Sherwood Forest is a Royal Forest in Nottinghamshire, England, that is famous through its historical association with the legend of Robin Hood.
Continuously forested since the end of the Ice Age, Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve today encompasses 423 hectares, (1,045 acres) surrounding the village of Edwinstowe, the site of Thoresby Hall.
The forest is a remnant of an older and much larger royal hunting forest, which derived its name from its status as the shire (or sher) wood of Nottinghamshire, which in fact extended into several neighbouring counties (shires), bordered on the west along the River Erewash and the Forest of East Derbyshire.
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