Nottingham is well known 

for its lace and textile industry 

in England. 

It has a castle called 

Nottingham Castle. 

I would say as a whole 

it is a nice place, 

since the surroundings 

are not so poor; 

those who went to England 

may have realized 

that in England there are 

two types of cities, 

the industrial type and 

the sightseeing type. 

One of my friends said that 

the former is 

Labor Party supporters 

and the latter, Conservative. 

I may be wrong, 

but I suppose 

Nottingham is the latter. 

(I stayed in Leeds for the second year of my study in England, 

and I'm pretty sure 

the atmospheres of these two 

citiesare definitely different. 

Leeds belongs to 

West Yorkshire, 

which itself is a nice county, 

but Leeds had a lot of 

industrial places.)

                          

Nottingham is also famous 

for Sherwood Forest, 

which is thought to have been 

the 'base camp' 

for Robin Hood. 

I didn't have any particular 

memory of the woods, 

but by now perhaps 

they may have tried to 

make it more like 

a sightseeing spot.

                         

The university itself is 

quite beautiful. 

The campus is called 

'University Park,' 

and actually most areas 

of the campus are covered 

with green grass. 

On that green velvet are located

dozens of university buildings, 

including about dozen 

residence halls, 

schools of various departments, 

union shops, amenity halls, 

and administrative offices. 

Vegetation are nice, too.

Tall trees, 

low bushes of small roses, 

forests and even a lake(!) 

are located inside the campus. 

And those buildings are not 

new, concrete made structures, 

but old, 

rather beautiful pieces of art. 

If you are interested in old, 

traditional things of England, 

I am sure you will like 

the university. 

(For sightseeing, well, 

I wouldn't recommend 

the city itself, 

since some other destinations 

have more attractive sites. 

You should try Lake District, 

Edinburgh, 

Stratford-upon-Avon 

and Scottish High Lands.)