Miner2Major: The Real Sherwood Forest

Inspire Culture, Learning and Libraries is a proud delivery partner on a fantastic scheme called Miner2Major: The Real Sherwood Forest.

The scheme, supported by a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, encourages local people and community groups to get involved in projects aimed at learning about, celebrating and conserving Nottinghamshire's heritage.

There are eight different strands to the project;

Better Habitats
Saving Sherwood’s Special Species
Sherwood’s Landscape of Trees and Hedges
Connecting Trails
The Veiled Landscape
Heritage Buildings
Century of Change
People of Sherwood

Read more about the project in this article and on the Miner 2 Major website

Find out more below on how you can get involved!

Learning

Free Courses Celebrating the Heritage of Sherwood Forest

See details of our free courses, volunteering opportunities, and accredited training. The projects will provide an understanding of the heritage of Sherwood Forest, and give people practical skills to restore, manage, understand and promote heritage within the landscape.

Reading & Libraries

Poetry Place: The Virtual Exhibition

A virtual exhibition featuring poetry inspired by archive images of the people, landscapes and stories of the Sherwood Forest area.

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What's On

Lost Words: The Touring Exhibition

The Lost Words of Nottinghamshire project aimed to engage local school children with local language and dialect. See the results of their work in this touring exhibition.

Reading & Libraries

Sherwood Voices

Do you have a tale to tell about the place where you live? We’re gathering hidden tales and little-known knowledge about the people and places in the Sherwood Forest area, to help us create surprising new recorded story walks.