The Major Oak
Local highlightDeep in Sherwood Forest stands an oak thought to be 800 to 1,000 years old, its enormous limbs so heavy they rest on props and braces first fitted more than a century ago. Local legend makes it Robin Hood’s hideout. A boardwalk from the visitor centre near Edwinstowe loops out to it through the old oaks, and it’s free to reach on the Sherwood Forest reserve.
