Carr Brecks Farmhouse

Carr Brecks Farmhouse is a farm in Ollerton and Boughton, Newark and Sherwood District, England. Carr Brecks Farmhouse is situated nearby to Sherwood Heath, as well as near the pub White Hart Inn.

Type: Farm
Description: farmhouse in Edwinstowe, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Carr Brecks Farm”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sherwood Forest and St Giles’ Church, Ollerton.

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. Sherwood Forest is situated 2 miles northwest of Carr Brecks Farmhouse.

St Giles’ Church, Ollerton

Church

Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Giles’ Church, Ollerton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England. St Giles’ Church, Ollerton is situated 2,800 feet northeast of Carr Brecks Farmhouse.

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. Major Oak is situated 1½ miles west of Carr Brecks Farmhouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ollerton and New Ollerton.

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.

New Ollerton

Village

New Ollerton is a town in the parish of Ollerton and Boughton, Newark and Sherwood district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England, on the edge of Sherwood Forest.