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Explore Nottingham with a 5-star guided tour!

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Discover Nottingham from a new angle!

Many people who join me (Lucy – your tour guide!) for the Watson Fothergill Walk tell me that now they know what to look for, they’re going to spend more time looking up!

Nottingham has lots of beautiful and unusual architecture – some of the most decorative and interesting buildings were designed by Victorian architect Watson Fothergill – you can learn more about the man and his work on my guided walking tour of the city centre.

The only date for the Watson Fothergill Walk in September 2022 will be on Sunday 18 starting at 10 am. Tickets are £15 each (earlybird tickets with no Eventbrite fees available until 1 September).

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Blue Stockings Society Lace Market Networking Event

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I’m a member of Nottingham’s Women in Business networking group, Blue Stockings Society. Together we have put together a new event on Thursday 28 July starting at 7 pm. It will comprise a short guided walk that takes an entertaining and informative look at the architecture and history of The Lace Market – with buildings by architects Watson Fothergill and Thomas Chambers Hine, as well as the modern urban landscaping that makes the area unique.

Detail of TC Hine’s Adam’s Building. Pic: Stephen Richards Geograph.

After the walk, there will be a networking session at The Angel Microbrewery, inside the historically interesting Old Angel Pub on Stoney Street in the heart of the quarter. Tickets are available here and open to both members of Blue Stockings and non-members who are interested in meeting other local women in business. The event is for women only. Tickets are available from both Watson Fothergill Walk and Blue Stockings Society, but numbers for the walk are limited so please book in advance.

Tickets for all forthcoming guided walks – The Watson Fothergill Walk and The Hine Hike – are available here on Eventbrite. If you’re interested in a guided architecture walk for your group, then send Lucy a message here.

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Dates for July 2022 Walks

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I have now added some new dates for July:

Watson Fothergill Walk, Sunday 3 July, 10 am
The original Nottingham city centre walk exploring the life and work of Victorian architect Watson Fothergill, also known as Fothergill Watson.

Hine Hike, Thursday 7 July, 6 pm
Discover the Nottingham work of architect Thomas Chambers Hine. More info here.

Watson Fothergill Walk – with Cream Tea at Debbie Bryan optional, Sunday 24 July, 10am
A city centre walk, plus the option to pre-order a delicious Cream Tea at Debbie Bryan’s Lace Market tea room and shop.

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10 April 2022 Watson Fothergill Walk & Afternoon Tea

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Watson Fothergill Walk, the Nottingham walking tour looking at the buildings of architect Watson Fothergill is back!

Explore the architecture of Nottingham’s most flamboyant Victorian architect on an entertaining and informative walk with tour guide Lucy Brouwer.

The first public walk of the year will be a collaboration with Debbie Bryan’s Lace Market Tea Room. Tickets include afternoon tea, with many dietary options available including Traditional, Vegan, Vegetarian and gluten-free.

The walk starts at 10 am on 10 April 2022, arriving at Debbie Bryan on St Mary’s Gate at 12 noon.

Tickets are £38 each – includes a two-hour walk followed by a full afternoon tea.

Tickets are now available for a Cream Tea option priced £22 each with the same array of dietary options.

“Lucy is a super guide and we had a great time, also learned a lot! Not least to keep looking up!”
Lynn B, February 2022

More walks coming soon – make sure you’re signed up to the mailing list for news of forthcoming events.

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September Walks

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Thanks to everyone who has joined a Watson Fothergill Walk so far this summer, it’s been great to get back out there and explore Nottingham’s Victorian Architecture with you all.

It’s always pleasing when people say things like “I’ve walked past this a thousand times but never noticed it before!” or tell their own stories about the buildings.

Here are dates for walks in September 2021, click through for details and tickets:

Watson Fothergill Walk, 19 September 2pm. Tickets £15 each

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/watson-fothergill-walk-architecture-of-victorian-nottingham-tickets-168409614691?aff=WFWebsite

The Carrington Crawl, 26 September 1pm. Tickets £15 each (Tea and coffee will be available at The Ukrainian Centre at the end of the walk for a small charge).

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/watson-fothergill-walk-the-carrington-crawl-tickets-168410278677?aff=WFWebsite

I’m also doing a short taster walk for Heritage Open Days in partnership with Debbie Bryan’s shop in the Lace Market. tickets for this introduction to the architecture of the Lace Market are free but must be booked via Debbie Bryan’s website.

