City of Caves is an award-winning [1] visitor attraction in Nottingham which is accessed from the upper mall of the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre. The area which now makes up Nottingham was once known as Tiggua Cobaucc which means ‘City of Caves’ which is from which the attraction takes its name. A Visitor attraction is a place that primarily, or as a side-effect of its main purpose, caters for visitors, be they tourists, day-trippers or those on an educational mission. ... Nottingham is a city (and county town of Nottinghamshire) in the East Midlands of England. ... Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, colloquially Broadmarsh is the lower end shopping centre in Nottingham, England. ...
It consists of a network of caves, carved out of sandstone that have been variously used over the years as a tannery, public house cellars, and as air raid shelters.
The attraction was previously named the Caves of Nottingham but this name was scrapped when the Galleries of Justice took over its running and the visitor offering was overhauled in 2004. Alternate meanings: Cave (disambiguation) The outside world viewed from a cave A cave is a natural underground void. ... The Galleries of Justice are a museum and tourist attraction in the Lace Market area of Nottingham, England. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...