Programme makers visited Sherwood Forest to learn more about the legend ... several of Robin Hood's supposed hideouts, as well as Nottingham Castle, where he is reputed to have been imprisoned ...

You might think that, given that the other most famous historical thing about Nottingham is Robin Hood, the name is a direct reference to Sherwood Forest, where the mythical outlaw supposedly ...

the Sheriff of Nottingham and Sherwood Forest. And more than anything, I knew about Brian Clough and Nottingham Forest.” Mourinho was 33, part of Bobby Robson’s backroom staff at Barcelona ...

So when a spate of wallaby sightings was reported on the edge of Nottingham’s ancient Sherwood Forest in late summer and early autumn, I was excited: here was a band of bouncy bushrangers ...

The name ‘Sherwood’ was first recorded in 958AD. It became a Royal hunting forest after the Norman invasion of 1066, and was popular with many Norman kings, particularly King John and Edward I.