Our Spaces & Facilities

Lakeside Arts is situated at the South Entrance to the University of Nottingham’s University Park Campus. We are one of the largest University-based arts centres in the UK and over 200,000 people of all ages and abilities engage annually with Lakeside’s cultural programme – delivered across multiple venues and spaces.

SMALLER GALLERIES:

Angear Visitor Centre

Adjacent to the Djanogly Gallery, this multi-purpose exhibition space is also often used for evening and corporate functions.

Wallner Gallery

One of Lakeside’s smaller scale spaces for the exhibition of work by regional artists in the DH Lawrence Pavilion.

STUDIOS:

Visual Arts Studio

Located in the DH Lawrence Pavilion, the Visual Arts Studio was added to the Pavilion as part of its 2005 expansion. The studio hosts artist-led workshops, our Gallery Art Groups and numerous school group visits every year.

Performing Arts Studio

A fully equipped black box studio in the DH Lawrence Pavilion suitable for performances, rehearsals, workshops, lectures, meetings and film screenings. It also provides workshop space for each of Lakeside’s youth theatre groups, and a creative space for the development of new work.

Learning Studio

Part of the Djanogly Gallery building, the Learning Studio hosts visual arts workshops, our Family Saturday arts and craft activities and is regularly used to facilitate school visits to our exhibition spaces.

CAFÉS & SHOP:

Gallery Café

The Gallery Café serves breakfast, snacks, lunches and afternoon teas. It’s the ideal spot to relax after visiting the latest exhibition in the Djanogly Gallery or the Museum and having treated yourself to a little something in the Lakeside Shop.

Pavilion Café

The Pavilion Café is in the DH Lawrence Pavilion, right by the lake. It offers the best in local and regional ingredients, and plenty of yummy cakes, bakes and speciality teas and coffees. The Pavilion Café is also open until the end of the interval on performance evenings and our delicious pre-show menu service begins at 5.30pm with last orders at 6.45pm (for 7.30pm performances) or 7.15pm (for 8pm performances). We recommend making an advanced table reservation by calling 0115 846 7179 to avoid disappointment.

Lakeside Shop

The Lakeside Shop next to the Angear Visitor Centre is packed with unique and unusual handmade, design-led gifts for the extra special people in your life. It's a shopping destination in its own right, or the perfect way to round off a visit.

OTHER SPACES:

Arts Lecture Theatre

Located next to the University of Nottingham Museum, this teaching facility is used daily by arts students of the University and Lakeside frequently makes use of the space to present talks and lectures connected to visual arts and heritage programming.

Meeting Room One

A flexible space next to Box Office in the DH Lawrence Pavilion that is occasionally used for workshops.

Music Rehearsal Hall

Part of the University of Nottingham’s Music Department, Lakeside predominantly uses the hall for University Philharmonia and Choir rehearsals.

Amphitheatre

Located outside the Pavilion Café, Lakeside makes use of the Amphitheatre to present student music performances and for Wheee!, our annual children’s theatre and dance festival.

Highfields Park

Owned and managed by Nottingham City Council, Lakeside uses the park to present large-scale outdoor festivals such as Wheee!, our annual children’s theatre and dance festival.