Editing Sherwood Forest (section)

==Major Oak==
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[[File:Major Oak (9494).jpg|thumb|[[Major Oak]]]]

Sherwood Forest is home to the [[Major Oak]], an [[oak]] tree between 800 and 1,000 years old, and since the [[Victorian era]], its limbs have been partially supported by scaffolding. The Major Oak was identified by Major [[Hayman Rooke]] in 1790. It is believed that the Major Oak took the name of Major [[Hayman Rooke]].<ref>cite web:https://visitsherwood.co.uk/celebrating-the-man-who-made-the-major-oak/%7CTitle THE MAN WHO ‘MADE’ THE MAJOR OAK|Richard Townsley - Visit Sherwood|16/02/2023| access date on 8 May 2025</ref><ref>. Book E Sloan| The Landscape studies of Hayman Rooke (1723-1806) - Antiquarianism, Archrology and Natural History in the 18th Century| 2019| access date on 8 May 2025</ref>

Samplings of the Major Oak have been planted in the US Ambassadors [[Winfield House]] in London.<ref>Sapling grown from Sherwood Forest’s Major Oak planted in US Ambassador’s garden in London 2023|Mansfield Ashfield Chad, retrieved on the 3 April 2025</ref>

The Major Oak was featured on the 2005 [[BBC]] TV programme ''[[Seven Natural Wonders]]'' as one of the natural wonders of the [[English Midlands|Midlands]].<ref>“Seven Man Made Wonders, Midlands - Sherwood Forest and the Major Oak” BBC Homepage, 28 October 2014, Archived retrieved on 3 April 2025</ref>