The Sneinton Market area of Nottingham is a unique heritage location that has undergone major regeneration in the last 15 years and is part of the cultural quarter of the city.
Fruit Market is a rare opportunity to own a modern townhouse in the city centre, in a great neighbourhood with so much on the doorstep.
What’s on the doorstep at Fruit Market?
Sneinton Market Avenues
Home to Independent Nottingham
These charming buildings designed in ‘industrial art deco style’ are of great pride to the city and are of national architectural interest. the site of a former wholesale fruit and veg market, is now a thriving cluster of independent businesses including a coffee shop and roastery, sourdough bakery, bean to bar chocolate makers, a cookery school, an art shop, craft beer brewery.
Sneinton Market Square
Lively Markets and Festivals Year Round
In 2012 Sneinton Market Square was subject to a major redesign by Patel Taylor Architects. This highly successful project significantly improved the look and feel of the area and is standing the test of time. The avenues and square also host weekly and monthly food markets, annual events and festivals such as the Nottingham Craft Beer Festival, Light Night and Pride.
Broadway Cinema
The Broadway Cinema is just a few minutes walk from Fruit Market. The broadway was one the first independent cinemas of its kind in the UK and is thriving hub of the community today. The cinema now boasts four screens showing a mix of mainstream and independent films, it houses two buzzing cafe bars and is home to host of independent related businesses.
Victoria Leisure Centre
One of the Best Facilities in the City
Running along one edge of the square is the Victoria Leisure Centre. Rebuilt and refurbished by Levitate Architects in 2010, it remains one of the best leisure centres in the city with a swimming pool, gym and health suite facilities.
Art and Culture on Your Doorstep
The Sneinton Market area has become a host to thriving and a well established community of arts venues. Backlit, a large artist studios and gallery recently secured the purchase of their building and are looking forward to a major refurbishment. Other venues include JT Soar, a small independent music venue, Movers - a cafe and bar dedicated to DJs and dancing, the indenpendently run Surface Gallery and Studios and By Our Hands - We Make Our Way, an independent wood workshop space and venue.
Victoria Park
The Fruit Market development is adjacent to the picturesque Victoria Park and The Promenade – an iconic row of colourful victorian terrace houses running along the back edge of the park. Victoria park is a great place for a stroll among its beautiful and well established trees or just to relax in the sunshine with the quiet hum of the city in the background. There is an excellent play park for the kids and a basketball court.
Traditional Pubs and Craft Beer
The Sneinton Market area has excellent traditional pubs, but it’s also home to two of Nottingham’s best independent craft beer breweries. Liquid Light is a gem hidden gem while the ever popular Neon Raptor has a tap room right here in the market avenues. If a more traditional pint is your preference then the cosy freehouse King Billy has been featured in the Good Beer Guide for 15 years running and has regular folk music nights. Or you can visit the original old Market pub The Fox and Grapes and Bath Inn.
Hockley - Cafe culture, restaurants and great bars
Sneinton Market is a natural extension of the Hockley area of the city. Home to hip coffee bars, some of the city’s best restaurants, the region’s best independent arts cinema and too many great bars to count, Hockley has always been known as the ‘cool’ end of town.
Cycling
Fruit Market an ideal location for the keen cyclist. There is now good cycling lane provision across the city and there is easy access to local nature spots like Colwick Park.
There are some great rides out of Nottingham starting from Sneinton Market running all the way out to the Vale of Belvoir some of which avoid roads almost completely!
The iconic Victoria Baths clock tower is a well known landmark. Opened in 1850, the baths were the first public swimming pools in the city.
The area has a cluster of Victorian mill buildings that are an iconic aspect of the city’s architectural heritage. Most of the buildings are now fully refurbished and a mix of residential and business units.
The Bath Inn boasts a splendid art deco pub facade that riffs on classic ancient Egyptian art deco themes and is an outstanding example in the city.
The Promenade is unique row of colourful Victorian terraces that sits on the edge of Victoria Park and is unique and much loved feature of the area.
Nottingham Wildlife Trust
The Old Ragged School sited next door to the Victoria Leisure Centre on Sneinton Market Square was opened in the 1850s by Lord Shaftesbury to provide education to the poor children of Nottingham. By 1995 the building was in extremely poor condition due to decades of neglect.
The Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust saw the potential and with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund saw the restoration of the building which remains the Trust’s headquarters. It’s also an excellent example of a building that uses Nottingham’s iconic ‘Bulwell Stone.’