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Watson Fothergill Walk: Architecture of Victorian Nottingham Guided Tour

By Lucy Brouwer: Watson Fothergill Walk
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Free cancellation available
Price is $26 per adult
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Overview

Why did the Victorians think a mortgage was like a monkey?
How can one architect have two names on one building?
What links one of Nottingham's foremost Victorian architects with Mick Jagger and Thomas Hardy?
All these and more questions will be answered on an entertaining and informative guided walk around the buildings of architect Watson Fothergill in Nottingham City Centre. Learn about the buildings of one of Nottingham's most prominent Victorian architects, his signature style and the influence of the Gothic on the city's buildings. A walk of approximately 3km (1.86 miles). There will be an opportunity for refreshments at the end of the walk.

Participants are asked to come prepared for appropriate weather eventualities and to wear footwear suitable for city walking.
Meet outside Nottingham Tourism Centre on Smithy Row (next to Council House).

Activity location

  • Watson Fothergill Head Office
    • George Street
    • NG1 3BH, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Nottingham Tourism Centre
    • 1 - 4 Smithy Row
    • NG1 2BY, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

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Tour of Victorian Architecture
  • Earn $0.79
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English

Duration: 2 hours: Just over 2 hours with opportunity to see inside Fothergill's pub at the end of the route.
Watson Fothergill Walk: Explore the buildings of architect Watson Fothergill in Nottingham.

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00AM
Price details
$26.47 x 1 Adult$26.47
Total
Price is $26.47
Until Sat, Apr 11

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Walking tour of Nottingham looking at the architecture of Watson Fothergill

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Wheelchair and scooter users are welcome but please check with organiser as some steps involved at end of walk. Otherwise is on pavements and pedestrian streets.
  • Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome.
  • Please contact organiser if you wish to bring children under 16

Activity itinerary

Watson Fothergill Head Office

  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
View the exterior of one of Nottingham's most unusual buildings and learn about its architecture and history.

Nottingham

  • 5m
The walking tour covers Nottingham's historic city centre including the Market Square, Lace Market and Castle Quarter.

BOX Nottingham

  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
The exterior of this building is well worth a look (you can come back later and look inside as it's now a Sports Bar)

Fothergills

  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
Another building by the architect Watson Fothergill, there is the option to go inside the pub and restaurant at the end of the walk.

Location

Activity location

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    Watson Fothergill Head Office
    • George Street
    • NG1 3BH, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Nottingham Tourism Centre
    • 1 - 4 Smithy Row
    • NG1 2BY, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

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