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Blog 136 Sherwood Forest Holiday Park, Notts with the Family
- Keef Hellinger
- Nov 11, 2021
- 3 min read
Updated: May 20
By keef and annie hellinger, Jul 15 2019 05:11PM Sherwood Forest Holiday Park
Motorhome trip No39 : 12th-14th July 2019 A KeefH Web Designs Travel Blog NOTTS (home)->Sherwood Forest Holiday Park, Nottinghamshire ->NOTTS (home) 59 miles A fab time with all the family at the campsite, in a lovely setting with many amenity blocks and playgrounds for the grand daughters. Also a lovely raised stream walk around the edge of the park backing onto Sherwood Forest. Outside the far end gate is a fishing lake and inside a duck pond and stream for kids to paddle in. Nearby is Sherwood Pines and the Sherwood Forest steam railway and associated playpark both of which we visited.
Step into Sherwood Forest Holiday Park for a powerful family getaway that blends nature, nostalgia and proper quality time. This blog captures woodland walks, shared meals, big laughs and the kind of togetherness that only happens when everyone switches off and shows up. From peaceful trails to lively moments back at base, it’s a heartfelt reminder that the best holidays aren’t about distance — they’re about connection. A strong, memorable snapshot of family time done right.
We camped on pitch 1 and 2 at the far end of the park, lovely large grass pitches but the place was heaving , not a slot left so well done to Craig for booking. It was the first time they had put up their 8 person tent with awning so that was a fun family experience with all chipping in. Mostly good weather except overnight Saturday. We had lasagne and garlic bread for Friday eve, BBQ Saturday and lunch old at the nearby fab Dog & Duck Inn in Kings Clipstone. We did the Gruffalo orienteering course thru the Sherwood Pines woods with varying degrees of success… the girls loved the assorted wooded play parks, and minus granny and granddad they all did the Green route cycle track. It was so nice having Doug and family over from Singapore to be able to do this.
I have included all our slideshows here and they are repeated again under the FAMILY page, Sherwood camping first then the rest
Doug Phoenix & Charlies visit 2019 (sadly because of Covid the last time, more later I'm sure)
SINGAPORE HELLINGERS VISIT 7-19 July 2019
Just before they left for Singapore we visited Mum (Supernan) in her Nursing home , Charlie said hi to her great grand mother
saying hi to supernan
SUMMARY
Blog 136 is the tale of a family gathering so epic it could have its own theme tune — and possibly its own health‑and‑safety briefing. Sherwood Forest Holiday Park became the backdrop for a full‑scale KHWD reunion, complete with woodland walks, shared meals and enough laughter to scare off any passing squirrels. But the real headline wasn’t the trees, the trails or even the weather behaving for once. No — it was the grand arrival of the Singapore crew, swooping in like long‑haul superheroes to visit SuperNan.
SuperNan, of course, handled the excitement with her usual calm authority, accepting hugs, gifts and attention like a monarch greeting loyal subjects. The Singapore team brought sunshine, stories and a level of jet‑lagged enthusiasm that defied science. One minute they were fresh off a 13‑hour flight, the next they were powering through family catch‑ups, woodland strolls and enough photo‑ops to fill a small museum.
The blog captures the chaos and charm of multigenerational family time: kids running about, adults pretending they’re not tired, and everyone trying to remember who said they’d brought the biscuits. Meals became events, conversations overlapped like enthusiastic radio stations, and every moment felt like a reminder of how rare and brilliant it is to get everyone in the same place at the same time.
By the end, Sherwood Forest had witnessed a reunion worthy of legend — a mix of love, laughter, mild confusion and the unbeatable joy of seeing SuperNan surrounded by her global fan club. A heart‑warming, hilarious snapshot of family life at its very best.
what lovely family memories