Allotments

The Council provides 3,300 allotment plots in the city, to encourage people to take up gardening and benefit from the satisfaction of growing fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers.

Contact: Woodthorpe Grange, Woodthorpe Drive, Nottingham NG5 4HA

Highfields Park

Highfields Park falls into two clear sections, lying either side of the dual carriageway of University Boulevard. The area to the south of the Boulevard consists of flat recreation fields, and includes a modern Tennis Centre and hockey centre. The area to the north of the Boulevard consists of an ornamental leisure park which also forms a setting for the University of Nottingham

The park was laid out in the 1920s and is owned by the Highfields Leisure Park Trust, Nottingham, a charitable Trust of which Nottingham City Council is sole Trustee. Please click here for more information about Highfields Park.

Lenton Abbey Park

Highly visible from surrounding roads, the eye-catching flowerbeds are one of Lenton Abbey Park's most recognisable features.

New features include newly refurbished shrub beds, bulb drifts and woodland meadow to new toilet facilities improving the parks infrastructure for all users.

Supported by an enthusiastic Friends Group, the park is again becoming the heart of the community, with its regeneration helping to revitalise the area.

Martin's Pond Local Nature Reserve

To walk into Martin’s Pond Local Nature Reserve is to step away from the pressures of the City. A haven for wildlife and people alike, just 3 Miles west of Nottingham City Centre, Martin’s Pond covers nearly 4 hectares of diverse, locally important wetland and woodland habitats. A simple site, Martin’s Pond offers a peaceful circular walk part of which takes you across a board walk into one of the largest stands of lesser reedmace in the City.

Martin’s Pond in Wollaton is rich in aquatic vegetation. The site provides an ideal habitat for breeding birds such as warblers, as well as for frogs, toads and smooth newts.

Wollaton Hall & Park

Set in over 500 acres of historic deer park, Wollaton Hall is a spectacular Tudor building, designed by Robert Smythson and completed in 1588, it is now the home to the city's Natural History Museum. Wollaton's Courtyard Stables are home to the city's Industrial Museum, Steam Engine House, Wollaton Visitor Centre and the Yard Gallery, a vibrant exhibition space with a changing programme of exhibitions exploring art and the environment. Please click here for further information about Wollaton Hall and Park.

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