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Lace Market, Nottingham — Area Guide & Where to Stay
The Lace Market is a quarter-mile square in the centre of Nottingham, once the trading floor of the world's lace industry.
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Where to stay in Lace Market
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Beds here sit inside the warehouses themselves, with conversions on the streets around St Mary's Church putting guests a few doors from the National Justice Museum and Nottingham Contemporary. Nights are loud. The bars and restaurants that took over the old salesrooms run late, so light sleepers do better towards Newdigate House and the Castle Gate Congregational Centre at the quieter rim.
Central Nottingham begins at the doorstep.
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Around St Mary's Church
The oldest corner of the Lace Market, where the churchyard of St Mary's Church interrupts the run of warehouse frontages.Find hotels in Around St Mary's Churchgallery mornings at Nottingham ContemporaryNottingham Contemporary edge
The lower rim of the quarter beside Nottingham Contemporary, minutes from the National Justice Museum and the shops of central Nottingham.Find hotels in Nottingham Contemporary edgequieter frontages by Newdigate HouseCastle Gate
Older houses around Newdigate House and the Castle Gate Congregational Centre, set back from the late-night stretch of the Lace Market. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in Castle GateHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Nottingham
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Museums & Galleries
2- National Justice Museum
- Nottingham Contemporary
Churches & Religious Sites
6- St Mary's Church, Nottingham Heritage
- St Peter's Church, Nottingham Heritage
- St Nicholas' Church, Nottingham Heritage
- Castle Gate Congregational Centre Heritage
- St John the Evangelist's Catholic Church, Nottingham Heritage
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- St Mary's School Heritage
Landmarks & Notable Places
8- Newdigate House Heritage
- County House Heritage
- Willoughby House Heritage
- Milbie House Heritage
- Alexandra House Heritage
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- Exchange House Heritage
- Teespoint House Heritage
- Urquhart House Heritage
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About Lace Market
What are the main landmarks in Lace Market?
St Mary's Church anchors the square. The National Justice Museum and Nottingham Contemporary sit within a few streets of it, and the Lace Market Theatre keeps a stage inside the same conservation area. Willoughby House, Newdigate House and County House are among the named warehouse blocks that give these streets their frontages.
Exchange House and Alexandra House repeat the pattern. St Peter's Church and St Nicholas' Church stand a short walk off, with the Castle Gate Congregational Centre closer still.
What is the history of Lace Market?
Lace built it. The quarter was once the centre of the world's lace industry, its warehouses given over to storing, displaying and selling the cloth rather than to making it. Salesrooms filled the upper floors.
That trade left, and the quarter-mile square holds a conservation designation instead, its warehouse blocks in central Nottingham, England given over to bars, restaurants and shops.
Where is Lace Market?
The Lace Market covers a quarter-mile square in the centre of Nottingham, a compact grid of former lace warehouses stepping down around St Mary's Church.
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What is the best area to stay in Lace Market?
Around St Mary's Church: warehouse conversions beside St Mary's Church. Nottingham Contemporary edge: gallery mornings at Nottingham Contemporary. Castle Gate: quieter frontages by Newdigate House.
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Updated October 2026