Trent End

Football dominates life in Nottingham, and Trent End - home to Nottingham Forest - is where that obsession lives and breathes. The stadium sits right on the edge of the city, close enough that you can walk it from the town centre if you're keen. Even if you're not catching a match, the place has genuine pull for anyone interested in how a proper English football club operates.

You can take a stadium tour on non-match days, which gets you behind the scenes - the dugouts, the tunnel, the pitch itself. It's the sort of experience that matters far more to kids than you'd expect, especially if they've got even passing interest in the game. Adults tend to enjoy the museum bit, which covers the club's remarkable history. Forest won the European Cup twice in the late 1970s, which still feels slightly surreal for a club of this size.

Match days are obviously the real event. The atmosphere is intense without being unpleasant, and the crowd here knows football. Tickets vary wildly depending on what you're watching - domestic league games are cheaper than cup ties.

Several caravan parks cluster nearby - Holme Pierrepont Campsite and the Caravan Park and Campsite are both within walking distance, which means you could base yourselves there for a proper Nottingham break. The city itself offers plenty beyond football - good food, museums, proper pubs - so you won't run short of things to do if the match is just part of a wider trip.