Over 150 square miles of mainly quick draining sandy soil with a wide variety of habits, ranging from ancient woodland and heath,  conifer forest, modern broadleaf plantations, wood grazing, lakes such as the Great Lake in at Welbeck, the river corridors of the  Leen, Rainworth Water, Maun, Meden, Poulter and Ryton, wetlands such as Oxton Bogs and along the river Poulter to the many of  the  former pit tips which have been restored with wildlife in mind. Sherwood Forest, also known as Bilhagh and Birklands is a remnant of an older Royal hunting forest.The forest today is a mixture of woodland, low shrub, pasture and heath. "We know from the early medieval period that Sherwood Forest back then was basically everything north of the River Trent. Sherwood South Animal Hospital Phone: (225) 293-6440 3803 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd. Over 1,400 species of beetles and 200 types of spiders can be found in the forest.

We're all familiar with one of Nottinghamshire's most loved attractions, but did you know Sherwood Forest is thought to have once had 100 times more tree cover than it does today? ( Log Out /  The King introduced strict laws against building in the forest, or removing wood. "The main London to York road, the Great North Way, ran straight through Sherwood, and travellers were often at the mercy of robbers living outside of the law. Sherwood Forest isn’t just dry heathland and forest. Pollen records show that there has been an unbroken cover of woodland in Sherwood Forest since the end of the last ice-age, 10,000 years ago. Sign up to get all the news from Mansfield in your inbox every day! Three hundred million people worldwide live in forests and 1.6 billion depend on them for their livelihoods. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Only the King and other lucky and wealthy people, such as the Archbishop of York, were allowed to hunt there. Change ). ( Log Out /  Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Major Oak, Sherwood Forest. Some areas of Sherwood Forest have become a nature reserve and an important centre for wildlife in recent years. That's pretty much three-quarters of the county. Over 1,400 species of beetles and 200 types of spiders can be found in the forest. Slide-show of the interesting wildlife to be seen in Sherwood Forest. "A lot of villages go right the way back - like Clipstone and Edwinstowe - to way before the The Charter of the Forest in 1217. At the same time, markets also appeared such as at Mansfield and Market Warsop. These laws were strictly imposed by foresters, wardens and rangers, who were all were employed by the Crown. ( Log Out /  Sherwood Forest Country Park is just north of Edwinstowe and around two miles from Ollerton in an area which originally held the Viking name 'Birklands'.

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