Medium Walks – Nottingham City Walk
We continued our custom of choosing a city walk for each February, and walking on firmer ground, while seeing locations which members of the group may not be familiar with.
We set off from the Nottingham station tram stop, after finding one of our members who went temporarily missing. We walked along the canal towpath towards Trent Bridge, then into the old Cattle Market site, after looking at the football heroes mural and sculpture near Notts County’s ground. An interesting feature at the Cattle Market entrances is the bulls’ heads on top of each gate post, which are listed structures.
Crossing Lady Bay Bridge, we paused to look at the new footbridge, built in Hucknall, and recently installed over the river. Once opened, this will link Colwick Park with Holme Pierrepont, for walkers and cyclists.
After a welcome coffee stop at the Trent Bridge Inn, we carried on along the Wilford side of the river, getting very wet in the process. After pausing at the War memorial on the Embankment, we returned via the Meadows area, noting the very different styles of housing, where 3-storey Victorian villas contrast with the 1970s redevelopment.
Finally, it was back to Hucknall on the tram, and in some cases via Wetherspoons. Our next walk will be on Monday 16th March, at Brinsley.
John Tedstone