A patch of concrete in Lady Bay is going up for auction as a parking space with a guide price of between £4,000 and £5,000. (Thursday, May 9)
You have to admire estate agents. They can make a bit of scrub land seem a bargain at several thousand pounds.
Tory Man
It's not even in the city centre.
smirc
This sounds like a good buy. With Nottingham's Workplace Parking Levy increasing at 16 per cent annually, you should have recovered the cost in seven years and have an appreciating asset ... unlike the WPL which will be an ever increasing cost forecast to be over £1,000 per annum in only nine years' time.
harrystotle1
Plans to develop Nottingham Castle into a world-class tourist attraction have hit a stumbling block after a bid for funding was turned down. (Thursday, May 9)
Applying to the Heritage Lottery Fund for a £15 million grant is tantamount to an admission that this attraction won't be quite so "world class" as the promoters would have us believe. If it is such a surefire proposition then the private sector would provide the – relatively – small amount of capital needed for this development to go ahead.
Nick2812
Why do we not make it look like a real castle? Surely this can be done surrounding the building with a facade to make it look ancient. Move all the contents into the council house so that becomes a museum and then do something inside the castle with a Robin Hood theme.
whyler
"World class tourist attraction" is a rather bold claim. As well as telling the story of the castle and its role in shaping Britain, the council also wants to showcase stories of key people who have lived and worked there. Thanks, but I think I'll stick to Disneyland.
Paul_Gamston2
Put up a statue of Alan Sillitoe. That's real Nottingham heritage!
david_nimrod
Thank god it failed. It's about time we started promoting things people might actually want to see and do – caves, caves, caves and caves. Maybe some industrial heritage stuff in the Lace Market and the canal.
SteveBasford