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The Castle of Nottingham is a walled royal castle within the medieval English town of Nottingham and a location in Disney's Robin Hood. It is the primary home of the greedy Prince John and the gentle Maid Marian, and also of Maid Marian's uncle King Richard, the castle's owner who is also the selfish Prince John's fair older brother, although a line by Prince John's royal advisor Sir Hiss indicated that the castle was owned at some point by John and Richard's late mother. A large portion of the castle catches on fire as a result of the Sheriff's recklessness during his final confrontation with the heroic Robin Hood.
This castle is located in the town of Nottingham, and serves as Prince John's center of power while he is living within the area. Maid Marian also lives here with her lady-in-waiting named Lady Kluck.
The castle is surrounded by a large wall and moat, with a drawbridge controlling access. A large courtyard is within the walls, and has a gallows where traitors are hanged. This royal bastion itself has a throne room which Prince John is often seen scheming from as well as rooms that hold the taxes he takes from the citizens of Nottingham. Prince John also has his own bedroom with a large balcony which is shown to be directly across the courtyard from the castle dungeon, which is of importance during the final confrontation. Maid Marian has her own room in a tower, and has been seen playing badminton in a courtyard in the back of this medieval fortress.
The 2 boys Skippy, his friend Toby, and his two sisters, Sis and Tagalong, began attempting to retrieve the arrow the young local bot received for his birthday, only to find it to be at the castle's badminton court where the children meet Maid Marian and Lady Kluck and act out a scene showing Robin Hood's defeat of Prince John.
Later, at the royal treasury, Prince John learns from Sir Hiss and the Sheriff of Nottingham of the mocking song the peasants are singing of him. In his rage, the ever-petty Prince John orders a tripling of the taxes. Still angry later on, he explodes in a fit of rage in the throne room when Sir Hiss tells him of Friar Tuck's arrest, as he truly desires Robin Hood. However, Prince John quickly comes up with a plan to use the innocent church cleric and his would-be execution via hanging at dawn as bait to capture the noble thieving rebel.
In the courtyard, Robin Hood, disguised again as a poor beggar with a small tin cup full of little spare change, learns of the plot, and carries out a plan with his right-hand sidekick Little John to rescue the townspeople including Friar Tuck who are unjustly incarcerated by Prince John there before the good friar becomes executed on the false charge of treason. While Little John infiltrates the jail, Robin Hood enters Prince John's private quarters to steal back the people's taxes. While Friar Tuck is able to escape the castle with the townspeople, Robin is forced to stay behind when Skippy's small sister Tagalong accidentally falls behind, resulting in a chase throughout the castle, as Robin attempts to escape the Sheriff. With a portion of the castle on fire, Robin is forced to jump from a high tower into the moat and is initially presumed dead. When Robin is found to have survived, the petty Prince John is upset and finally has gone stark-raving mad upon realizing in shocking dread that the burning castle belonged to his deceased mother.
When King Richard returns home to England from his crusades, he discovered that the castle within Nottingham is destroyed and his brother's terrible deeds has inflicted on the people of the country. Enraged, Richard immediately reclaims his throne from his brother and repealed all the unjust taxes John has imposed on the people and allow Nottingham to regain its happiness and prosperity. King Richard then pardons Robin Hood for his past crimes and honored his efforts on the people of England and even gave his blessing to Robin Hood as his niece Maid Marian's husband with his joyful words replied to Frair Tuck at the wedding that he now has "an outlaw for an in-law". King Richard also has the Sheriff of Nottingham stripped of his position as sheriff for the destruction of the castle and for aiding Prince John's disgraceful reign over the people of the land. John, Sir Hiss and the demoted Sheriff are then sentence to life imprisonment for their crimes against poor people.
It is unknown if the Castle of Nottingham itself has been or would be rebuilt or not.