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<p><span style="font-size: 24pt;">Drop in sessions unveil new Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre concept</span><br /><br />Communities in the Edwinstowe and Sherwood Forest area are being invited to view concepts for a new Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre at Forest Corner, Edwinstowe.</p> <p>Nottinghamshire County Council last year announced that a RSPB-led consortium had signed contracts to build a new visitor centre and manage the world-famous Sherwood Forest Country Park as part of a £5.3m project.&nbsp; The consortium comprises the RSPB, the UK’s leading conservation charity, working with Thoresby Estate, Continuum Attractions and The Sherwood Forest Trust.</p> <p>The concepts will be unveiled by the RSPB-led consortium at two public drop-in sessions during mid-March. The free drop-in events (both at Forest Corner) are:</p> <p><strong>Edwinstowe Cricket Club - Saturday 19 March from 11 am to 3 pm;</strong></p> <p><strong>Edwinstowe YHA - Tuesday 22 March from 11 am to 4 pm.</strong></p> <p>Each event will include displays of draft concepts covering the proposed visitor centre and surrounding Forest Corner and give a chance for the public to discuss the concepts with members of the RSPB-led consortium and its architects, JDDK Ltd.Following these events, the RSPB-led consortium will formalise their plans ready for a planning application later in the year.</p> <p>Ross Frazer, RSPB Project Manager said: “We’ve had a positive dialogue with the community and businesses around Edwinstowe and have taken on board the ideas and concerns expressed.</p> <p>“I’m hoping that as many people as possible will come along to the drop-in events to meet our architects and project team, view the consortium’s proposals and designs and continue to share their thoughts.”</p> <p>Councillor John Knight, Committee Chairman for Culture, at Nottinghamshire County Council said: “These sessions being organised by the RSPB and its consortium partners as they begin to develop their plans are vital to ensure local people are fully involved.”</p>

<p><span style="font-size: 24pt;">Drop in sessions unveil new Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre concept</span><br /><br />Communities in the Edwinstowe and Sherwood Forest area are being invited to view concepts for a new Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre at Forest Corner, Edwinstowe.</p> <p>Nottinghamshire County Council last year announced that a RSPB-led consortium had signed contracts to build a new visitor centre and manage the world-famous Sherwood Forest Country Park as part of a £5.3m project.&nbsp; The consortium comprises the RSPB, the UK’s leading conservation charity, working with Thoresby Estate, Continuum Attractions and The Sherwood Forest Trust.</p> <p>The concepts will be unveiled by the RSPB-led consortium at two public drop-in sessions during mid-March. The free drop-in events (both at Forest Corner) are:</p> <p><strong>Edwinstowe Cricket Club - Saturday 19 March from 11 am to 3 pm;</strong></p> <p><strong>Edwinstowe YHA - Tuesday 22 March from 11 am to 4 pm.</strong></p> <p>Each event will include displays of draft concepts covering the proposed visitor centre and surrounding Forest Corner and give a chance for the public to discuss the concepts with members of the RSPB-led consortium and its architects, JDDK Ltd.Following these events, the RSPB-led consortium will formalise their plans ready for a planning application later in the year.</p> <p>Ross Frazer, RSPB Project Manager said: “We’ve had a positive dialogue with the community and businesses around Edwinstowe and have taken on board the ideas and concerns expressed.</p> <p>“I’m hoping that as many people as possible will come along to the drop-in events to meet our architects and project team, view the consortium’s proposals and designs and continue to share their thoughts.”</p> <p>Councillor John Knight, Committee Chairman for Culture, at Nottinghamshire County Council said: “These sessions being organised by the RSPB and its consortium partners as they begin to develop their plans are vital to ensure local people are fully involved.”</p>