What is the Creative Quarter?

Nottingham’s Creative Quarter is an environment that attracts and supports creative and digital businesses to start-up, to spin-out, to grow and to thrive.

Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham College and the Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies provide a steady flow of first-class talent with up-to-the-minute skills.

Creative Quarter businesses offer well-paid careers, recruit internationally and appeal to investors.

A strong independent retail mix and many bars, restaurants, cafés, galleries, arts cinema and theatres make the Creative Quarter a great place to live, learn, work and invest.

LIVE - Modern urban living in and amongst refurbished lace factories and warehouses. On-trend independent retailers and many bars, restaurants, cafés, galleries, arts cinema and theatres. A buzz in the daytime and a rhythm at night.

For the price of a wreck in London you can buy a rectory in Nottingham. The average house price is £136,000. A city-centre apartment rents for £500 a month. Transport connections are great.

LEARN - Nottingham Trent University, the UK’s University of the Year, has a Creative Quarter campus. Nottingham College is investing £58m in a new skills hub. Confetti is expanding fast, spending £12m.

Thousands of students of all ages are acquiring the skills needed for creative jobs and careers of the future in the Creative Quarter.

WORK - Easy-access offices and workshops. Co-working and incubator spaces. Top-notch commercial premises. A community of like-minded individuals, suppliers and customers.

We support entrepreneurs and creative businesses before they start trading, to start trading, and to grow, helping them to find premises and skilled employees. The Creative Quarter is the perfect environment for businesses to flourish.

INVEST - Investment and business location in Nottingham support the growth of our creative economy. More incubator and shared workspaces are opening. We want more grade A offices too.

The Creative Quarter offers the right skills, the right location and the best opportunities in the East Midland's fastest growing city. It’s a great place to invest.

Sneinton Market Avenues

Discover flourishing street food culture and a place to buy quirky gifts and handmade goods from a variety traders. Relax on the plaza with friends, enjoy live music events and join in with the resident creatives, musicians and makers.

Eat & Drink - We’re embracing the flourishing street food culture with great coffee, craft beers, and a variety of food outlets and guest traders.

Shop - A place to buy unusual and quirky gifts or treats, and cool clothing, in a relaxed environment! We have lots of goodies for sale.

Socialise - A cool venue for just chilling with friends or enjoying live music events, street food, market stalls and performing artists.

Create - A hub of artists, musicians, entertainers, designer makers and much more! Join in. Make. Create. Get to work.