Rainbow QuarterBlackpool's inclusive quarter: everyone welcome

Mushroom Bookshop (reported closed)

Bookshop on Broad Street, one of few in Nottingham openly selling gay and lesbian literature and papers such as Gay Times..

Reported as closed 2000 (operated from 1972)

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Open venues in the Rainbow Quarter

The Lord Roberts

Pub / LGBT+ bar · 24 Broad Street, Nottingham

An Art Deco pub built in 1936-37 with a theatre theme of playbills and posters, a rear patio garden and a downstairs function room/cellar bar. Notts LGBT+ Network lists…

Mixed

The New Foresters

LGBTQ+ pub / late bar · 18 St Ann's Street, Nottingham (behind Victoria Centre; a short walk from Hockley)

Described as Nottingham's oldest LGBTQ+ bar, serving the community since 1938, with late-night opening, a beer garden with sheltered smoking area, DJs, drag and cabaret.…

Mixed ('a safe space for all')

Broadway Cinema

Independent cinema with cafe bar (charity) · 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham

An independent four-screen cinema and registered charity in Hockley with a cafe bar. Nottingham's first Pride (Pink Lace, 1997) was held outside it, and the GAi Project…

Rough Trade Nottingham

Record shop with first-floor bar and live room · 5 Broad Street, Nottingham

A record shop in a three-storey Victorian building in Hockley, with a bar and live room on the first floor. It has hosted the LGBTQ+ club night Gladrags and queer…

Our Space - The Pride Shop cafe and shop

LGBTQ+ run cafe and retail space (not-for-profit) · 65 Maid Marian Way, Nottingham

A not-for-profit LGBTQ+ shop and cafe in the city centre (not in Hockley) serving cakes and lunches, with board games and puzzles and a Pay It Forward coffee scheme. It…

Hole in the Wall

Pub (LGBT+ friendly) · 63 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham (off Mansfield Road)

A pub just off Mansfield Road with a long bar and large paved patio. Not in Hockley.

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