Edwinstowe Travel Guide

 suvanki Says:  Thoresby Colliery Welfare Band was founded in 1948, following the disbanding of the nearby Welbeck pit band, who used to accompany the Edwinstowe Armistice Day Parade. The colliery manager embarrasingly had to lead the procession with a gramophone player! It wasn't long... 

 suvanki Says:  The Lime Tree Pie shop sells wonderful pies, both sweet and savoury. They are packed full of quality meat, or veg, or fruit. The mouth watering light shortcrust pastry is hand rolled. It's hard to believe that the bakery produces 10, 000 - 15, 000 quality pies each week!This... 

 suvanki Says:  Ten workshops housed in a newly built light and airy pleasant building.Pine Furniture, glassblowing (with chance to decorate your own paperweight), Coppersmith, signcasting, faux stone lampmaker, fossils; crystals and gemstone crafts,glass candlework, paintings, rubber art... 

 suvanki Says:  Mentioned in the Domesday Book, the site where King Edwin of Northumbria was buried prior to his final burial in Whitby Abbey, and the alleged place where Robin Hood and Maid Marion were wed, this church has much of historical interest. However, the oldest part remaining is... 

 suvanki Says:  This is the oldest Oak Tree in the forest. A Map dating around 1791, marks a tree called Major Rooke. Apparently Major Hayman Rooke was an expert on Sherwood, this being his favourite tree. I always assumed it was called The Major Oak due to it's size. Upto the mid 19th... 

 suvanki Says:  Ok, if you're not as lucky as me, to have parents living very near (within walking distance) you'll have paid exorbitant parking fees and probably queue for an age to get in.So, nows the time to make the most of it! The Sherwood Forest Visitors centre is fairly compact, but... 

 suvanki Says:  Not to everybodys taste, but this small fun fair on the edge of the forest offers a distraction for children. There has been an annual Fair in Edwinstowe since 1381! A Royal Charter granted that this yearly event be held on the Vigil and Day of Saint Eadwin, which was around... 

 suvanki Says:  Around Edwinstowe, theres miles of woodland walking opportunities. Either just do your own thing, or there are guided walks from The Sherwood Forest Visitors Centre.In the tourist Info office, there are booklets which offer a variety of trails for walkers/cyclists etc. 

 suvanki Says:  Again, I'm afraid that I haven't actually visited this attraction, but have passed the sign many times, and found a flyer yesterday, for this family attraction.Set in Thoresby Park , The maze consists of 4 miles of pathways, this year set in the shape of The Major Oak, where... 

 suvanki Says:  Quality Butchers shop- prize wining sausages etc- everything for a barbecue. Also quality chutneys/ pickles.Mr Goff also has a butchers shop in nearby Warsop, and a Restaurant at Langwith, which I'm told is well worth a visit! Sausages, meat products. 

 suvanki Says:  The place to buy your stamps/post cards lottery tickets etc. Also stocks stationery, toys, sweets, souvenirs etc.Check out the notices in the window for forthcoming events in and around Edwinstowe. 

 suvanki Says:  Crammed full of gifts and souvenirs of Robin Hood, Sherwood Forest and Nottinghamshire. Along with the usual trinkets, are cards and prints by local artists and Nottingham lace, crafted into mats, cushion covers etc.So if you can't live without a Robin Hood tea towel, or a... 

 suvanki Says:  The hamlet of Budby settles either side of the A616 road 3 miles NW of the Ollerton roundabout. Off the busy A57, that passes through Sheffield, Worksop & Newark.Surrounded by forest and farmland, with a stream meandering by. The only shop here is an Antiques centre, which...