Forest Lodge

This award-winning 18th-century coaching inn stands on the edge of Sherwood Forest opposite the church where Robin Hood reputedly married Maid Marian. Sympathetically restored by the Thompson family over the past decade, it includes stylish accommodation and a comfortable restaurant and bar. Five cask ales are always on tap in two beamed bars warmed by open fires. An impressive baronial-style dining hall is an ideal setting for wholesome fare such as balsamic-glazed red onion and goat's cheese tart, or faggots of Derbyshire pork with mash and rich onion gravy.