Places to visit for everyone

There is plenty to do in and around Sherwood Forest as the web-links listed below show.

Clumber Park – magnificent old trees near the Church.

Bolsover Castle – almost fairytale castle – some amazing rooms
Clumber Park – Lake, large park, gardens, cycle hire
Creswell Crags – Prehistoric cave site, museum, picnic area
Hardwick Hall – Historic house, gardens, estate and lake (not to be confused with Hardwick Village, Clumber Park).
Kings Johns Palace and the Royal Hunting Park
Newstead Abbey – Gardens, lakes, historic house, ruins
Nottingham Castle and Museum of Nottingham Life – next to each other so see both together
Rufford Country Park – Gardens, lake, ruins, mill, gallery
Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve – Walks & rides, old oaks, Robin Hood Visitors Centre
Sherwood Heath Nature Reserve – Ollerton roundabout – small nature reserve
Sherwood Pines Forest Park
Thoresby – park, small military museum(marvel how small the uniforms were), craft workshops
Vicar Water Country Park, Quiet, sheltered, very attractive, lake, hill with very good views

Cuckney & Norton +Holbeck – Interesting villages, mill-pond, walk
Edwinstowe Village – Robin Hood Connections
Wellow Maypole day – Maypole day & other things of interest
Laxton – Only surviving medieval ‘Open Field System’
Mr Straw’s House – National Trust time capsule from 1920s, Worksop – must book
Southwell Day out guide + Southwell Workhouse Museum + Southwell Minster
Welbeck Abbey, Garden centre, art gallery – foodies specialist farm shop- combine with Creswell Crags