Forest Holidays Sherwood Forest
60 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome60 ha
Getting here
53.16919, -1.09284
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Forest Retreat — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Forest Retreat — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Euophryum confine, Orchesia undulata, Sicus ferrugineus +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Southwell TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Greenwood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Dukeries TrailWalking route▾
Major Oak TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Giants TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 645Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 645National Cycle Network
Route 645Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 645National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 648Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 648National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route984 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 984 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route661 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 661 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green Route
Outlaw TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red Route
Viking TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue Route
Bike Park & Downhill RouteMountain bike route▾
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Storm damage, Sherwood Pines, 2
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
13,738 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,738 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Coal Tit +26
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- CootFulica atra
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Euophryum confine · Orchesia undulata · Strawberry-root Weevil · Snail Hunter · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides +4
- Euophryum confineEuophryum confine
- Orchesia undulataOrchesia undulata
- Strawberry-root WeevilOtiorhynchus ovatus
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
- Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus
- Melanostoma scalare
Bracken · Common Sallow · Gorse · Bramble · Male-fern +76
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Common SallowSalix cinerea
- GorseUlex europaeus
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,738 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Coal Tit +26
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- CootFulica atra
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Euophryum confine · Orchesia undulata · Strawberry-root Weevil · Snail Hunter · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides +4
- Euophryum confineEuophryum confine
- Orchesia undulataOrchesia undulata
- Strawberry-root WeevilOtiorhynchus ovatus
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
- Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus
- Melanostoma scalare
Bracken · Common Sallow · Gorse · Bramble · Male-fern +76
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Common SallowSalix cinerea
- GorseUlex europaeus
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusMelangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarumCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumDogwoodCornus sanguineaDogwoodCornus sanguineaCyperus SedgeCarex pseudocyperusCyperus SedgeCarex pseudocyperusHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaWall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalisWall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalisCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisBroomCytisus scopariusBroomCytisus scopariusReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumBell HeatherErica cinereaBell HeatherErica cinereaHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataRed FescueFestuca rubraRed FescueFestuca rubraBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaHeath GroundselSenecio sylvaticusHeath GroundselSenecio sylvaticusCommon BentAgrostis capillarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreWeldReseda luteolaWeldReseda luteolaReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaWild CherryPrunus aviumWild CherryPrunus aviumWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaGreater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculataGreater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculataCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorSessile OakQuercus petraeaSessile OakQuercus petraeaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaYellow IrisIris pseudacorusYellow IrisIris pseudacorusGypsywortLycopus europaeusGypsywortLycopus europaeusHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaAmerican WillowherbEpilobium ciliatumAmerican WillowherbEpilobium ciliatumCommon ReedPhragmites australisCommon ReedPhragmites australisPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburYewTaxus baccataYewTaxus baccataCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCommon OracheAtriplex patulaCommon OracheAtriplex patulaZigzag CloverTrifolium mediumZigzag CloverTrifolium mediumSilky-leaved OsierSalix viminalis x cinerea = S. x holosericeaSilky-leaved OsierSalix viminalis x cinerea = S. x holosericeaGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaRibbed MelilotMelilotus officinalisRibbed MelilotMelilotus officinalisCommon WhitebeamSorbus ariaCommon WhitebeamSorbus ariaWall LettuceMycelis muralisWall LettuceMycelis muralisWild StrawberryFragaria vescaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaHard RushJuncus inflexusHard RushJuncus inflexusCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaDog-roseRosa caninaDog-roseRosa caninaWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleSalix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtiiSalix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtiiSalix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtiiSalix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtiiGrey AlderAlnus incanaGrey AlderAlnus incanaCornus sanguinea subsp. australisCornus sanguinea subsp. australisCornus sanguinea subsp. australisCornus sanguinea subsp. australisEvents & activities nearby
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