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About Us
Sherwood Forest is internationally renowned for its legendary heritage and remarkable natural beauty, boasting within its National Nature Reserve a uniquely rich collection of ancient and veteran oaks – many more than 400 years old, with some exceeding 800 years. Yet, unlike many forests, Sherwood exists as a fragmented patchwork shaped over centuries by human influence, making its borders and ecological importance difficult for many to recognise.
The Sherwood Forest Trust was founded to reconnect these fragments and help communities and visitors appreciate the true scope and value of this extraordinary landscape.
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our vision is for a thriving, nature‑rich and well‑connected Sherwood Forest.
A living mosaic of ancient woodlands, heathlands, and grasslands where nature thrives and heritage is cherished.
Through our work, tackling habitat and biodiversity loss we are fighting back against climate change, while supporting the region’s recreation and rich archaeological legacy.
We want a landscape where people feel rooted, benefiting from deeper connections to both the nature and heritage of the legendary Sherwood Forest.
Get involved and be part of our mission today!
Our Mission
What we do
Guided by evidence that locally sourced and grown trees thrive best, we’ve created a community tree nursery where volunteers nurture Sherwood’s future – collecting seed and growing strong, healthy native trees for this landscape.
We help deliver the 50-year Purple Vision by championing Sherwood’s heathlands, an internationally important habitat where over 80% has been lost. Working alongside our partners in the Sherwood Habitat Strategy Group, we are protecting, restoring, and expanding lowland heathland to safeguard biodiversity, strengthen the area’s distinctive landscape, and provide a home for the birds, bugs and beasts who can live nowhere else.
We put Sherwood people’s voices at the heart of our work by designing locally-led projects focused on underserved communities. We bring together Sherwood’s history, heritage, and nature in ways that respond to real community needs and aspirations.
Come along to one of our events and learn something new, or you get involved by volunteering with us.
About Our Work
Our Team & Values
Our staff team brings wide-ranging conservation, heritage, and project management experience, all grounded in a genuine passion for the Forest. Our trustees and associates add expertise from archaeology, conservation, woodland and forestry, as well as hands-on land management experience from farming, and a strong understanding of funding and the wider political landscape.
Together, we work to shared values of partnership, community focus, best practice, and inclusion, championing collaboration and long-term stewardship in everything we do.
Meet the team here
Grassroots Practical Work
- We get people hands-on with local conservation and heritage
- Involve local schools in Sherwood Forest’s history and nature.
- Organise fun community events that bring people together.
- Celebrate the crafts, skills and local produce of Sherwood Forest.
- Help community groups to manage local heathland.
- Plant native British trees in Nottinghamshire, following the philosophy; ‘The right tree in the right place, planted the right way, for the right reasons.’
Find out more here.
Strategic Work
- Working to bring together the many different stakeholders of the Sherwood Forest area – helping to repair a fragmented landscape.
- Hosting the ‘Guardians of Sherwood’ farms liaison role.
- Supporting the Sherwood Habitats Strategy Group.
- Advocating the ‘Purple Vision’ for the future of Sherwood Forest, and working with partners to formulate a new ‘Green Vision.’ Creating a ‘Right Tree in the Right Place’ document to guide local woodland creation and restoration.
- Supporting responsible ‘green’ tourism and the potential of the Robin Hood legend.
- Championing the concept of a Sherwood Forest Regional Park.
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Help Protect Sherwood Forest
We are a registered charity, independent of any larger national organisation, and we depend on donations, grants, and earned income to continue our work.
Stand up for Sherwood Forest – donate today.
