Fountain - Old Market Square - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire - Fountains on Waymarking.com

"The Old Market Square is an open, pedestrianized city square in Nottingham. The Square is in the centre of the city and covers an area of approximately 22,000 m². Located in the heart of Nottingham City Centre, the square covers till Beast Market Hill to the West, Smithy Row to the North, and South Parade to the South. The Eastern end of the square is mainly covered by the Council House, which serves as Nottingham's city hall. Due to the landscape of the Old Market square, there are local events, fairs, concerts and exhibitions which take often take place there.
Gustafson Porter in 2004 redesigned Old Market Square and completed in March 2007, the Square is built with three shades of granite. White, beige and dark grey granite was used for the flowerbeds, fountains and terraces. With the central open space using a light coloured granite. The new square is a single level area, which includes an ancient border which is a recreation of the border which divided, Nottingham in two sides with the Normans on one side and the Saxons on the other. On the west side of the square there is a water feature which includes jet fountains and waterfalls.

The Fountain is one of the biggest attractions in the square especially during the summer with people preferring to sit next to or around the fountain. Also little kids are attracted to the fountain with them playing in the fountain."

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"Since the 1927 design of the square, there have been water fountains present. Two fountains flanked the central procession and were in the centre of individual square pools. These remained until the redesign by Kathryn Gustafson was completed in 2007, when a new fountain and water feature was added towards the top end of the square (visit link) ."

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Date Logged Log User Rating   09/19/2021 MarjaW visited it