Visitor Information
This historic site in the heart of the City's Lace Market was in use as courts and prisons from the 1780s to the 1980s - although there has been a court on the site since at least 1375 and a prison since 1449.
Let us welcome you to Nottingham's Notorious County Gaol and once behind bars, our resident ghosts won't want you to leave! Learn about heinous crimes, rioting and reform and what would happen if you got caught.
The award winning Galleries of Justice offers the visitor a unique actor led experience of what it is like to pass through a Victorian court and Georgian prison.