Sherwood Forest Bus Tours

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2019 Public tour dates Friday 19 July & Thursday 29 August
Times 9.30am - 5.30pm
Tickets: Adults - £25 | Children 15 and under - £17.50

All aboard the Robin Hood Express 1960’s Routemaster London Bus for the Sherwood Forest Archaeology and History tour!

Renowned expert Archaeologists from Mercian Archaeological Services CIC’s Sherwood Forest Archaeology Project have come together with local Historian, Archaeologist and Specialist Peter Hammond , and Blackmore Commercials Ltd. To provide this fantastic heritage tour of legendary Sherwood Forest.

The tour combines unrivalled local knowledge of historic Sherwood Forest with an opportunity to ride on board a vintage RouteMaster bus.

The tour stops at famous Sherwood sites and also explores many of the sites and villages along the way that make up this magical landscape. The bus will stop for an hour at Rufford Abbey and at Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve to allow for a visit around the sites and for refreshments stops at the various cafes at the site, and to visit the shops and exhibitions.

The afternoon visits are for half an hour at King John’s Palace with a tour of the site provided by Andy Gaunt of Mercian.

The visit to Newstead includes an external tour of the buildings by Peter Hammond. An internal tour can be booked on arrival but is subject to the usual charge for the site. The cafe is available for afternoon teas.

The tour departs from Wellington Circus in Nottingham at 9:30am and returns by 17:30 depending on traffic.

From Nottingham to Rufford Abbey - Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve - King John’s Palace - Newstead Abbey - Return

You can book your place on any of these tours via the Sherwood Bus Tours website.