Edwinstowe

Edwinstowe
Edwinstowe
Village and civil parish
	Sherwood Forest Art & Craft Centre, Forest Corner (off the B6034 Swinecote Road, Edwinstowe towards Budby road). They were originally stables for Edwinstowe Hall, then used as laboratories for the coal mining industry.
	Parish map
	Edwinstowe Location within Nottinghamshire
Area	6.8 sq mi (18 km2)
Population	5,320 (2021)
• Density	782/sq mi (302/km2)
OS grid reference	SK 6266
• London	120 mi (190 km) SSE
District	Newark and Sherwood;
Shire county	Nottinghamshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MANSFIELD
Postcode district	NG21
Dialling code	01623
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Sherwood;
Website	www.edwinstowe.co.uk
	List of places UK England Nottinghamshire 53°10′N 1°04′W / 53.16°N 1.07°W

Edwinstowe is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England, on the edge of Sherwood Forest and the Dukeries. It is associated with the legends of Robin Hood and Maid Marian, and to a lesser extent Edwin of Northumbria, from where the village gets its name. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 5,188.^[1] A 2019 estimate put it at 5,261,^[2]^[3] and was 5,320 at the 2021 census.^[4]

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistice. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
^ City Population. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^ Joseph Rodgers, The Scenery of Sherwood Forest with an Account of some Eminent People there, (1908) retrieved on 9 April 2023
^ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Edwinstowe parish (E04007898)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 February 2024.