This October, Nottingham will come alive with more major festivals and events than any other city in the UK.
More than 15 festivals and major events will take place across the city throughout October. It will be backed by a new promotional campaign designed to attract more visitors to Nottingham providing a boost to the local economy.Whether you love music, film, videogames, arts or football, you’ll find a festival to inspire, as the city comes alive with fantastic events.
The next generation of home-grown Olympic swimmers are training using state-of-the-art facilities at the new Harvey Hadden Sports Village, ahead of Beechdale Swimming Centre closing its doors to the public on Friday 28 August.
The £16m redevelopment which includes £1.94m from Sport England’s Iconic Facilities Fund is the largest investment and final stage of Nottingham City Council’s Leisure Centre Transformation Programme to create fewer, better quality leisure facilities across the city.
The famous Robin Hood statue near Nottingham Castle is to be re-cast into an identical statue and presented as a gift to Nottingham’s sister city in China Ningbo.
Flexural Composites Research Fellow at Nottingham Trent University Richard Arm will started work on Monday 3 August, taking a mould of the Robin Hood statue. This process is anticipated to take four to six days.