#THE LOST CAVES NOTTINGHAM FULL#

Along with detailing the history Broadmarsh and Lace Market area, you can hear aboutВ the many purposes of the caves, including their industrial, domestic, and more illicit uses, have a proper explore and discover how the system was first built and evolved throughout the centuries. NottinghamвЂ™s prime destination to learn about the cave system is of course at City of CavesВ in the Broadmarsh Centre, which is a great experience for families or those new to the city. Today over 850В caves have been mapped out under the streets of our city, some accessible and others lost to the cityвЂ™s development. Ripe for the making of tunnels, the soft rock was carved away to create countless man-made caves and passages which through the centuries have been used as homes, storerooms, dungeons, tanneries, hideouts, and dozens of other uses. Owing to the sandstone foundations under our feet, from its emergence as a settlement in the 7th century, Nottingham earned the name Tigguo Cobauc, meaning Place of CavesВ in Old Brythonic.

#THE LOST CAVES NOTTINGHAM FULL#

Under our city streets lies a subterranean world full of stories, history and intrigue - but it is only in the past few decades that they have been given the spotlight for exploration.

Of anyВ city in Britain, this is perhaps most true ofВ Nottingham and its vast underground network of caves.

Sometimes the most captivating features of a place are not those which stand out immediately, and you have to delve a little deeper to discover the best secrets.

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