Sumac Centre 
Sumac Centre
From 1985 to 2001 Nottingham's
Rainbow Centre was situated between the Victoria Shopping Centre and Forest
Recreation Ground, on the Mansfield Road junction with Huntingdon Street. We had a whole row of buildings, but they were rented, very poorly maintained and a drain on our finances and enthusiasm - hence our decision to move on to new premises purchased in the Forest Fields / New Basford / Sherwood Rise area, less than a mile further north.
We are on Gladstone Street, west off Sherwood Rise at Alberta Terrace, opposite the top of Exeter Road
From the M1, leave at junction 26. Follow the ring road towards 'Mansfield (A60)' and look for the B682 (Nottingham Road/Sherwood Rise) towards the city Centre.
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For a different perspective on our location try this alternative map, which can also give directions from anywhere in the UK (our postcode is NG7 6HX).
From the Victoria Centre, follow Mansfield Road (A60) to the roundabout by the Forest Recreation Ground. Turn at the 2nd mini roundabout onto Sherwood Rise (B682 to Bulwell). Gladstone Street is on the left by the 3rd pedestrian crossing (leading from Albany Terrace). The Centre is 200m along on the right, just after crossing Foxhall Road.
Buses 67 & 68 (yellow line), circular routes from Trinity Square to Hyson Green, run along Berridge Road. Get off at the junction with Foxhall Road, by 'Screaming Carrot' vegan bakery and walk up to Gladstone Street.
Buses 69/70/71/72/87 from Trinity Square, run up Mansfield Road and Sherwood Rise. Ask for the Berridge Road stop and walk as above.
From the Broad Marsh Bus Station, near the Railway Station, buses 80/81/82 go via Parliament St, by the Victoria Centre, through Canning Circus and along Alfreton Road to Radford Road, where there is a stop at the west end of Gladstone Street, by the police station. A 4minute walk along Gladstone Street gets you to the centre.
Nottingham City Transport journey planner map and Bus Timetables
Gladstone Street is a traffic calmed recommended cycle route. 'Sustrans National Cycle Route 6' from Derby, Long Eaton,Beeston and Nottingham University to Mansfield and Worksop, runs less than a mile away.
In 2004 the new Nottingham Express Transit from Basford, Hucknall etc will stop at the end of Gladstone Street. These trams will also carry you from the Railway Station, Broad Marsh Bus Station or the Market Square, in about 15 minutes.
If you need to drive, from the M1 leave at junction 26. Pick up the ring road towards 'Mansfield (A60), turn right towards the City Centre (B682). Just short of a mile rurn right by a pedestrian crossing, onto Alberta Terrace / Gladstone Street. The Centre is 200m along on the right, just after crossing Foxhall Road. Please keep neighbours parking spaces clear. There is level (disabled) access at 73 Beech Avenue.
... or follow signs to the Forest Park and Ride (Goose Fair site), park for free and stroll the last half mile, east along Gregory Boulevard and north up Foxhall Road.
