Luggage storage

Nottingham Station

A Traveller's Guide to Luggage Storage at Nottingham Station

Nottingham does several different things at once. It's an East Midlands transport hub on the Midland Main Line; it's home to two large universities and the student population that goes with them; it's the gateway to Sherwood Forest and the wider Robin Hood story; and it's a working English city with a 700-year-old market square, a network of medieval sandstone caves running under the centre, and a Premier League football club currently doing better than most people expected.

The station sits south of the city centre — a red-brick Edwardian Baroque pile, opened in 1904 and given a full redevelopment in 2014 with a new tram interchange built into the side of it. Around eight million passengers come through each year on East Midlands Railway services to London St Pancras (just under two hours), Liverpool, Norwich, and Sheffield, plus CrossCountry routes north and south.

Is there luggage storage at Nottingham Station?

Not officially. The 2014 redevelopment modernised most of the station but didn't add a left-luggage facility, and what's available locally tends to mean either a kind word at a hotel reception (likely to be declined unless you're a guest) or a 10-minute walk into the city centre.

Stasher partners with vetted hotels and shops around the station and across central Nottingham, all bookable online before you arrive. The advantages over the absent station offering line up cleanly:

• Reserved before you arrive. Book online and turn up to a confirmed slot — no queues, no surprises.
• Cheaper than any walk-up alternative. Daily rates start from a few pounds per bag, well below the rates at the larger UK stations that do still run counters.
• Longer hours. Many partners open early and stay open late, including through the busier Lace Market and Hockley evenings.
• Insurance built in. Every bag is covered against loss or damage.
• Flat fee per size. No surcharges for big suitcases, festival kit, or oversized cases.

For a quick drop while you grab a coffee at the station's Pret, the absence of an official facility is awkward. With a Stashpoint booked, the problem solves itself.

Luggage Storage at Nottingham Station Using Stasher

Booking takes a couple of minutes. Search by location and date, pick a Stashpoint, pay online, and turn up with the booking reference and a photo ID.

Hours

Many partners stay open late through the city's busier weeknights and weekend evenings, with several running until 11pm or later. The site shows real-time availability and lets you filter for sites open the hours you actually need.

Price

Daily rates start from a few pounds per bag with no charge by weight or size. Longer stays drop the per-day rate, and group bookings carry their own discount.

What to do in Nottingham

Once your bags are sorted, the city centre is a 10-minute walk north of the station and packs more in than first impressions suggest.

Nottingham Castle and the caves

The castle reopened in 2021 after a major restoration, with a new visitor centre, the original 17th-century ducal mansion, and access to the medieval sandstone caves carved into the rock below. The Robin Hood statue stands outside the gates — the obligatory photo stop.

City of Caves and the Galleries of Justice

The wider cave network runs under much of central Nottingham — more than 800 caves catalogued beneath the city, some open to the public via tours from the Broadmarsh side. The Galleries of Justice on High Pavement, set in the original courthouse and gaol, sit on top of another cave system.

Old Market Square

Officially the largest market square in the UK, and the centre of city life. The Council House dominates one side, with a slab pavement that gives the square its informal name. Hosts seasonal markets, the Christmas Wheel, and most of the city's major outdoor events.

Lace Market

The historic district north-east of the centre, full of Victorian warehouses now converted into bars, restaurants, and apartments. Stoney Street, Hockley, and High Pavement are the main thoroughfares. The Pitcher & Piano on a Sunday afternoon, set inside a converted church, is the standard introduction.

Wollaton Park

Three miles west of the centre by tram or bus. The Elizabethan Wollaton Hall stands on the hill — recognisable to most visitors as Wayne Manor from The Dark Knight Rises — set in 500 acres of parkland with a resident deer herd.

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem

Cut into the rock below the castle, the pub claims to date from 1189 and a Crusades-era founding. Plenty of competing claims to the title of oldest pub in England, but few atmospherics quite match the cave rooms here.

Events that fill Nottingham

A handful of dates each year push the station and the city well past their usual rhythm.

Goose Fair — early October

One of Europe's oldest travelling fairs, dating to at least 1284, now held over five days on the Forest Recreation Ground. Around 400,000 visitors across the run. The station and the trams run noticeably busier through the week.

Splendour Festival — July

A one-day music festival at Wollaton Park, with major headliners and a steady international crowd.

Robin Hood Marathon — September

The annual marathon, half-marathon, and shorter distances, with a course covering central Nottingham and Wollaton Park.

Nottingham Light Night — February

A free city-wide arts and lighting event spread across the centre over a single weekend.

Christmas market — mid-November to before Christmas

The Christmas market in Old Market Square runs alongside the seasonal wheel, with the Council House providing the backdrop. Visitor numbers climb sharply through December.

Nottingham Forest home fixtures — August through May

The City Ground sits across the Trent from the station, around 20 minutes' walk south. Premier League fixtures fill the station with both home and away fans on match days.

Test matches at Trent Bridge

The historic cricket ground sits next to the football ground. The annual England test match week is one of the city's bigger event spikes outside Goose Fair.

Onward transport from Nottingham Station

The station sits at the centre of several networks.

NET trams

Two lines run through the station, with services up through the city centre to the universities and out to Hucknall and Clifton. Useful for reaching Trent Bridge, Wollaton, or the campuses without resorting to a taxi.

East Midlands Airport

Around 30 minutes by Skylink bus from the station. EMA serves a strong European low-cost route network plus a few longer-haul destinations.

Broadmarsh and Victoria bus stations

The two main bus hubs sit at either side of the city centre — Broadmarsh recently redeveloped, Victoria attached to the shopping centre. National Express and FlixBus services run from Broadmarsh.

East Midlands Parkway

A separate station a few miles south of Nottingham on the Midland Main Line, often used for park-and-ride into London services.

Day trips by train

Lincoln (an hour), Derby (20 minutes), Sheffield (45 minutes), and the Peak District via Matlock all sit within practical day-trip range from the station.

Long-term and group storage near Nottingham Station

The daily rate stays flat however long you store, which makes Nottingham a workable base for visitors with a longer Midlands itinerary — a week covering Sherwood Forest, the Peak District, and a Lincoln day trip, or a stopover en route to or from a Northern circuit.

Group bookings use the same flat per-bag fee with no bulk surcharge. For tour groups, hen and stag parties — Nottingham is one of the busier stag-do destinations in the UK — school trips, and concert groups, the support team can help line up capacity in advance.

Use the bag counter and date picker on the Stasher site to see what's currently available around the station and across the rest of central Nottingham.