Edwinstowe, Wellow, Cresswell Crags and Worksop
The churches of Sherwood Forest, Worksop Priory and the Ice-Age landscape and caves of Cresswell Crags.
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Saint Swithun's Church, Wellow, Nottinghamshire (1.9mb)
The church is mostly 12th and 13th century, so it is the same building which Robin would have known, despite heavy restoration in Victorian times.
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Saint Mary's Church, Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire (1.9mb)
Popular folklore tells us that Robin Hood and Maid Marian were married at the door of the parish church of St. Mary here, as was traditional at the time. Robin would have felt quite at home here as, in 1334, even the local vicar was convicted of forest trespass and of killing the King's deer.
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King John's Palace, Clipstone, Nottinghamshire (1.9mb)
King John's Palace was a Royal hunting lodge and the site is said to have originally been a chapel built by King Edwin of Northumbria. It was extended by King Henry I, but destroyed by fire in 1220. Henry II re-erected it only fifty years later, but today only these few sturdy walls remain.
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Robin Hood's Cave, Cresswell Crags, near Worksop (2.1mb)
The largest of all the caves at Cresswell Crags and where the famous fugitive is said to have found safety on a number of occasions. Prince John apparently got wind of the hide-outs at one time and came searching for Robin here whilst the outlaw used this opportunity to break into the Royal Palace at Clipstone and release all the prisoners.
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Cresswell Crags, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire (2.0mb)
The Creswell Crags are a sort of Northern Cheddar Gorge running along the valley of the Millwood Brook, near Worksop. Hidden amongst the rocky precipices are a series of caves, certainly used as homes by prehistoric man, now with a good Visitors' Centre, attractive lakeside walks and guided tours of the caves.
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Steetley Chapel, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire (2.0mb)
A perfect little Norman church which takes you back to the days of Robin Hood. This is one of the few buildings in the Sherwood area which date to this time. Tradition has Friar Tuck bringing the Merry Men here for prayers on occasion and it is said to have had a false roof in which Robin could hide when the need arose.
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The Priory Church of Our Lady and St. Cuthbert, Worksop (1.9mb)
A superb example of Norman architecture. It was erected in the early 12th century by the De Lovetot Lords of the Manor; so, no doubt, Robin Hood and his men would have known it well. The modern East End, however, was only constructed in the 1970s, through a legacy from a former choir-boy.
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