Proposals for a new £10.5m visitor centre at Sherwood Forest have been put forward by Nottingham County Council.
Although the plans are still subject to approval it is expected that the new visitor centre will be ready to open in 2010.
The forest’s existing 32 year old visitor centre currently attracts 400,000 visitors each year, but needs to be relocated following an agreement in 2002 which named Sherwood Forest as a National Nature Reserve.

The new visitor centre is planned to be split into five zones.  The centre’s main attraction will be a visitor experience consisting of a 360° film presentation about the forests history.  Land for the new centre has already been acquired and it is hoped that the centre will increase visitor numbers by 25%, generating £7.5m for the local economy.

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