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Edwinstowe
Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England

Edwinstowe

Edwinstowe is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England, on the edge of Sherwood Forest and the Dukeries.

Plan a trip to Edwinstowe→From Nottingham, Leicestershire

It is associated with the legends of Robin Hood and Maid Marian, and to a lesser extent Edwin of Northumbria, from where the village gets its name. The parish population at the 2021 census was 5,320.

Get in

Getting to Edwinstowe

The forest is best accessed via the Visitor Centre off B6034 just north of the village of Edwinstowe. Most visitors day-trip by car. From Yorkshire, follow A1 south to A614 (signed "Nottingham") and follow this to Ollerton. From the south, either leave A1 at Grantham and follow A52 east then A6097 north; or leave M1 at Leicester and take A46 north then A6097 & A614.

See

Worth seeing

Start at the Visitor Centre, opened in Aug 2018, then stroll through the forest at least as far as the Major Oak. After that, maybe see the events at Edwinstowe, but a lot of them are tacky, catchpenny merchandising. Further out are Clumber Park and Rufford Abbey.

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    Sherwood Forest Country Park
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    The Major Oak

    About ½ mile from the Centre along a well-marked, wheelchair accessible track.

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    St Mary's Church

    Dates from 1185 so hundreds of forest dwellers have been baptised, married and buried here.

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    Clumber Park

    Worksop S80 3AZ (near jcn of A1, A57 and A614, follow signs), clumberpark@nationaltrust.org.uk.

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    Rufford Abbey
Do

Things to do

Sherwood Pines, Edwinstowe NG21 9JL (off B6030 near Kings Clipstone),. Daily: Oct-Mar 8AM-6PM; Apr-Sep 8AM-10PM. Run by the Forestry Commission. You can "Go Ape" (yes, that's what they call it) on a harness and swing around a large assault course suspended in the treetops. The adventure playground for kids is also excellent if you're taking a family.

Eat

Where to eat

There are cafes at the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre, at Rufford Park and at Clumber Park. On Edwinstone High Street, find one Indian and two Chinese take-aways. The pubs listed below under "Drink" also do decent bar food.

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    Robin Hood Plaice

    This is, you guessed it, a fish & chip shop.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Nilfanion (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.