Treasure Hunt - Nottingham, Sherwood Forest Area

Mention Nottingham or Sherwood Forest and most people immediately think of Robin Hood and the eponymous sheriff or if you are az bit more up to date - Brian Clough. But there is so much more to Nottingham and the Sherwood Forest area than those. So why not come and see for yourself on one of our East Midlands treasure hunts or scavenger hunts. History, culture, entertainment - we've got the lot!

The Nottingham area may well have been settled during earlier times but it was in Anglo Saxon times that the nucleus of the present city was established. The Normans built a wooden caslte, subsequently superseded a couple of hundred years later by a stone-built version.

Over the next 400 years, Nottingham was granted Royal Charters to have a weekly market, annual fair, a Mayor and a Sheriff. The main industry was wool treatment but there is plenty of evidence from street names that many other trades were practised. Later,in the 19th century, Nottingham became famed for its lacemaking industry with its famed lace market and the production of Raleigh bicycles.

The name Sherwood was first applied to the forested area during the 10th century and it became a Royal Hunting Forest after the Norman invasion. The time of the Robin Hood legend is reputedly the 1200s, if that is so, then it is more likely that Robin, Maid Marion, Little John, Will Scarlett and Friar Tuck were battling the Mayor of Nottingham as there was no Sheriff of Nottingham until the mid 15th century. By the 18th century, a lot of Sherwood forest had been acquired by minor noblemen who created the impressive country manors like Thoresby, Newstead Woollaton. In fact, there were so many titled landowners here that it became known as the Dukeries. Industry has also impacted on Sherwood forest, farming and coalmining has created the open spaces and settlements you are familiar with today, Edwinstowe, Ollerton, Rainworth, Mansfield ... This creates an interesting and varied environment for a corporate entertainment or team building treasure hunt, with many villages, towns and rural locations to visit.

The Treasure Hunt ...

The Nottingham or Sherwood Forest team building treasure hunt or scavenger hunt takes place either on foot in Nottingham itself or by car, outside of the city, where you will explore the local villages in order to find the answers and complete the tasks. Both the car and on foot treasure hunt will require careful planning by the team before you set off, in order to collect sufficient answers and to avoid heavy time penalties. There are always far more clues than your team could possibly answer in the time available.

Robin Hood ...

... Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, allegedly the oldest inn in England ...

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