Sherwood Forest

Famous English forest

Sherwood Forest is a woodland in Nottinghamshire, England, legendary as the home of Robin Hood and his outlaw band.

The name evokes medieval England, forest hideouts, and robbing from the rich to give to the poor.

They disappeared into the trees like Robin Hood's men in Sherwood Forest.

Related

ballads · hunting grounds · ancient woodland · English folklore · archery · Friar Tuck · legend · outlaw · bow and arrow · merry men · disguise · medieval England · Mansfield · oral tradition · King John · Prince John · hideout · arrows

Categories
Opposites
legendary moral alignment

Sherwood ForestMordor

Volcanic evil kingdom

Dracula's castle

landscape type

Sherwood Foresturban sprawl

Uncontrolled peripheral development

desert · tundra · concrete jungle · industrial landscape · Dartmoor

symbolic refuge vs. seat of power

Sherwood ForestWestminster

London's political center

Family

wood, forest, forests, forested, forestry, shire, forester, deforestation, deforest

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G