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The Park, Nottingham — Area Guide & Where to Stay
The Park is a private residential estate west of Nottingham city centre, in England, known for Victorian houses and gas street lighting.
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Where to stay in The Park
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
This estate is private. The Park is residential rather than commercial, so most people book in Nottingham itself and walk in past Nottingham Castle to see the Victorian streets and the gas lamps that light them. The Castle Museum and Art Gallery is the obvious first stop.
If you want to be near the estate without being inside it, the Castle Boulevard side puts Brewhouse Yard Museum and the rock cut houses within a few minutes' walk.
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The Nottingham Castle gate
The castle end of The Park, where the Nottingham Castle Ducal Mansion and Peveril Tower And Attached Gateway mark the way in.Find hotels in The Nottingham Castle gaterooms outside the private streets, near Brewhouse Yard MuseumThe Castle Boulevard edge
Below the estate proper, where the rock cut houses run down toward Castle Boulevard.Find hotels in The Castle Boulevard edgeVictorian houses under the estate's own gas lampsThe gas-lit streets
The private residential core around Park House and Regency House, where visitors walk through but almost nobody lets rooms. Lodging is scarce in this area; reserve in advance.Find hotels in The gas-lit streetsHotel 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
3- Brewhouse Yard Museum
- Museum of Curiosities
- Museum of the Mercian Regiment
Churches & Religious Sites
5- Greek Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary Eleousa Heritage
- Holy Trinity Church Heritage
- Priory Church of St. Anthony, Lenton Heritage
- St. Andrew with Castlegate United Reformed Church Heritage
- Convent Of Our Lady Of Mercy Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
3- Nottingham Castle Heritage
- Rock cut houses N of Castle Boulevard Heritage
- Rock cut houses S of Nottingham Castle Heritage
Landmarks & Notable Places
7- Sheriff House Heritage
- Regency House Heritage
- Colston House Heritage
- Tower House Heritage
- Park House Heritage
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- Peveril Tower And Attached Gateway Heritage
- School House Heritage
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About The Park
What are the main landmarks in The Park?
The castle dominates everything. Nottingham Castle and the Nottingham Castle Ducal Mansion sit above the Castle Museum and Art Gallery, and Peveril Tower And Attached Gateway stands on the same ground. Museums cluster with them: the Sherwood Foresters Regimental Museum, the Museum of the Mercian Regiment, Brewhouse Yard Museum, and the Museum of Curiosities.
Holy Trinity Church and the Greek Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary Eleousa hold the religious side, with the Convent Of Our Lady Of Mercy beside them. Regency House and Tower House follow.
What is the history of The Park?
Victorian building set the estate's shape. Many of the houses have since been altered, extended, or converted into flats, but the ground stays private residential land, and its gas street lighting is said to form one of the largest networks of its kind in Europe. Nottingham Castle overlooks the same slope.
The Nottingham Castle Ducal Mansion, Park House, and Colston House are named among its buildings, along with the Memorial Nurses' Home and School House.
Where is The Park?
Nottingham Castle rises at the estate's edge, with rock cut houses below it and Castle Boulevard beyond them, west of Nottingham city centre.
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What is the best area to stay in The Park?
The Nottingham Castle gate: walking into the estate past the Castle Museum and Art Gallery. The Castle Boulevard edge: rooms outside the private streets, near Brewhouse Yard Museum. The gas-lit streets: Victorian houses under the estate's own gas lamps.
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Updated October 2026