Sherwood Forest

Sherwood Forest is a royal woodland in Nottinghamshire, England, famous by its historical association with the legend of Robin Hood. The place has been wooded since the give up of the Ice Age as attested by using pollen sampling core. Today, Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve encompasses 0.5 acres surrounding the village of Edwinstowe, the website online of Thoresby Hall. It is a remnant of an older, tons larger, royal looking forest, which derived its name from its status as the shire or sher timber of Nottinghamshire, which extended into numerous neighbouring counties shires, bordered at the west alongside the River Erewash and the Forest of East Derbyshire.

When the Domesday Book turned into compiled in 1086, the woodland covered perhaps a quarter of Nottinghamshire in forest and heath difficulty to the woodland legal guidelines. Sherwood attracts between 360,000 and 1 million tourists annually, many from different countries. Visitor numbers have elevated drastically for the reason that launch of the BBC's Robin Hood tv collection in 2006. Each August the nature reserve hosts an annual, week-lengthy Robin Hood Festival. This occasion recreates a medieval ecosystem and functions the fundamental characters from the Robin Hood legend. The week's enjoyment consists of jousters and on foot gamers, wearing medieval attire, in addition to a medieval encampment complete with jesters, musicians, rat-catchers, alchemists and fire eaters.