The ‘ Trip to Jerusalem’ is reputedly meant to be the oldest pub in England, and recently voted one of the top seven wonders of the East Midlands. The pub, still very popular today with tourists and locals, is situated just outside the Castle grounds and is thought to have been built in 1189. The place is shrouded in history with happenings still going on today.

The pub, a major attraction of Nottingham was a favourite watering hole for crusaders on the way to the Holy Land. One of its most famous customers was Richard the Lionheart who has said to have stayed there on one of his brief stops in England. The word ‘trip’ or ‘tryp’ comes from an old word to halt or stop. There are two bars on one level in the pub, with another bar up a short flight of stairs known as the Rock Lounge.

The Rock lounge in particular seems to be a major area for strange goings on. Occurrences such as keys disappearing only to turn up later in odd places. Glasses and bottles have been known to fly of shelves and smash when no one is nearby. A group of tourists have asked to see the cellars and when they went down there they claimed to have seen two foot soldiers walk through the wall.