Going Underground: Nottinghamshire

Beneath the surface of Nottinghamshire lies a hidden world. The area was associated with coal mining for centuries and although today the last mines have closed, the county has a rich mining heritage, and physical remnants of the coal industry still abound. The city of Nottingham is built on Triassic sandstone which has been worked and hollowed out over many centuries. Over a thousand caves have been identified and the settlement was once described as ‘cave house’ in the language of the