The Nottingham Astronomical Society was established in 1946.
History
Plans for a 'society' in the Nottingham area for people interested in astronomy had been devised just before the start of World War II.
The society owns a 24" reflecting telescope housed in a dome observatory near Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire.
Since 1980 the society has been twinned with the Karlruhe Astronomical Society (Astronomischen Vereinigung Karlsruhe, AOD) based in Germany.
References
Nottingham Astronomical Society Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA