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City of Caves (Tigguo Cobauc)

Drury Walk, Upper Level | Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, Nottingham NG1 7LS, England
0115 9520555
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Ranked #17 of 46 attractions in Nottingham
Type: Caverns/ Caves, Historic Sites
Description: A set of man-made caves dating from 1250 AD that were discovered under the local shopping center.
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Nottingham
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35 reviews 35 reviews
13 attraction reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed June 11, 2013

What an eye opener. This attraction is well worth a visit. I've lived in Nottingham over 20 years and only visited attraction on my doorstep recently (isn't that always the case). Well worth the admittance fee for an insight into local life as it was (relatively recently). Great for anyone interested in Troglodytes.

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Norwich, United Kingdom
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed June 3, 2013 via mobile

Because Nottingham is known as the City of Caves, you must visit one of the caves which are open to public. The guide was enthusiastic, lovely and tried making it an interesting tour. In general it is nice to see why and how these caves were used, and stories behind them. I dont know what more was I expecting, but... More

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Nottingham, United Kingdom
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 31, 2013 via mobile

The caves have massive potential, but it's all a bit of a let down. We went in the school holidays so had a guide and whilst she was pleasant enough and enthusiastic, she was clearly just reciting from a script. It was also pitched at a really basic level: "this is from around 1200 which makes it really ancient"....! With... More

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London, United Kingdom
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 28, 2013

Now, don't get me wrong I absolutely loved the caves and it was amazing to see the underground life, but, for the price it completely let me down. I did expect a little more than maybe just scraping a 30 min visit. The sound effects in the air raid shelter were not working, and the children seem to be getting... More

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See 3 more reviews by Megz_Bilz for Nottingham
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 28, 2013

Family of 8 people had a choice to see the castle or City of Caves, turnout that we made the right choice .... Didnt have an expection and wasnt aware that Nottingham had this amazing caves around the city. 45 mins tour and was pleasent to visit with the children and not to mention the guide tour which we had... More

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Terni, Umbria, Italy
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 29, 2013

Definitely worth a visit. It is something unusual, we had this visit in 2004 and we had a guide, so we had more information. This time we decided to visit the caves with our kids, they liked it, but we could not have any explanation from a guide, unfortunately.

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 17, 2013

This is an amazing attraction, the character tour was delight. It gave a real insight in to the life of the caves. The tour is a little short for the price, but buying the joint ticket with the Galleries of Justice made the trip reasonable value.

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leicestershire
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 17, 2013

During the easter holidays my daughter, son in law granddaughter husband and I visited Nottingham City Caves. The booking in was simple and only involved a visit to the entrance at Broadmarsh Shopping Centre. There were safety helmets and for the children a children's apron containing fun equipment and a clipboard and pen with an easter egg trail for them... More

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed April 11, 2013 via mobile

We visited this with two kids aged 7 and 10. We did a joint deal with the justice courts. This was by far the lesser of the two. The two actors were ok but didn't make enough of the attraction. We would have liked to have heard more about the life and illegal under world that took place at the... More

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Kidderminster, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 11, 2013

After popping into the shopping centre to get a drink we stumbled across the City of Caves and managed to get a place on the last tour of the day. We donned our hard hats (not necessary but added to the excitement) and headed down where we were excellently guided through a history of the cave system. We learned about... More

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