Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire - Robin Hood Locations (sitios de interés)

A fishing village between Whitby and Scarborough, once a known home to smugglers. The closest connection with the proper Robin Hood legend is a late ballad Robin Hood's Fishing (or The Noble Fisherman) where Robin Hood disguises himself as a fisherman at nearby Scarborough and then fights the French at sea. Click here to read the ballad. Some modern novels like Theresa Tomlinson's The Forestwife also make use of this area.