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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  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: royal forest
  • Also known as: “Foret de Sherwood”, “Las Sherwood”, “Major Oak”, “Padurea Sherwood”, “Sherwood Forest (bos)”, “Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve”, “Sherwood Forest NNR”, “Sherwood les”, “Sherwood-skogen”, “Sherwood-skógur”, “Sherwoodskógur”, “シェアウッド・フォレスト”, “シェアウッドフォレスト”, “シャーウッド・フォレスト”, “シャーウッドフォレスト”, and “シャーウッド森”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Major Oak and St Mary’s Church.

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The is a large dead English oak near…

Church
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St Mary's Church is a parish church in the in .

Library
Photo: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the…

Village
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is a small village near to .

Sherwood Forest

Latitude
53.20855° or 53° 12′ 31″ north
Longitude
-1.08195° or 1° 4′ 55″ west
Elevation
328 feet (100 metres)
Operator
Nottinghamshire County Council
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.
  • Albanian: “Pylli Sherud”
  • Arabic: “غابة شيروود”
  • Armenian: “Շերվուդյան անտառ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şervud meşəsi”
  • Basque: “Sherwood basoa”
  • Bengali: “শেরউড বন”
  • Breton: “Koad Sherwood”
  • Catalan: “bosc de Sherwood”
  • Catalan: “Bosc de Sherwood”
  • Cebuano: “Sherwood Forest (lasang sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
  • Cebuano: “Sherwood Forest”
  • Chinese: “雪伍德森林”
  • Chinese: “雪活林”
  • Czech: “Sherwoodský les”
  • Danish: “Sherwoodskoven”
  • Dutch: “Sherwood Forest”
  • Esperanto: “Arbaro Sherwood”
  • Finnish: “Sherwood”
  • Finnish: “Sherwoodin metsä”
  • French: “forêt de Sherwood”
  • French: “Forêt de Sherwood”
  • Galician: “Bosque de Sherwood”
  • German: “Sherwood Forest”
  • Hebrew: “יער שרווד”
  • Icelandic: “Skírisskógur”
  • Italian: “foresta di Sherwood”
  • Italian: “Foresta di Sherwood”
  • Japanese: “シャーウッドの森”
  • Korean: “셔우드숲”
  • Latin: “Limpidia Sylva”
  • Macedonian: “Шервудска Шума”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sherwoodskogen”
  • Norwegian: “Sherwoodskogen”
  • Persian: “جنگل شروود”
  • Polish: “Sherwood”
  • Portuguese: “Sherwood”
  • Romanian: “Pădurea Sherwood”
  • Russian: “Шервудский лес”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sherwood”
  • Slovenian: “Sherwoodski gozd”
  • Spanish: “Bosque de Sherwood”
  • Swedish: “Sherwoodskogen”
  • Tamil: “செர்வுட் காடு”
  • Turkish: “Sherwood Ormanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Шервудський ліс”
  • Vietnamese: “Rừng Sherwood”
  • Welsh: “Fforest Sherwood”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Gorsethorpe and Hazel Gap.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Seymour Grove and Assarts Wood.

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