The Lord Roberts
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…
Broad Street, Nottingham
The Lord Roberts (24), Broadway Cinema (14-18), The Health Shop (12), Rough Trade (5), BrewDog (22), the Rainbow Road crossings; planned Rainbow Quarter mural.
History
Main queer street since the 1980s; Mushroom Bookshop (1972-2000); GAi Project launched 1994; first Nottingham Pride (Pink Lace) 1997; rainbow crossings opened 16 July 2019 and repainted 2024; LeftLion calls it the city's main queer area.
Venues on Broad Street
Broadway Cinema
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
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…
Where it is
Hockley is an area beside the Lace Market on the edge of Nottingham city centre, with many Victorian buildings, bars, restaurants, independent shops, galleries and the Broadway independent cinema; the BBC has called it 'the Soho of Nottingham'. The Rainbow Quarter is centred on Broad Street, Carlton Street and Heathcote Street. LeftLion (2024) describes Broad Street as the city's main queer area, with the rainbow crossings, the Lord Roberts, Rough Trade, Broadway, a transgender clinic and the Health Shop.
More streets in the Rainbow Quarter
- Carlton Street: Six Barrel Drafthouse (14-16), BEAR Hockley (36a).
- Heathcote Street: Part of the Rainbow Quarter footprint; no specific LGBTQ+ venues identified in sources.
- Hockley (street): Bunkers Hill pub (36-38), Movers (15).
- Goose Gate: The Model bar, Goose Beauty (28) - both Your Spaces Too signatories (2025).
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