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Mention Nottingham or Sherwood Forest and most people immediately think of Robin Hood and the eponymous sheriff or if you are are 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 on-foot or driving treasure hunts and 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 The Normans built a wooden castle, subsequently superseded a couple of hundred years later by a stone-built version. The Castle, and a large part of Nottingham, was built on the soft Sherwood Sandstone which was easily excavated. This was first exploited during Anglo Saxon times and the caves have been subjected to such diverse uses as housing, storage, air raid shelters and even an underground tannery.

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 coal mining 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.

About your Nottingham or Sherwood Forest 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. And we lend you digital cameras for the event so at the end of the day, we can put all of the pictures on disc to give you a lasting record of the event.

The Nottingham treasure hunt is great too for private individuals and charity organisations. It is also rapidly taking over from the 'weekend in Prague' becoming the new generation of stag and hen event, the perfect daytime activity for a weekend 'do'. They are fun, sociable and involve everyone - email your stag or hen enquiry from here. A Stag or Hen event could comprise a Nottingham Treasure Hunt, a river cruise on the Trent plus a visit to the City of Caves attraction which lies under the Broadmarsh centre. Then, for the evening you have the lively night life of the city at your disposal ...

We do not subcontract out our treasure hunts or scavenger hunts - we produce and deliver them ourselves ensuring you of a top quality event. We are contracted by top corporate entertainment companies to write and deliver their treasure hunts.

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