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Nottingham: The Dark Side Walking Tour

Nottingham: The Dark Side Walking Tour

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The Dark Side Walking Tour in Nottingham will take place on 30th October 2026, starting at The Left Lion. This outdoor event invites participants to explore the darker aspects of the city's history, including stories of body-snatchers, rioters, and rebellions. Tickets are priced at £16.96.

Back by popular demand - walk in the footsteps of body-snatchers, rioters and rebellions this Halloween

Join us this Halloween weekend for a walking tour that reveals the sinister secrets buried in the shadows of Nottingham. Once known as the City of Rebels, this is a place of riots, executions, hauntings, and gruesome tales that still echo through its streets and caves.

Over 1.5 haunted hours with guide Sam, you’ll follow in the footsteps of Luddites, rioters, body snatchers, and condemned prisoners, uncovering the dark history that lingers beneath Nottingham’s rebellious spirit. From fiery uprisings to cursed pubs, each story will draw you deeper into the city’s troubled past.

Tour highlights:

Nottingham’s bloody riots & rebellions

The last public execution at the Shire Hall

Body snatchers of Barker Gate

Ghosts of Nottingham Castle & Mortimer’s Hole

The haunted gallows of the Justice Museum

The cholera-ridden slums of Narrow Marsh

…& more!

Dates and times: 30th Oct - 1st November at 6pm & 8pm

Duration: 1.5 hours

Price: £15pp

Meeting Point: by the Left Lion, Old Market Square

Only for adults ages 16+

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Nottingham: The Dark Side Walking Tour takes place on Friday, 30 October 2026 at 18:00.

Nottingham: The Dark Side Walking Tour is held at The Left Lion, in Nottingham (Old Market Square, Nottingham, NG1 2HU).

Tickets for Nottingham: The Dark Side Walking Tour are priced at £16.96. Live prices and availability are shown on Eventbrite.

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