Sherwood Forest

#714 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Sherwood Forest is a royal forest in Nottinghamshire, England, famous because of its historic association with the legend of Robin Hood. ()

Alternative names: Area: 1.63 mi²Coordinates: 53°12'30"N, 1°5'2"W

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Sherwood Forest – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sherwood Forest Railway, Rufford Abbey, Major Oak, Clumber Park.

2.4 miSW
Amusement ride, Amusement, Rail tours
Sherwood Forest Railway, Mansfield
61 min walk • The Sherwood Forest Railway is a 15 in gauge light railway running through the old site of the Sherwood Forest Farm Park in Nottinghamshire, England.
3 miSE
Monastery
Rufford Abbey, Edwinstowe
76 min walk • Rufford Abbey is a country estate in Nottinghamshire, England, two miles south of Ollerton. Originally a Cistercian abbey, it was converted to a country house in the 16th century after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
0.5 miSE
Historical place, Tree
Major Oak, Edwinstowe
14 min walk • The Major Oak is a large English oak near the village of Edwinstowe in the midst of Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, England. According to local folklore, it was Robin Hood's shelter where he and his merry men slept.
4 miN
Church
Clumber Park, Worksop
102 min walk • The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Clumber Park, is an Anglican church in Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, England. The church is Grade I listed by English Heritage as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.
2.3 miS
Palace, Historical place
King John's Palace
58 min walk • King John's Palace is the remains of a former medieval royal residence in Clipstone, north-west Nottinghamshire. The name "King John's Palace" has been used since the 18th century; prior to that the site was known as the "King's Houses".
1.1 miSE
Church
St Mary's Church, Edwinstowe
30 min walk • St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Edwinstowe. The Boundary Wall, Gate, Steps And Overthrow At Church Of St Mary are also Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
2.8 miW
Church
St Peter and St Paul's Church
72 min walk • St Peter and St Paul's Church, Church Warsop is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Church Warsop. Several gravestones, the boundary wall, gates, piers and overthrow in the churchyard are Grade II listed.
4.9 miNW
Monastery
Welbeck Abbey
124 min walk • Welbeck Abbey in the Dukeries in North Nottinghamshire was the site of a monastery belonging to the Premonstratensian order in England and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, a country house residence of the Dukes of Portland.
3.5 miNW
Church
St Mary's Church
89 min walk • St Mary's Church, Norton Cuckney is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Cuckney. At the edge of the churchyard are the remains of Cuckney Castle, a motte and bailey castle listed as a Scheduled Monument by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
2.6 miE
Church
St Giles' Church, Ollerton
67 min walk • St Giles’ Church, Ollerton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ollerton.
3.8 miE
Church, Cemetery, Sacred and religious sites
St Swithin's Church
98 min walk • St Swithin's Church, Wellow is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in Wellow, Nottinghamshire.