, West Bridgford, Beeston and Stapleford. Nottingham is centrally placed in the Midlands offering easy access to many other UK destinations in all directions east, west, north and south of the city’s centre.
The BBC’s East Midland base is situated in Nottingham and broadcasts take place every weeknight from the city. Radio along with other forms of media; namely, newspapers are magazines are prominent staples within the city. Several films have also used Nottingham as a location in which to film.
From a business and commercial perspective, Nottingham offers traditional commercial offices to let as well as serviced office space for rent in Nottingham on highly flexible terms. The different types of offices for rent are can be secured so companies can have their own physical presence within offices in Nottingham. Alternatively, the serviced office space sector and business centre community with Nottingham can provide companies with access to meeting rooms on an ad hoc basis or simply a virtual office in Nottingham. For help in securing the most competitively priced deal on offices to let in Nottingham or commercial offices in this prime East Midlands location, contact Nottingham's flexible office space broker via http://www.freeofficesearch.co.uk or call us on 0115 851 0335.