Kingston Drive Plantation

Places of Interest

Sherwood Forest

Nature reserve

Photo: Javier Carro, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire 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.

Major Oak

Photo: Galli, Public domain.

The Major Oak is a large dead English oak near Edwinstowe, in the midst of Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, England. Thought to be between 800 and 1,200 years old, the tree was estimated to weigh 23 long tons and had a canopy of 92 feet at its peak.

St Mary’s Church, Norton Cuckney

Church

Photo: Enchufla Con Clave, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Edwinstowe

Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire 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.

Market Warsop

Town

Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Market Warsop is a town within the civil parish of Warsop in Mansfield District, Nottinghamshire, England, on the outskirts of the remnants of Sherwood Forest.

Ollerton

Town

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ollerton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ollerton and Boughton, in the Newark and Sherwood district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England, on the edge of Sherwood Forest in the area known as the Dukeries.

Kingston Drive Plantation

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Localities in the Area

Notable Places Nearby

Curious Forests to Discover

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