Thanks to everyone for the positive response to my Art Deco Architecture tour…I've discovered that Nottingham has enough buildings from the 1920s and 1930s to make two new walks (or a tour in two parts) - so I need to road-test the second part. There are a VERY LIMITED number of discounted tickets for a… Continue reading Nottingham: Deco in the Details Part 2 Work-in-Progress
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Autumn walks…including new Art Deco tours
Summer: Blink and you’ve missed it! Thanks to everyone who has joined me for a walk and hello to new visitors. I’ve got one more scheduled Watson Fothergill Walk to come in October and my new Deco in the Details walks are also coming up...read on! August & September’s Watson Fothergill Walks are almost full - but there are… Continue reading Autumn walks…including new Art Deco tours
New Walk! Deco in the Details
My newest walk, Nottingham: Deco in the Details will be running for The Art Deco Society UK on Saturday 14 September, start 10 am. This new walk looks at Nottingham's architecture of the 1920s and 1930s and will explore the influence of Art Deco on the buildings in the city. Tickets are available via The… Continue reading New Walk! Deco in the Details
August & September 2024 now booking
Thanks to everyone who joined me for a walk in the last few weeks. Here are a few more chances to enjoy Watson Fothergill Walk and The Carrington Crawl, plus a new walk for Art Deco Society UK. There are tickets available for the following dates for the original city centre walk: Watson Fothergill Walk,… Continue reading August & September 2024 now booking
July dates and a new work-in-progress
A couple of Watson Fothergill Walks in July, a work-in-progress Art Deco walk and my diary is open for private bookings. There is ticket availability for guided tours of Nottingham’s architecture coming up on the following dates: Hine Hike: The buildings of Thomas Chambers Hine Sunday 30 June 2 pm Watson Fothergill Walk, Architecture of… Continue reading July dates and a new work-in-progress
Researching buildings PLUS Summer dates for tours
I'm busy researching buildings for what I hope will be at least one new tour in Nottingham and maybe something else for extra-keen Fothergill-spotters (all very exciting and I will share this properly with you when things are closer to being ready!) Research! Meanwhile, there are some of my walks coming up, including Watson Fothergill… Continue reading Researching buildings PLUS Summer dates for tours
Lighter nights? Try an evening walk in June
Thank you if you’ve already joined a tour this year - and thanks if you’ve told your friends or written a lovely 5-star TripAdvisor review - it’s great to get the word out! Tickets for walks in June 2024 are now live on Eventbrite. All tickets linked here. Join tour guide Lucy Brouwer to explore… Continue reading Lighter nights? Try an evening walk in June
More walks for April 2024 – Watson Fothergill, TC Hine, Carrington Crawl
Thanks to everyone who has joined me so far for The Watson Fothergill Walk. The first Hine Hike of the year is sold out so I’ve added another date in April, and that month also sees the return of The Carrington Crawl. Tickets are moving fast for the city centre walk in March - there… Continue reading More walks for April 2024 – Watson Fothergill, TC Hine, Carrington Crawl
A tour of the Council House with the former Lord Mayor
Earlier this year, the former Lord Mayor of Nottingham Wendy Smith accompanied me on the Watson Fothergill Walk… this week she invited me to take a tour of the interior of the Council House with her. As a former mayor, she knows more than most about this historic building. Completed in 1929, it was designed… Continue reading A tour of the Council House with the former Lord Mayor
Inside Elm Bank… a house through time
Over on Instagram you might have seen an account called Inside Elm Bank, here the new owners of a Victorian villa in Mapperley Park are documenting their efforts to restore it to something of its original character. The house has some distinctive features that might be familiar to Fothergill-spotters. However, in this case, the alterations to… Continue reading Inside Elm Bank… a house through time