Sherwood Forest

Sherwood Forest in is the last surviving tract of primeval forest in England. In medieval times it was a royal hunting forest – the shire or sher wood of Nottinghamshire – and it became the setting for the legend of Robin Hood.
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  • Nature reserve
  • …lies at an elevation of around 330 feet (100 metres)
  • …is operated by the Nottinghamshire County Council
  • Description: royal forest
  • Also known as
    “Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve”
    “Sherwood Forest NNR”

Places of Interest Nearby

Discover Major Oak and St Mary’s Church.
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The is a large dead English oak near…
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Church
St Mary's Church is a parish church in the in .
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Library

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Edwinstowe and Budby.
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Sherwood Forest in is the last surviving tract of primeval forest in England.
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Hamlet
is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the…
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Village
is a small village near to .

Sherwood Forest

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Latitude
53.20855° or 53° 12′ 31″ north
Longitude
-1.08195° or 1° 4′ 55″ west
Open location code
9C5W6W59+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29432331
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure = nature_reserve
Geo­Names ID
2638012
Wiki­data ID
Q919191

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Sherwood Forest” goes by many names.
Pylli SherudAlbanian
غابة شيروودArabic
Շերվուդյան անտառArmenian
Şervud meşəsiAzerbaijani
Sherwood basoaBasque
শেরউড বনBengali
Koad SherwoodBreton
Bosc de SherwoodCatalan
Sherwood ForestCebuano
Sherwood Forest (lasang sa Hiniusang Gingharian)Cebuano
雪伍德森林Chinese
雪活林Chinese
SherwoodCzech
Sherwood lesCzech
Sherwoodský lesCzech
SherwoodskovenDanish
Sherwood ForestDutch
Sherwood Forest (bos)Dutch
Arbaro SherwoodEsperanto
SherwoodFinnish
Sherwoodin metsäFinnish
Forêt de SherwoodFrench
Bosque de SherwoodGalician
Major OakGerman
Sherwood ForestGerman
יער שרוודHebrew
Sherwood ForestIcelandic
Sherwood-skógurIcelandic
SkírisskógurIcelandic
Foresta di SherwoodItalian
シェアウッド・フォレストJapanese
シャーウッド・フォレストJapanese
シャーウッドの森Japanese
シャーウッド森Japanese
셔우드숲Korean
Limpidia SylvaLatin
Шервудска ШумаMacedonian
SherwoodskogenNorwegian
Sherwood ForestNorwegian Bokmål
Sherwood-skogenNorwegian Bokmål
جنگل شروودPersian
Las SherwoodPolish
SherwoodPolish
SherwoodPortuguese
Pădurea SherwoodRomanian
Шервудский лесRussian
SherwoodSerbo-Croatian
Sherwood ForestSlovenian
Sherwoodski gozdSlovenian
Bosque de SherwoodSpanish
Sherwood ForestSwedish
SherwoodskogenSwedish
செர்வுட் காடுTamil
Sherwood OrmanıTurkish
Шервудський лісUkrainian
Rừng SherwoodVietnamese
Fforest SherwoodWelsh

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