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Discover projects

Miner2Major will deliver a number of connected projects over the lifetime of the scheme. The projects are all related to four broad areas.

Learning and engagement

Nature

Heritage

Scheme wide initiatives

Projects

These projects will enable Miner2Major to work with local communities to help better understand, explore and protect Sherwood Forest.

Celebrate Sherwood

Celebrate Sherwood is an exciting project that will see Miner2Major attending some of the local festivals across the scheme area to promote the work we are doing.
Have A Go!

Is Miner2Major’s exciting informal learning offer.
SherwoodAbility

This project will deliver formal and accredited learning to help people to understand and care for the nature and heritage of Sherwood Forest.
Better Habitats

Sherwood Forest is a mosaic of habitats with heathland, oak-birch woodland and wood pasture, alongside extensive areas of arable farmland and commercial conifer plantations.
Connecting Trails

There are over 193km of rights of way within the Miner2Major scheme area.
Saving Sherwood’s Special Species

Sherwood Forest is home to some very special and iconic species that are characteristic of the area’s unique combination of habitats, and which occur in few other places around the UK.
Sherwood’s Landscape of Trees and Hedges

Trees and hedgerows are a vital component of Sherwood’s landscape
The Veiled Landscape

The project will help to better understand the archaeology of Sherwood through commissioning new LiDAR.
Heritage Buildings

Sherwood is home to a wide variety of building types.
Century of Change

The period 1850-1950 saw the landscape of Sherwood change dramatically, mines were sunk, railway lines built, and new towns and villages created.
People of Sherwood

This is an exciting project that seeks to tell the stories of ten people that lived in, worked in or had an impact on Sherwood Forest.
Community Grant Scheme

This grant programme is for community groups to deliver projects aimed at celebrating the diverse wildlife, important habitats and rich heritage of Sherwood Forest