not in nottingham

[communi_kate]

When we were kids in Nottingham, we used to visit the local urban park/museum/stately home, Wollaton Hall. It's a beautiful sandstone Elizabethan mansion with an impressive collection of stuffed animals and a large herd of rather homicidal red deer.

I was pleased when it got a major facelift a few years ago, and I was even happier to see the place doubling as Wayne Manor in The Dark Knight Rises. This isn't the first time Wollaton Hall's been used as a location; it's also the model for Lawrence's family home in Naomi Novik's Temeraire novels.

So if you're ever in Nottingham, Wollaton's worth a look. It's certainly more impressive than Nottingham Castle, although it would look far better if it hadn't been built on the backs of thousands of Nottinghamshire miners.

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[everbright]

I will definitely visit if I'm ever in Nottingham. Probably a better thing to do with my afternoon than fall into a robin hood tourist trap!