Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest.

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The legendary home of Robin Hood and his Merry Men Sherwood Forest.

Staying in the Vale of Belvoir gives the visitor a unique opportunity to visit probably the most famous Forest in the whole world. According to legend Robin Hood was an outlaw who along with his band of ‘merry men’ used the forest to their advantage by stealing from the rich and corrupt travelling through Sherwood Forest. Robin Hood’s adventures have been retold in various guises. In Hollywood blockbusters to children’s cartoons we are told how the worlds favourite folk hero; Robin Hood outwitted the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and found love with Maid Marian. 

A visit to Sherwood Forest Country Park can is a perfect day out for the family. Children and adults can explore the legend of Robin Hood in it’s magical home. Sherwood Forrest contains some of the oldest trees in Europe including the world famous Major Oak which has stood at the heart of Sherwood Forest for approximately 800 years! Sherwood Forest Country Park is fantastically equipped for visitors, welcoming over 500,000 from all over the world each year. There is a fantastic Visitors Centre busting with information, shops and the Forest Table Restaurant.

The Major Oak is a Quercus Robur, the English or pendunculate oak.  

This forest veteran is a huge oak tree thought to be around 800 years old. In a 2002 survey, it was voted “Britain’s favourite tree”. According to local lore, its hollow trunk was used as a hideout by Robin Hood’s men, though if Robin was – as legend suggests – active in the 12th or 13th century, this tree could only have been a sapling then. So it must have been another, much older oak that hid the outlaw.

Robin Hood the Major Oak tree and Sherwood Forest visitors center.

Who was Robin Hood? 

Robin for the rich sounds good and so it goes the legend was Robbing from the rich to give it all away to the poor people of Nottingham.Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw and a legend in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, the love of the life for Maid Marion a true storey of romance and good deeds performed aginst the evil Sherriff of Nottingham! He is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor," assisted by a group of fellow brave outlaws known as his "Merry Men." Traditionally Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes mainly because of the hidding place in Sherwood Forest.

The origin of the legend is claimed by some to have stemmed from actual outlaws, or from ballads or tales of outlaws. Robin Hood and his band of merry men are usually portrayed as living in Sherwood Forest, in Nottinghamshire.Was he historical fact or simply a medieval fiction? Despite Robin's "legend" status, there are many reasons to believe that Robin Hood could well have been a real historical figure. Researchers into the legend have uncovered compelling evidence about this historical period here in Nottingham Why has the Robin Hood Legend become so loved and well known across the world and through the generations?

The stories of Robin portray him as a fearless outlaw leading his band of "merry men" (and women) against the tyranny of Prince John, Fighting for King Richard and against the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and Sir Guy of Gisbourne. A brilliant archer and no doubt better than William Tell,  Robin lived a life of adventure robbing the rich giving to the poor wining and dining on poaching the King's deer from the outlaws' retreat in Sherwood Forest what a man what a legand! It must be true they made movies about him!.
 

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