Nottinghamshire

The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Broughton Lodge, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds Exhibition, University of Nottingham Museum

Posted on March 10, 2026 by Louise Jayne

A few weeks ago I went along to the University of Nottingham Museum to visit an exhibition on the discoveries made in the 1960s at what turned out to be an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Broughton Lodge in Willoughby-on-the Wolds, a small village in Nottinghamshire. The site was excavated between 1948 and 1968 and contained about 120 graves, including evidence of horses being buried alongside people. The items from the dig were held jointly by Nottingham City Museums and the University of Nottingham Museum and had never been seen all together until this exhibition.

Gilded and silver decorated brooch.

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Li Qingyu Exhibition at Wallner Gallery, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham

Posted on February 19, 2026 by Louise Jayne

I recently made a return trip to the Lakeside Arts area on the University of Nottingham campus to visit a couple of exhibitions, one of which was in the Wallner Gallery inside the D.H. Lawrence Pavilion directly opposite from Djanogly Gallery. just to the left of the reception. The Gallery is quite a small room, with open archways from the reception and into the busy cafe but the space was well used here to display a selection of scroll paintings by Li Qingyu, who is a Chinese artist based in Ningbo (where the University of Nottingham has a campus) and is Director of the Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Association. I had no idea what to expect but the artwork was all beautiful and captivating. Nigh on impossible to pick a favourite, here’s a selection of the ones I most admired.

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Andy Warhol: Pop Icon Exhibition, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham

Posted on February 17, 2026 by Louise Jayne

Recently I headed to the Djanogly Gallery, part of the Lakeside Arts complex on the University of Nottingham campus for the Andy Warhol: Pop Icon Exhibition. It was made possible by ARTIST Rooms, a touring collection of artwork owned by Tate and National Galleries of Scotland to showcase artwork that, let’s face it, would never normally make its way to the East Midlands.

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Nottingham Light Night 2026

Posted on February 10, 2026 by Louise Jayne

Light Night returned this February for its usual two nights of free light sculptures, musical events and as last year, decorated ducks in shop windows. This is its 18th year and it’s always a great night out though I certainly never see everything on offer. This year was also the worst weather I think we’ve ever had during the event though it certainly didn’t seem to be putting anyone off, myself included. I first went to Sneinton Market Square which had this lovely sculpture called The Cat That Slept For A Thousand Years. Created by Air Giant its an inflatable cat that you can hear purring and whose tail gently moves as they sleep. Very cute and popular – took a while for the crowd to clear so I could get a picture.

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Oldmoor Wood, Nottingham

Posted on January 8, 2026 by Louise Jayne

For Boxing Day my dad and I did a walk around Oldmoor Wood in Strelley, about five miles from Nottingham City Centre. Looked after by the Woodland Trust it was planted in 1792 by a Thomas Webb Edge as part of Strelly Park though it was redeveloped from ancient woodland that already existed there. It is however not officially considered an ancient wood.

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Christmas Post: Christmas Tree Festival at St. Mary’s Church in the Lace Market, Nottingham

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Louise Jayne

I stumbled across an advert for this Christmas Tree Festival the other week and decided to pay it a visit. I’ve been to St Mary’s a number of times and its a lovely church and always very welcoming. This festival event was in aid of Emmanuel House a local homeless support charity. I’m not sure the event is all that well known – I was the only non staff member there during my visit. There are donation card readers at the entrance so you can donate however much you like via contactless.

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Christmas Post: Winter Craft Fair at Southwell Minster

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Louise Jayne

As you know from previous posts I really like the Christmas season and have decided this year to visit a few new places particularly Christmas markets/fairs as well as my usual Christmas trip with a friend. The first one was the Winter Craft Fair at Southwell Minster which I visited last Saturday. Incredibly the last time I visited the Minster (and wrote about it here) was in 2013! This is in part because it’s about a 40-45 minute bus journey from where I live but a pleasant route through some picturesque villages.

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Burton Joyce Open Gardens, June

Posted on September 9, 2025 by Louise Jayne

Back in the beginning of June I went along to the Open Gardens event in Burton Joyce, a village just outside Nottingham. I’m fairly familiar with the village as a friend grew up there but I’d never been to the Open Gardens event before. 11 gardens were open to the public with the ticket price (£6 if booked in advance) going towards Maggie’s, a cancer charity based at Nottingham City Hospital.

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Holme Pierrepont Country Park, Nottingham

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Louise Jayne

Taking advantage of the beautiful sunshine I ventured out to Holme Pierrepont Country Park recently to explore an area I hadn’t been to since I was a child. The park is home to the National Watersports Centre and British Canoeing and where many years ago I went on a school trip to try out kayaking. There are several walks around the site and I started by doing one that went through the woods but even though we haven’t had rain for a while it was surprisingly boggy so I recalibrated and went for a less muddy walk around the regatta lake instead.

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Nottingham Light Night 2025

Posted on March 1, 2025 by Louise Jayne

This Friday and Saturday saw the return of Nottingham Light Night for its 17th year. Usually it’s at the beginning of February and I’m not quite sure why the dates moved so much, but of course this did mean that it was still quite light when I visited some of these places. I never do everything on offer as there is simply too many places to visit so this is just a highlight – Light Night is a two day event and finishes tonight (1 March).

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