City of Caves is an award-winning [1] visitor attraction in Nottingham which is accessed from the upper mall of the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre. The area which now makes up Nottingham was once known as Tiggua Cobaucc which means ‘City of Caves’ which is from which the attraction takes its name.

It consists of a network of caves, carved out of sandstone that have been variously used over the years as a tannery, public house cellars, and as air raid shelters.

The attraction was previously named the Caves of Nottingham but this name was scrapped when the Galleries of Justice took over its running and the visitor offering was overhauled in 2004.

History
1189 Ye olde Trip to Jerusalem opened.
1250 Pillar Cave and Tannery built.
08-MAY-1941 caves used as air raid shelter.
AUG-1994 the Caves of Nottingham opened as a tourist attraction.
MAY-2003 reopening of The Caves of Nottingham after a renovation.
Summer 2004 The Caves of Nottingham will be closed while the overlying shopping centre is expanded.

Description
Beneath the city centre of Nottingham, the soft Sherwood Sandstone allowed the digging of cellars, even with medieval technology. So in the last 750 years more than 400 caves where cut out. They were used as storerooms, factories, pub cellars (Ye olde Trip to Jerusalem), dwelling houses or air raid shelter. The city of Nottingham has recently been renamed City of Caves.

Most of the caves are personal property. Some of them were destroyed during several centuries of city development. But some caves are protected and can be visited as a tourist attraction. Still, the so called Caves of Nottingham are not the only possibility to see the caves.

Opening Times
Monday to Saturday
10am till 5pm
Sunday   11am till 5pm

Ticket prices
Adult  £3.75
Child/Senior  £2.75
Family
(2 adults, 2 children)  £11.50