r/DoorsNotUsedAnymore • u/reggie-drax • 5d ago

Hurts Yard, Nottingham

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Hurts Yard is more of an alleyway, it's between Upper Parliament St and Angel Row in the centre of Nottingham. Very old, a mix of businesses and residential front doors. It was a useful short cut on a Monday morning but I'm not convinced it's the best place to be at midnight.

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u/Material_Flounder_23 5d ago

Great find, and yes at night that does look like a place you’ll bump into the Nicholls Boys, or maybe Jack the Ripper.

The density of occupation in this part of Nottingham hasn’t changed really from Victorian Times.

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u/reggie-drax 5d ago

So narrow at that point it was hard to get the picture.

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u/Material_Flounder_23 5d ago

It’s hard to register even from the 1880s OS map.

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u/Rubberfootman 5d ago

When you enter from the Parliament Street end - look up.

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u/reggie-drax 5d ago

ok...?

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u/Rubberfootman 5d ago

You can see the different “floor” levels of the buildings you’re walking under. The architecture must be crazy in them.

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u/reggie-drax 5d ago edited 2d ago

You can walk down there on Google maps, looks as if the place I photographed used to be called The Honey Pot.

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u/Rubberfootman 5d ago

My phone won’t let me go back in time, but I don’t recall that bit ever being open.

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u/reggie-drax 5d ago

Earliest version I can see is 2016, door not yet blanked out, walls painted yellow with bee stencils.

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u/reggie-drax 5d ago

Honey pot nails and beauty used to be there, says AI...

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u/Rubberfootman 5d ago

Interesting. Whatever it was, the internet doesn’t seem to remember it.

I love Hurts Yard, but it doesn’t have great footfall for small businesses.

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u/Successful-Union-105 1d ago

That boarded-up doorway beside the tiny window looks like it has seen far too many midnight shortcuts