Center Parcs Sherwood Forest
Center Parcs UK and Ireland is a short-break holiday company that operates six holiday villages in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with each covering about 400 acres of woodland.Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Resort
- Description: Holiday Village in Nottinghamshire, UK
- Also known as: “Sherwood Forest”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rufford Abbey and St Mary’s Church.
Rufford Abbey
Photo: Enchufla Con Clave, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rufford Abbey is a country estate in Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England, two miles south of Ollerton. Originally a Cistercian abbey, it was converted to a country house in the 16th century after Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries. Rufford Abbey is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Center Parcs Sherwood Forest.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Edwinstowe. The church was mentioned in Domesday Book in 1086, given by William II to Lincoln Cathedral. St Mary’s Church is situated 2 miles north of Center Parcs Sherwood Forest.
King John’s Palace
Ruins
Photo: Kisha Tracy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
King John's Palace is the remains of a former medieval royal residence in Kings Clipstone, north-west Nottinghamshire. The name "King John's Palace" has been used since the 18th century; prior to that the site was known as the "King's Houses". King John’s Palace is situated 2 miles northwest of Center Parcs Sherwood Forest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Edwinstowe and Bilsthorpe.
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.
Bilsthorpe
Village
Bilsthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,076, increasing to 3,375 at the 2011 census, and dropping slightly to 3,365 at the 2021 census. Bilsthorpe is situated 2½ miles southeast of Center Parcs 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. Ollerton is situated 2½ miles northeast of Center Parcs Sherwood Forest.
Center Parcs Sherwood Forest
- Categories: holiday village, recreation area, accommodation, building, and tourism
- Location: Rufford, Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.16619° or 53° 9′ 58″ northLongitude
-1.05846° or 1° 3′ 31″ westBrand
Center Parcs UKOperator
Center ParcsOpen location code
9C5W5W8R+FJOpenStreetMap ID
way 30624889OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=resortWikidata ID
Q5059322
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In Other Languages
“Center Parcs Sherwood Forest” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sherwood Forest (Center Parcs)”
- Dutch: “Sherwood Forest”
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