Queen Oak Plantation

Queen Oak Plantation is a forest in Edwinstowe, Newark and Sherwood District, England. Queen Oak Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet Budby, as well as near the town Ollerton.

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 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

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ollerton and Boughton.

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.

Boughton

Village

Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boughton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ollerton and Boughton, in the Newark and Sherwood district, in Nottinghamshire, England, two miles east of the town of New Ollerton.

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.

Queen Oak Plantation

Type: Forest
Location: Edwinstowe, Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.2084° or 53° 12′ 30″ north

Longitude

-1.0669° or 1° 4′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C5W6W5M+97

OpenStreetMap ID

way 369929741

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Budby and Perlethorpe.

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