Our boutique rooms and facilities are in the perfect location, with great travel connections to Sherwood Forest and the rest of Nottinghamshire. If interested in exploring this aspect of English folklore, be sure to get in touch with the team here at St James Hotel. It’s an infamous story and one we’re very proud of – you can even visit the legendary Sherwood Forest and engage in stories, legends and archery classes all centred around the Hood and his supposed escapades.

Primarily, Robin Hood’s activities would focus on stealing from the rich (the Sherrif) to give to the poor, as well as disrupting any nefarious schemes that the Sheriff was enacting upon the people. Included in his escapades were his band of Merry Men and love, Maid Marian. Traditionally though, Robin Hood was a single figure – a highly skilled archer who fought the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham to protect the people. Robin Hood’s origins are quite difficult to pinpoint as multiple different regions of the country had their own stories and adaptations, including one where Robin Hood was the name given to a whole group of bandits. The story of Robin Hood tends to be linked to Nottingham and specifically, the Sheriff of Nottingham in modern literature and stories, but that wasn’t always the case. It would feel wrong to start anywhere other than our own local hero, Robin Hood. Here is a list featuring 10 of the biggest names, including some that you may not have heard of. Nestled in the centre of Nottingham, figures of Robin of Loxley feature throughout the city and our immediate surroundings, which inspired us to explore what other major English folklore figures there are out there. Instead, we tend to think of the rich Greek, Roman and Nordic stories which feature a lot in everyday media yet, English Mythology is full of many colourful characters if you read into it.Īt St James Hotel, we are lucky enough to sit at the heart of many of England’s most popular folk heroes and stories, in particular, Robin Hood. England isn’t usually associated with detailed and rich folklore or mythology.

Folklore examples