The Travellers Rest on Mapperley Plains is a historic pub with a rural-feel that dates back to the 18th century. It famously served as a halfway house for drovers herding geese into the city for the historic Goose Fair, offering a vital resting point for [ … ]
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Monthly Blog – March 2026
Roads – v – Footpaths Thanks to a Mapperley resident for sending us this short video that explains the new section of pavement at Mellish RFC. One footpath leads through to Killisick Lane and the Hobbucks Nature Reserve in Arnold. The second footpath runs parallel [ … ]
Monthly Blog – January 2026
Farewell to Kevin Cooper On 3rd January we posted about the death of Kevin Cooper, the popular former owner of the Fruit Bowl grocery shop in Mapperley. His wife Joanne and children Emma, Danny & Matt wanted to make everyone in Mapperley aware as he [ … ]
Mapperley Golf Course – An Uncertain Future
There has been a predictable reaction to the announcement of Gedling Borough Council’s Local Development Plan, which sets out the future of the area up to the year 2043. The most contentious aspect will always be in relation to housing. Sites for possible development have [ … ]
Crosslands Farm – Mapperley Plains
The residential area of Mapperley extended away from the city in phases. New housing developments were mostly built on what was farmland. Some of the original farm names have survived. Middlebeck Farm, Plains Farm and more recently the Chase Farm development. The name Crosslands Farm [ … ]
332 Spring Lane – Mapperley Plains
There’s been a lot of interest about a dilapidated house at 332 Spring Lane on Mapperley Plains. Various social media sites shared photographs of the property. Whilst the property itself is actually quite modest and fairly typical of the area, it is the story behind [ … ]
Going Underground
Mapperley Tunnel and Gedling Colliery Mapperley Tunnel is a disused railway tunnel that runs below Mapperley Plains, where it meets Arnold Lane and Gedling Road. This 1044 metre tunnel was built for the Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension of the Great Northern Railway. This line ran from [ … ]
Middlebeck Farm – Mapperley Plains
We all know the ruins of Middlebeck Farm. We pass the location when we travel along Mapperley Plains near Coppice Road and Brookfields Garden Centre, but what happened to it? Thanks to a recent post on the Arnold Community Group and the contributions, we have [ … ]
‘Help to Buy’ Success For Mica and Luke in Mapperley Plains
When first time buyers Mica and Luke were looking to buy their first home in Mapperley, they were already aware of the Government’s Help to Buy scheme after friends had used it. When the pandemic started in 2020, the couple (both in their 20s) moved [ … ]
The Tree Tops Public House
The Tree Tops is one of Mapperley’s best known public houses. It has had several refurbishments over the years, but what do we know about it’s history? Paul Key, a local historian gave us this information. Originally a private house, Arnold Hill House was built [ … ]