Made famous by tales of Robin Hood the Sherwood area of Nottinghamshire is known all around the world. Unfortunately though due to industrialisation and other factors this historic landscape is no longer the majestic place it used to be.
However don’t despair as this could be about to change! A project titled ‘Sherwood: The Living Legend’ has been short listed (amongst four other great projects) for the People’s Millions lottery initiative and is with a chance to win £50 million.
This extremely important project is being led by Nottinghamshire County Council in conjunction with a variety of partners including the Sherwood Forest Trust and Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust.
Restoring Sherwood Forest
Recreating the forest to its former glory is a key element of the project. The plan is to convert at least 300 hectares of farmland (that’s roughly the size of 400 football pitches!), north and west of the River Trent back into wood and heath land.
Most of the new trees will be native oak and birch along with other shrubs sourced from the Sherwood area. The new trees and heath will connect together existing but fragmented remains of the original forest and improve the visual landscape along the main routes into Sherwood Forest, giving locals and visitors alike a much better sense of how the most well known forest in the world appeared hundreds of years ago.
And of course all of these new trees, shrubs and heathland will help to absorb Carbon ensuring that Sherwood Forest can truly be the lungs of England.
Cycling, Walking and Horse Riding Network
If successful the project will also create a 250 kilometre network of walking, cycling and horse riding paths. 95 km of these will be completely new and introduce new road and river crossings to connect existing routes together. How sustainable is that!
Yes, you can help Sherwood Forest
You may have read the tales of Robin Hood when you was younger, you have probably watched at least one Robin Hood film and you may have even watched the BBC Robin Hood TV series….
….But now you can actually give Robin Hood the home he deserves, please vote for Sherwood: The Living Legend project to win the £50 million. The project is being backed by a range of celebrities including Brian Blessed, Kevin Costner and Jonas Armstrong who plays Robin Hood in the BBC TV series.
How to vote
To vote online for the Sherwood: Living Legend project please click here.
You can also vote by telephone, by calling:
However hurry as the voting ends at 12pm on Monday 10th December.
Please vote Sherwood, thank you!
Anna-Lisa
December 8th, 2007 at 6:40 am
I voted for sherwood!
December 8th, 2007 at 11:41 am
Thank you for highlighting this Anna-Lisa, I didn’t know about the walking, cycling and riding network.
Of course I’m biased because Nottinghamshire is my home too but I’d also like to urge GGG readers to vote for Sherwood because if it wins it will be a great asset to our wildlife and countryside and money well spent.
Thank you for voting too Henriette!
December 10th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Thank you for voting, we should hear the results on wednesday