Editing Nottinghamshire (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Larwood.jpg|thumb|160px|National and County cricket player [[Harold Larwood]]]]

Nottinghamshire is home to the [[Sherwood Forest]], known for its association with the legend of [[Robin Hood]].<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Sherwood Forest |page= 853 |volume= 24 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Council|first=Nottinghamshire County|title=Sherwood Forest Country Park|url=https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-leisure/country-parks/sherwood-forest|access-date=22 August 2020|website=Nottinghamshire County Council|language=en}}</ref>

Nottinghamshire contains the ancestral home of the poet [[Lord Byron]], [[Newstead Abbey]], which he sold in 1818. It is now owned by Nottingham City Council, and is open to the public. The acclaimed author [[D. H. Lawrence]] was from [[Eastwood, Nottinghamshire|Eastwood]] in Nottinghamshire. [[Toton]] was the birthplace and home of English folk singer-songwriter [[Anne Briggs]], well known for her song ''Black Waterside''. The north of the county is also noteworthy for its connections with the [[Pilgrim (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrim Fathers]].  [[William Brewster (Pilgrim)|William Brewster]], for example, came from the village of Scrooby, and was influenced by [[Richard Clyfton]], who preached at [[Babworth]].

Nottinghamshire has international [[town twinning|twinning]] arrangements with the province of [[Greater Poland Voivodeship|Wielkopolska]] ([[Greater Poland]]) in western [[Poland]], and with the province's capital city, [[Poznań]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Transnational partnerships |url=http://www.Nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/your_council/howweprovideyourservices/partnerships/internationalandtwinning/transnationalpartnerships.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101449/http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/your_council/howweprovideyourservices/partnerships/internationalandtwinning/transnationalpartnerships.htm |archive-date=24 December 2017 |website=www.Nottinghamshire.gov.uk |publisher=Nottinghamshire County Council}}</ref>

In 2002, ''[[Crocus nudiflorus]]'' (Autumn crocus) was voted by the public as the county flower of Nottinghamshire.<ref>Dr. Peter Jarvis {{google books|5STMDwAAQBAJ|The Pelagic Dictionary of Natural History of the British Isles (2020)|page=686}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Autumn Crocus |url=https://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/discover-wild-plants-nature/plant-fungi-species/autumn-crocus |access-date=17 June 2020 |website=Plantlife |language=en}}</ref>

=== Sport ===
[[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club]] (NCCC) are a [[first-class cricket|first class]] county [[cricket]] club who play at [[Trent Bridge]] in [[West Bridgford]]. They won the [[County Championship]] in 2010.

The most successful [[Association football|football]] team within Nottinghamshire is [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]], a [[Premier League]] club that won the [[1977–78 Football League First Division|1978]] [[Premier League|English championship]], and followed it up with winning the [[1979 European Cup Final|1979]] and [[1980 European Cup Final|1980]] [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] titles although success has not been seen by most of their fans in living memory. [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]] of [[EFL League One|League One]] and [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] of [[EFL League Two|League Two]] are the other professional teams in the county. Notts County are the world's oldest professional football club, being formed in 1862 and are world renowned for giving [[Juventus]] their black and white striped kit and opening their new stadium in 2011.

Other notable sporting teams are the [[Nottingham R.F.C.|Nottingham Rugby Football Club]], and the [[Nottingham Panthers|Nottingham Panthers Ice Hockey Club]].

=== Flag ===
[[File:County Flag of Nottinghamshire.svg|thumb|The unofficial flag of Nottinghamshire]]{{Main|Flag of Nottinghamshire}}
An unofficial flag for Nottinghamshire was created through a design competition organised by [[BBC Radio Nottingham]], and registered with the [[Vexillology|vexillological]] charity the [[Flag Institute]] in 2011. It consists of a green field, on which is a red cross [[Fimbriation|fimbriated]] (bordered) with white, on which a white shield containing the green figure of an archer is superimposed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nottinghamshire |url=https://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/flags/nottinghamshire-flag/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=[[Flag Institute]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>