Our aim is to provide you with useful information about Longdale Craft Centre that we are sure will make you want to visit us here at our home in the heart of Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire Longdale Craft Centre houses craft workshops and exhibition spaces in a Victorian / Edwardian setting and has been open to the public since 1972.

Welcome

Feel free to browse around this site. If you have any comments or questions about our events or services, or simply need more information and want to contact us, then please click on the ‘Contact Us’ link. Thank you for visiting and we look forward to meeting you in person at Longdale Craft Centre very soon. StreetMap for Longdale Gordon's Compo Collection

Corporate Arts

Corporate Arts is a pioneering design and consultancy company formed in 1982. To learn more about Corporate Arts follow the link on the Navigation menu. Recent commissions have been completed for the following clients: (follow links for pictures)

The Site

The site on which Longdale Craft Centre has stood for over thirty years was once an array of chicken and mushroom sheds. In 1972, Gordon Brown saw these derelict farm buildings and had the vision to create a Craft Village as an arena for local artists and crafts people to display their talents. Gordon based his studio here and over the duration of Longdale’s life, visitors have been able to view at first hand his work, which has brought him worldwide recognition. Much of this work has been linked with the city of Nottingham where he his proud to serve the community in which he grew up. Longdale itself has a series of exhibition and museum spaces set out to form a Victorian / Edwardian street. The shop fronts that you will be able to view here are all originals that were reclaimed and saved from destruction. Recycling is an issue that Longdale is always keen to promote.