visitor centre

Birch trees in the Sherwood Forest

The legendary Major Oak

Major Oak in December 2006

View of the Forest looking Northeast

Sherwood Forest is a 4.23 km² (423 hectare) forest in the Midlands of England. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 756 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 812 pixel, file size: 812 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Sherwood Forest Metadata... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 756 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 812 pixel, file size: 812 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Sherwood Forest Metadata... ImageMetadata File history File links Sherwoodglade. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Sherwoodglade. ... Species Many species; see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Robin_Hood_Major_Oak. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Robin_Hood_Major_Oak. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixel Image in higher resolution (1280 × 853 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixel Image in higher resolution (1280 × 853 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1944x2592, 1077 KB) View from the South side of Sherwood Forest, looking Northeast. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1944x2592, 1077 KB) View from the South side of Sherwood Forest, looking Northeast. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area...

Sherwood Forest is a world famous country park surrounding the village of Edwinstowe in Nottinghamshire, England, historically associated with the legend of Robin Hood. The 1000-acre country park of today is a remnant of a much larger royal hunting forest which extended into several neighboring counties. The country park was opened to the public in 1969 by Nottinghamshire County Council which manages the park under lease from the Thoresby Estate. In 2002, the park was designated a National Nature Reserve by English Nature and covered an area of 460 acres. In 2007 Natural England has officially incorporated the Budby South Forest, Nottinghamshire's largest area of dry lowland heath, into the Sherwood Forest, nearly doubling its size. ^[1] A country park is an area designated for people to visit and enjoy recreation in a countryside environment. ... Edwinstowe is a village in north Nottinghamshire, England. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... Robin Hood memorial statue in Nottingham. ... Temperate rainforest on Northern Slopes of the Alborz mountain ranges, Iran A dense growth of softwoods (a conifer forest) in the Sierra Nevada Range of Northern California A deciduous broadleaf (Beech) forest in Slovenia. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... National Nature Reserve is a United Kingdom government conservation designation for a nature reserve of national significance. ... English Nature is the United Kingdom government agency that promotes the conservation of wildlife, geology and wild places throughout England. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...

Sherwood Forest is a popular tourist attraction and attracts 500,000 tourists annually, including many from around the world. Visitor numbers have seen a significant increase, as previously predicted, since the launch of the BBC's new Robin Hood TV series. Robin Hood is a British television programme, produced by independent production company Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One, with co-funding from the BBC America cable television channel in the United States. ...

The park hosts the annual Robin Hood Festival for a week each summer. This event recreates a truly mediæval atmosphere and features all of the major characters from the Robin Hood legend. The week's entertainment includes jousters and strolling players, dressed in authentic mediæval attire in addition to an authentic mediæval encampment complete with jesters, musicians, rat-catchers, alchemists and fire eaters. This article is about the 1982 arcade game. ... It has been suggested that Joker be merged into this article or section. ... The rat-catcher is a profession centered around catching rats as a form of pest control. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Categories: Stub | Circus skills | Sideshow attractions ...

The Major Oak

Main article: Major Oak

Sherwood Forest is home to the famous Major Oak which, according to local folklore, was Robin Hood's principal hideout. The oak tree is between 800 and 1000 years old and, since the Victorian era, its massive limbs have been partially supported by an elaborate system of scaffolding. In February 1998, a local company took cuttings from the Major Oak and began cultivating clones of the famous tree with the intention of sending saplings to be planted in major cities around the world. The Major Oak The Major Oak is a huge Oak tree near the village of Edwinstowe in the heart of Sherwood Forest, England. ... The Major Oak The Major Oak is a huge Oak tree near the village of Edwinstowe in the heart of Sherwood Forest, England. ... Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, customs, material culture, and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions (including oral traditions) of that culture, subculture, or group. ... Species See List of Quercus species The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus, and some related genera, notably Cyclobalanopsis and Lithocarpus. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Ascension to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean by UNESCO. [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... For other uses, see clone. ...

The Major Oak was featured on the 2005 BBC TV programme Seven Natural Wonders as one of the natural wonders of the Midlands. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion (US$7. ... Seven Natural Wonders is a television programme that aired on BBC Two from 3 May to 20 June 2005. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Plans for the Future

In early 2006 it was announced that major plans to transform the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre had been drawn up. Nottinghamshire County Council are bidding for £50 million from the Big Lottery Fund's Living Landmarks scheme which will become the focus of a TV programme be aired on ITV1 in 2007. In May 2006, officials from the organisation visited the park. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The Big Lottery Fund is a grant-making organisation in the UK. It is one of a range of distributors of money raised by the National Lottery. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... May 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → May 1, 2006 (Monday) Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association outraged Vatican by planning to ordain another bishop, Liu Xinhong in Anhui Province. ...

You can find out more about the ambitious plans for Sherwood Forest at The Living Legend.

Trivia

• Sherwood Forest is often incorrectly considered to be the inspiration behind the name of the Nottingham Forest Football Club.
• Birch tree seeds, harvested from Sherwood forest, are much sought-after and can be bought from several different websites.

History Nottingham Forest F.C. are an English football club, based at the City Ground, which is just outside the official boundary of Nottingham on the south side of the River Trent. ... Species Many species; see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. ...

References

1. ^ Sherwood Forest to double in size

External Links

• Nottinghamshire County Council's Official Sherwood Forest Page

• Sherwood Forest Regeneration Plans

• Sherwood Forest Trust Official Website

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