CYCLING TOUR
Date: Sunday 22 May
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From Nottingham
Time: 10:00 – 17:00
Start/Finish: Nottingham Train Station
Duration: 5 hours
Distance: 24 miles
Difficulty: medium
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From Long Eaton
Time: 12:00 – 15:00
Start/Finish: Long Eaton Train Station
Duration: 3 hours
Distance: 4 miles
Difficulty: easy
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Highlights: Massive Tenement Lace Factories; Abstract Viennese Secessionism; Edwardian Civic Grandeur; High Arts & Crafts Mansions.
Zig Zag considers Long Eaton among the most underrated places in the UK for historic buildings; a big claim, but where else can you find Viennese secessionism, art-nouveau shopfronts, giant Edwardian mansions and some of the largest tenement Victorian factory buildings anywhere to be found, all in one small provincial town? Long Eaton will surprise you. The story takes in the frenzied C19 lace boom, speculative developers and prodigious young Scottish architects inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Start the tour from Nottingham Train Station for a leisurely ride on a traffic-free route along the river or meet us directly at Long Eaton Train Station for the urban exploration. Refreshments and lunch will be available from a great café next to the station.
Zig Zag’s guests will receive 10% off their next purchase at Shop Zero on Friar Lane, Nottingham, when showing a tour ticket.