The Caves Beneath Our Feet with Dr Charlotte May
Monday 23 October 2023
1:30-2:30 pm – booking required
This walk starts at the Brew House Yard off Castle Road, in front of the sandstone cliff and ends at Market Square by the Lions.
Did you know that there are over 800 caves in Nottingham? As one of the city’s unique heritage assets, they have been used as everything from pub cellars and ale storage to medieval tanning and malting. This walk will incorporate Broad Marsh and some of the oldest streets in Nottingham. We will be talking about where caves are and how the change of land use has impacted the creation of, and access to, various cave sites.
Please note that this walk will not include going into caves themselves, but rather provide an understanding as to how what we see on the surface impacts the underground, and vice versa. For those wishing to experience the caves of Nottingham, the City of Caves tourist attraction is open for visitors and can be booked online.
Please bring comfortable footwear, but we will be staying on-street level and not descending into any caves on this particular walk.
Charlotte May is a Knowledge Exchange Fellow working on the City of Caves project.
This event is part of the public programme of Nottingham History Festival 2023.
(History Festival 2023 has been supported by the Institute of Policy and Engagement, the Department of History and the School of Humanities)