sherwood forest - is it a nice walk through the forset? and the postcode please as i can't find it!

[worley]

hi,
tomorrow were supposed to going to sherwood forest for the afternoon (as ds1 has a robin hood obssession after the bbc show) we are stopping off via a few days away in the peak district.

• is it a nice walk around, do they have trails you can follow which lead through the forest?

• do you have to pay to walk through? is it a national trust or something? is it open??

• and i cant find the postcode on its website to give to the satnav for directions, anyone any idea?

thankyou

we went last year - two holidays' worth, with caravan we and kids loved it. postcode etc here

hope this helps

thankyou so much, i had been looking on the visitor centre site but your link infor seems a much better,
ds1 will be over the moon tomorrow, thankyou

Do remember the latest Robin Hood series was filmed in Hungary, not Edwinstowe.

Edwinstowe has a great pie shop though.

You should have a good time at the park as it is half term here in Notts and there's always loads of activities on at visitor centre.

Steer clear of Mansfield at all costs though...

why's that, we nearly booked a travelodge in masnfield, but they didnt have any of the dates at their reduced rate!! was it a lucky escape then..
i knew it wasnt filmed here, but will reinforce it as we travel tomorrow.

Mansfield is a shithole.

Stay in Nottingham, then you can go to the Tales of Robin Hood too!

forest, major oak and visitor centre all good.
Clumber Park, also part of 'sherwood forest' is fantastic for loads of huge space to be free in!!

enjoy your day.

There's also a Robin Hood exhibition at Nottingham Castle at the moment.

You'll have to look for the 'great oak' - it's HUGE and I can't remember the blurb but it's supposed to have links to Robin Hood, someone certainly could have lived inside it

I think your ds will love it

lovely walk with kids to see the major oak,
well worth a visit

I thought the major oak was a letdown really. It had tons of scaffolding supporting it, could barely see the tree!

That's cos it is very old and falling down!

thankyou all,
ds1 did love the forest and walking round the trail to see the major oak. ds2 managed to walk all the way too which wore him out for the rest of our jounery to the peak district, he slept the rest of the way!!