Retford Hub, North Notts, art, craft, mayflower pilgrim museum, gallery

We stock art & crafts from 140 local artists and artisans producing a wide range of beautiful items.

Find out about some of our artists & artisans...>>>

Our Gallery holds exhibitions from local artists as well as some with national acclaim.

See our previous exhibitions...>>>

Our museum about the Pilgrim Fathers Separatist Movement which was started in North Notts. The birthplace of modern day America, democracy and nearly every non-conformist, English speaking Christian religion.

Museum sadly closed as Retford is currently in Tier 3.

Discover more at: www.mayflowerpilgrimcentre.uk... >>>

Hopefully you will be able to take part in one of our classes or workshops, everything from our regular drop in art classes, children's art to craft workshops and painting classes in 2021.

Discover our program...>>>

Explore the resident artist studios and talk to them to find out more about their work.

Our artists include Cath Ray; Bookbinder, Annie Turner; Artist; Christine Howard; Artist

Studio space is available to hire. For more information please contact us.

We are the Tourist Information Centre and supply information on activities, attractions, local organisations, walking & cycling. We even sell event tickets and run tours of the area.

Buy souvenirs online...>>>

Our cafe serves a range of snacks and meals including our artisan 'meal deal' made freshly to order to take out or eat in either in our downstairs eating area or in the Gallery.

Currently we can only offer take out hot drinks due to Covid 19 regulations

The History of Retford Hub

The Council announced in late 2014 that the Retford Tourist Information Centre was to close following the same fate of all Tourist Information Centres in North Notts. A group of volunteers decided to create a new tourist information centre that was about much more, the people of the area. It would act as a showcase. What followed was a period of frenetic activity by numerous volunteers as the Retford Hub idea became a reality, and the centre was opened on May 4th 2015, just 12 weeks later.

Thank you to all those that helped either financially or volunteering and to our current team without whom the shop would not open. The life blood of the centre are our volunteers, the activities are varied, many of our volunteers are now trained in food hygiene and we provide other training such as tourism and till operation as required.