Upcoming Tours

Street Art Tour with Boaster and Kid30
Start and Finish Central Library Saturday 19th July 13.30-16.00
Easy flat ride 5/6 miles
Cost is free but a £2.50 booking fee is required.
Everyone welcome, suitable for family’s and new riders
Join Boaster and Kid 30 on an exciting journey through the vibrant streets of Nottingham, as they take you on a tour of the city's most captivating street art spots. Along the way, they’ll dive into the rich history and hidden stories behind Nottingham's ever-evolving street art and graffiti scene. From legendary murals to fresh, cutting-edge pieces, you'll get the inside scoop on the artists, the culture, and the gossip that has shaped this dynamic urban landscape. Whether you're a street art enthusiast or a curious newcomer, this tour offers a unique perspective on the city's creative expression and the voices that bring it to life.
This tour books out FAST so grab your tickets!
This ride is funded by Cycling UK. You will receive a survey to fill out about your participation and your cycling habits. More info here. https://www.cyclinguk.org/bigbikerevival
We require a booking fee of £2.50 due to high demand and people not turning up after reserving tickets, but you will most likely get some wicked stickers in return.

100 years of Trent Locks
CYCLING TOUR
Date: Sunday 27th July
Time: 13:30 – 17.00
Start: The Trent Bridge INN
Finish: Nottingham
Difficulty: Medium
Distance: 20 miles
Surface: River and canal path, gravel, hard surface, cycle paths, moderate motor traffic in some parts,
Highlights: all the locks
July is 100 years since the opening of Gunthorpe Lock, so join River Trent Volunteer Lock Keeper, Peter Russell on a flat bike tour out and return from Trent Bridge to Gunthorpe Lock.
We'll visit the remains of the original pedestrian bridge across the Trent, hear about an obscure connection to the Red Baron and marvel at the architecture of some of Nottingham's favourite sons.
We'll follow in the footsteps of ice age dears a future Prime Minister and a future King who had a unique connection with Nottingham and even Guy Gibson the Dambuster all while taking in the fabulous scenery of the River Trent.
The route is a classic Nottingham ride heading out through Colwick Park past Netherfields Lagoons and along the river a Burton Joyce.
There will be a cafe stop at Gunthorpe.



Lost in the Hills: Bike, Barn, Festival
Highlights: quirky festivals, ancient pubs, scenic rides, chilled camping.


Zig Zags Xmas Party 2024
Highlights: all about the diaries of the 4th Duke of Newcastle.

Ferment Design and Trespass
Highlights: trespass, fermentation, autumnal scenes, good food and design – a super autumnal weekend in the Peaks.


Lost in the Wolds Weekender
Highlights: lost villages, foraging, area of outstanding natural beauty.


Lost in the Hills: Bike, Camp, Festival
Highlights: quirky festivals, ancient pubs, scenic rides, chilled camping.

Georgian Townhouses of Nottingham
Highlights: abandoned buildings, Squirearchy, People's Hall, Lace Market.

African Enslavement and the Historic Development of Nottingham led by Dr James Dawkins & Dr Susanne Seymour
Highlights: local history, Standing In This Place.





Abandoned Buildings
Highlights: abandoned historic buildings, architecture gems, conservation, urban exploration.

Nottingham's 20th Century Pubs (Crawl)
Highlights: historic pubs, architecture gems, beers.


Derwent Valley
Highlights: UNESCO World Heritage Site, cotton mills, model village, start of industrial revolution, Richard Arkwright.

Notts Food & Wine
Highlights: South Notts villages, Stilton cheese, locally made wine, canal paths, country lanes, old railway tracks.

1845 Nottingham Enclosure Act
Highlights: commons, slums, housing developments, urban history, aperitivo.

Raleigh Cycle Tour
Highlights: Raleigh Cycle Company, Raleigh Street, The Howitt Building, workers’ rights, Nottingham Industrial Museum, Humber, Primary

Nottingham Lace
Highlights: Elegant Italianate Victorian Warehouses; Functional Tenement Lace Factories; Slum Housing; the Domestic Labour Environment; Georgian Industrial ‘Satellite Villages’ of Hyson Green, Radford and Lenton.

The Dukeries Weekender
Highlights: The eccentric 5th Duke of Portland and his labyrinthine underground tunnels; the reactionary 4th Duke of Newcastle and his delusional feudal fantasies; dissolved medieval monasteries, enormous country houses and bucolic parkland, inter-woven by miles and miles of level gradient, cycle-friendly public bridleways.

The Luddites
Highlights: The Domestic Lace Industry; Framework Knitting Workshops; Slum Housing; Vernacular Villages; Frame Breaking; Protest, Anarchy and Revolution (almost).

Vienna in Long Eaton
Highlights: Massive Tenement Lace Factories; Abstract Viennese Secessionism; Edwardian Civic Grandeur; High Arts & Crafts Mansions.

North Notts Coalfields
Highlights: Bauhaus Headstocks; a Colliery Model Village Housing Estate; a Ducal Vanity Project.