Walk Nottingham from the Market Square
Nottingham is the city of Robin Hood, built on sandstone full of caves, with a castle on a rock and one of the biggest squares in England. FOG starts the map dark and clears only what you walk, and the centre makes a neat first map.
The centre
The Old Market Square, in front of the Council House with its dome, is one of the largest public squares in Britain. The streets around it lead to the Lace Market, a district of tall red brick warehouses where lace was once made and sold, and Hockley, with independent shops and bars.
Nottingham is built on soft sandstone with hundreds of caves under the city. The City of Caves tour goes into some of them.
Castle and canal
Nottingham Castle stands on a rock above the city, with a statue of Robin Hood at its foot. Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, a pub built partly into the rock beneath it, claims to be one of the oldest in England.
The Nottingham Canal runs south of the centre, with a towpath, and leads to the River Trent and the Victoria Embankment, a long riverside promenade.
Campus and parks
The University of Nottingham's University Park campus lies to the west, with a lake and the white tower of the Trent Building. The Arboretum, north of the centre, is a Victorian park.
The centre is compact. A walk from the square to the castle, the canal and the Trent is a good loop.
How FOG keeps score here
FOG starts with the whole world under fog. Every place you physically walk clears a circle of roughly 120 metres around you, and that ground stays clear for good. It keeps working with the app closed and the screen off once you allow background location, so the walk to dinner counts as much as the planned loop.
There is no account, no sign-up and no cloud. The trail lives on your phone and nowhere else, and you can export a GPX backup whenever you like. Exploring is free; one purchase of FOG Unlimited adds the higher ranks, all five character paths and history import, with no subscription.
Questions people actually ask
Are there caves under Nottingham?
Yes. The city is built on sandstone with hundreds of caves, some of which can be visited.
What is the Lace Market?
A district of red brick warehouses in central Nottingham, once the centre of the lace trade.
Does FOG work for running and cycling too?
Yes. It clears fog for walking, running and riding, anywhere on Earth, in the same way.
Start with a dark map.
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