Sherwood Hideaway

The surrounding area offers a huge range of activities for all ages. Enjoy local fun days out, or travel further afield to visit country parks, craft centres, children’s play villages, castles, historic buildings and attractive market towns. For the more sporty character there’s golf courses, horse riding, clay pigeon shooting, water sports and high wire forest adventures, all within easy reach. For eating out the area has a huge choice of eating out options ranging from fine dining to great local pubs, cafés and farm shops.

Here are some local attractions you can visit during your stay at Sherwood Hideaway:

Clumber Park: the amazing scenery of Clumber Park is perfect for a relaxing and idyllic day out. One of the four Dukeries Estates, the Park boasts the world’s longest double avenue of lime trees and 20 miles of cycle routes.

Nottingham National Water Sports Centre: set in nearly 300 acres of stunning parkland and is home to some of the UK’s best white and flat water for water skiing, white water rafting, sailing, pond-skating and canoeing.

Rufford Abbey Country Park: 12th century ruins of a medieval monastery alongside a contemporary craft centre, lake, woodland walks, a sculpture trail, children’s play village and a cafe and restaurant.

Go Ape Sherwood Pine: tree top adventure course home to the country's longest zip wire and with a kids' playground and picnic area.

Sherwood Pines Forest Farm: home to both farm animals and some more unusual animals including exotic birds, wildfowl, ornamental ducks, wallabies, water buffalo, mara and kune kune pigs. The grounds of the farm are also host to the beautiful and relaxing water gardens, petting areas, gift shop and tea-room serving locally-baked cakes and light snacks.

The Harley Gallery: this gallery aims to provide affordable studio space for artists and craftsmen to ensure the maintenance of hand-skills in an age of mass production. The craft shop is not to be missed.

Nottingham Castle: home to the 17th century castle, an exciting museum charting the history of the Sherwood Forest Regiment and an art gallery. Includes a children’s play section and picnic area.

Wollaton Hall: a stunning restored Edwardian mansion set in five hundred acres of breathtaking gardens.

Southwell: best known for the beautiful and impressive Southwell Minster – the most notable feature being the twin ‘pepper pot’ spires. The nine-hundred year old Norman Minster boasts Romanesque features and leaves visitors in awe.

Newark: a historic market town of Newark renowned for its traditional beautifully cobbled marketplace.