Arcades in Nottingham

Looking for flashing lights and high scores in Nottingham, England? There are 12 arcades mapped here. That's 12 arcades mapped around Nottingham. Machine condition varies wildly between venues, so the one with the best-maintained cabinets wins regardless of size. Check whether the venue runs on tokens, cards or coins before you arrive with the wrong currency.

This guide covers every arcade we could verify in and around Nottingham (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Derwent Amusement Centre and Aquarium Amusements, plus Funstation. If an arcade's missing from Nottingham's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Nottingham arcade lineup

12 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about arcades in Nottingham

None of the 12 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Arcades tend toward long evening hours; call ahead if you're making a special trip.

3 have websites listed. Worth a look for tournament nights and free-play evenings.

3 arcades list websites — worth a look for opening times and whether they run leagues or tournament nights.

The Nottingham arcade run

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Derwent Amusement Centre, Aquarium Amusements, Funstation, Family Entertainment Center on 98 Radford Road, Zero Latency VR, Hall's on 200 South Parade, Hall's, and Continue Arcades on 24-26 East Street. That's 12 stops on the Nottingham arcade run. 4 more are listed below.

Arcade tips for Nottingham

A few things worth knowing before you work through Nottingham's arcades:

• Ask about tournaments at Derwent Amusement Centre. Fighting game and pinball tournaments run weekly in many towns. Beginners are usually welcome and it's the fastest way to improve.
• Go off-peak at Aquarium Amusements. Weekday afternoons mean no queues on the good machines and your pick of the racing seats. Friday night is the opposite.
• Eat before the big session. Arcade food is priced for captives. Eat properly beforehand and save the budget for games.
• Learn the ticket-to-prize math. Glance at the prize counter before playing ticket games. If the math horrifies you, play the video games instead.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Nottingham — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new arcade in Nottingham can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 12 that's closed, or a great arcade we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.

We don't list machine lineups — they change too often. What we list is the where: real venues, verified by real mappers.

If you run one of the 12 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.