Walking in Sherwood Forest and the Dukeries

Year: 1999 Format: 11x17 Pages: 120 Photos: b/w with 34 excursions in the heart of England in Sherwood Forest, an ancient royal hunting residence and in a rural landscape, a delicate mix of woods, farms, parks and streams water, with an abundance of natural beauty and wildlife. But it is the rich history of this legendary area that gives particular interest to these walks. You can visit the former great estates of the Dukes of Norfolk and Portland - known as 'The Dukeries' - with their impressive palaces set in parkland, Bess of Hardwick and the Earls of Shrewsbury, the Pilgrim Fathers, Lawrence and the collieries and, of course, Sherwood and Robin Hood. In the attractive villages of Laxton, Wellow and Kirton you can take a step back in time, among fields, castles, ancient inns and churches. In English.