Kingston Drive Plantation
Kingston Drive Plantation is a forest in Perlethorpe, Newark and Sherwood District, England. Kingston Drive Plantation is situated nearby to the locality Hazel Gap, as well as near the hamlet Budby.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sherwood Forest and Major Oak.
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 English oak near 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.
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
Nearby places include Edwinstowe and Market Warsop.
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
Latitude
53.2309° or 53° 13′ 51″ northLongitude
-1.0973° or 1° 5′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C5W6WJ3+93OpenStreetMap ID
way 129509960OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hazel Gap and Budby.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Netherfield Lane and Budby North Forest.
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