25/09/2026
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Today starts one of Nottingham's annual traditions starting in 1284 - Goose Fair - Today, the only goose you’ll see at the fair is Goosey - the two-metre timber statue that is placed on what is known as ‘Goose Fair Roundabout’ ahead of the big event. However, when the event first started, geese did used to be all the rage at Goose Fair. Hence the name.
In centuries past, traders from as far as Lincoln, Cambridge and Norfolk would walk their geese all the way to Nottingham’s famous market, just in time for the Michaelmas celebrations marking the end of harvest. As many as 20,000 geese were recorded making their way through the south of the city, waddling through Hockley in the lead-up to the fair. This annual spectacle is what gave the street its name - Goosegate.
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