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Judges Retiring Room

Judges Retiring Room is a museum housed in a former courtroom, gaol and police station in Nottingham. Around it, within 15 km, lie 42 more places, Nottingham Castle (700 m) first on our list. Its Wikipedia coverage spans 3 languages.

Photo: Judges Retiring Room, Roland Turner (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Nottingham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Museum in Nottingham

Inside Nottingham

Judges Retiring Room is inside Nottingham’s built-up area, with 20 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather, month by month

Aim for June to September, when Nottingham reaches 19–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°55 mm

Feb8° / 2°45 mm

Mar11° / 3°44 mm

Apr14° / 5°47 mm

May17° / 8°49 mm

Jun20° / 11°63 mm

Jul22° / 13°66 mm

Aug22° / 13°64 mm

Sep19° / 10°56 mm

Oct15° / 8°69 mm

Nov11° / 4°64 mm

Dec8° / 2°64 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Nottingham, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Nottingham. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Nottingham’s full climate →

About

Judges Retiring Room

Museum housed in a former courtroom, gaol and police station in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom.

In Nottingham, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Nottingham
Official site: galleriesofjustice.org.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Finding Judges Retiring Room

The places near Judges Retiring Room are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Towns close to Judges Retiring Room

Nottingham is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (299,786 people). From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Nottingham

299,786 people · 35 places to visit

2 · 1.2 km south of it

West Bridgford

36,489 people · 27 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km south of it

Wilford

4,849 people · 28 places to visit

4 · 2.3 km northeast of it

Carlton

53,555 people · 17 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Judges Retiring Room is	People	Places to visit
Nottingham	It’s in town	299,786	35
West Bridgford	1.2 km south of it	36,489	27
Wilford	1.9 km south of it	4,849	28
Carlton	2.3 km northeast of it	53,555	17
Gamston (Rushcliffe)	3.2 km southeast of it	2,171	18
Arnold	3.9 km north of it	40,016	17
Edwalton	4 km south of it	4,762	23
Clifton	4.2 km southwest of it	22,936	27

Make a day of it

Places to add to Judges Retiring Room

There are 42 within 15 km, 3 museums, a castle and a cathedral among them.

CastleNottingham Castle700 m away 2

CathedralNottingham Cathedral1 km away 3

MuseumWollaton Hall4.4 km away 4

Art galleryNottingham Contemporary100 m away 5

Abbey or prioryNewstead Abbey15 km away 6

MuseumNew Art Exchange2.4 km away 7

MuseumNottingham Industrial Museum4.6 km away 8

Historic houseHolme Pierrepont Hall5.1 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions before you go

Where is Judges Retiring Room?

Judges Retiring Room is in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Judges Retiring Room?

Museum housed in a former courtroom, gaol and police station in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Judges Retiring Room?

June to September are the warmest months in Nottingham, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Judges Retiring Room?

Within 15 km: Nottingham Castle (700 m), Nottingham Cathedral (1 km), Wollaton Hall (4.4 km) and Nottingham Contemporary (100 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Judges Retiring Room: Roland Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nottingham Castle: Cosmicutencil, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Nottingham Cathedral: The original uploader was David Newton at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wollaton Hall: Harry Mitchell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nottingham Contemporary: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newstead Abbey: brianfagan from Nottingham, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
New Art Exchange: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nottingham Industrial Museum: Oxymoron, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Holme Pierrepont Hall: MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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