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7 Best Adventure Days Out In Nottinghamshire
Seven listings, fewer places. Sherwood Pines and Go Ape Sherwood Pines are one forest with a separately run course in it, so they appear twice and count once as somewhere to drive to. Three more of the seven are self-guided treasure trails, set at the Major Oak, at Wollaton and at Newark. That leaves Creswell Crags and City of Caves as the two remaining sites, and they are the pair most worth comparing, because on paper they look like the same idea and in practice they are nothing alike.
Top adventure days out in Nottinghamshire
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Parks and PlaygroundsSherwood Pines
AdventureGo Ape Sherwood Pines
AdventureRobin Hoods Major Oak Treasure Trail
AdventureCreswell Crags
AdventureWollaton Hall and Deer Park Mystery Treasure Trail
AdventureCity of Caves
AdventureThe Newark Treasure Trail
City of Caves is the only one of the seven flagged for indoor space, which on a list this outdoor-heavy makes it the fallback when the weather turns. Robin Hoods Major Oak Treasure Trail, Wollaton Hall and Deer Park Mystery Treasure Trail and The Newark Treasure Trail all take their character from where they are set rather than from the trail itself, so choose the setting and the walk follows. Read the count honestly and this is a county with three or four adventure days in it, done well.
Adventure Days Out in Nottinghamshire: FAQs
Creswell Crags or City of Caves?
One is a gorge in open country and our records flag it outdoor rather than indoor, so expect a site you walk round with weather to consider. The other sits beneath a city and is the only entry here recording indoor space. That gives you a clean choice: a day in the landscape or an hour underneath the streets. With younger children the city site is the easier proposition, because there is little walking involved and the novelty arrives at once.
Do we book Go Ape Sherwood Pines and the forest separately?
Treat them as two things, because that is how our records hold them and how the day will work. The forest is somewhere you can arrive and walk, cycle or run about in; the course within it is a separate arrangement with its own requirements about who can take part. Families who assume the second comes with the first end up standing at the bottom of a tree explaining a disappointment. Sort the course out first and let the forest be whatever is left of the day.
Which of the three trails should we choose?
The setting is the whole difference, so pick that. One is set among the old oaks, one at a hall with a deer park attached, and one around a market town. A child who likes the story of Sherwood will get more from the first than the quality of the clues could ever deliver, and a deer park gives you animals to look at when the puzzle stalls. All three are walks in good places with a reason to keep going, which is the point of the format.
Could we fill a whole weekend from this list?
For one good day, comfortably. For two, you will be stretching it, and padding the gap with three trails in a row would be dishonest. The forest can absorb most of a day on its own, especially with bikes involved, and either of the underground sites makes a solid half-day. Beyond that, this county's strength for families sits in other categories, and the sensible plan pairs one adventure day with something from a different heading.