Lace Market Guided Tour 11 September, 2pm This is a shorter walk looking at the architecture around St Mary’s Gate including Thomas Chambers Hine’s Adams and Birkin Warehouses.

https://debbiebryan.co.uk/product/september-11th-2021-heritage-open-days-lace-market-guided-tour/

You can also book a private tour or an illustrated talk with Lucy for your group. Send an email from here.

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The Carrington Crawl: August Dates!

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At the moment I am only able to take groups of up to 6 (including me!) so there are just 5 tickets for The Carrington Crawl on 15 August 2020.

NEWS FLASH! The first walk is already full! But I have added more dates (Aug 20, 11am & Aug 22, 2pm): Tickets for all forthcoming walks are available on Eventbrite.

If you have a group of 5 people or less and would like to arrange a time to do the walk then please get in touch. (I can also do walks on weekdays.)

We successfully tried out the walk with social distancing in place and so I’d like to try more dates.

Thanks to the Promenaders for trying out The Carrington Crawl!

Here are tickets for August, priced £12 each.

The Carrington Crawl looks at the domestic architecture of Watson Fothergill and his assistant LG Summers at Mapperley Road, Sherwood Rise and Carrington.

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Photos from February walk and forthcoming dates.

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Some great photos of Lucy in action during a wet but enjoyable Watson Fothergill Walk on 16 February. It was great to see people so keen to join in the first public tour of the year! Photos by theparkestate on Instagram (follow them for some great photos of houses by Fothergill, Hine and other Nottingham architectes in Nottingham’s Park Estate).

16 February 2020 Watson Fothergill Walk. Lucy guiding in the rain! Thanks to theparkestate for the photos.

I’ve got more walks coming up in March and April. So far the dates are 29 March 10am and 29 March 1pm and I’ve now added 26 April 10am and 26 April 1pm.

and afternoon tickets for 26 April here.

If you wish you can also buy tickets with cash or card at Debbie Bryan on St Mary’s Gate, Nottingham.

Sign up for the mailing list to get news of all future walks and events by clicking HERE and adding your name and email address.

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New TripAdvisor Page

January 16, 2020 watson

I have set up a TripAdvisor page for the Watson Fothergill Walk. It would be great to reach a wider audience and introduce them to this most interesting of Nottingham architects! If you’ve enjoyed the walk, please leave a review – it would be a great help. You can also post photos if you have some.

I look forward to seeing some of you again on future walks… I have plans for more Hine Hikes and a Carrington Crawl to look at some of Fothergill’s domestic architecture… coming soon!

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New dates for 2020!

January 13, 2020January 16, 2020 watson

I’ve been busy reading, researching and thinking about new walks and talks for the new year. But I’m ready to get out walking again, so I’ve set up some dates for The Watson Fothergill Walk in February and March 2020.

The first walk, which will start at 10am outside Nottingham Tourism Centre and finish at Debbie Bryan on St Mary’s Gate, will take place on 16 February. Tickets are £12 each and include coffee or tea and cake at the end of the walk.

UPDATE: I have also organised a walk on 22 29 March, this is also a morning walk starting at 10am. Tickets are available here.

March walk is now on 29th at 10am – tickets here.

It is once again likely that I will be adding afternoon walks to these dates if there is sufficient demand, so if you prefer to start at 1pm, please get in touch to express an interest…

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Lightest Night Heritage Tour

June 9, 2019 watson

On June 21 Nottingham’s Creative Quarter are celebrating the longest day of the year with their Lightest Night summer party. There will be some later than usual opening for businesses around the Lace Market area, as part of these events I will be running my Beauty in the Details Lace Market Heritage tour, a short walk around the history of St Mary’s Gate in conjunction with Debbie Bryan’s shop .

Beauty in the Details is a shorter walk, on even terrain that is suitable for those who don’t want to walk too far or for too long. This tour will be about 45 minutes in total with time for refreshments at Debbie Bryan before and after and then chance to attend the Lightest Night event at St Mary’s Church afterwards. Starts at 5pm, Friday 21 June, 2019 at Debbie Bryan Shop.

I will also be running the same tour for Father’s Day on Sunday 16 June, 2019 (with added afternoon tea).

Explore the Adams Building on the Beauty in the Details tour.

The next dates for the Watson Fothergill Walk are 21 July 2019. Tickets are available here E ventbrite (2pm) and here (6pm).