Hanging Wood is also known as Highfields Wood. It is situated between the old Great North Road and the Roman Road, and between the mining villages of Highfields and Woodlands

Woodlands, South Yorkshire

Woodlands is a model village, 3 miles north of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It was designed and built in the early 20th century by Percy Bond Houfton as tied cottages for the miners of the neighbouring Brodsworth Colliery...

. The Woodlands wildlife park and an ornamental lake, Highfields Lake

Highfields Lake

Highfields Lake is an ornamental lake in the Woodlands wildlife park at Highfields, north of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.It is filled by the Pick Burn, which then flows on to presumably eventually join the River Don...

 are features of the wood, as is Woodlands, a former country house, now a social club.

Woodlands is an early 20th century model village

Model village

A model village is a type of mostly self-contained community, in most cases built from the late eighteenth century onwards by industrialists to house their workers...

, built for the miners at Brodsworth Colliery

Brodsworth Colliery

Brodsworth Colliery was a colliery near Woodlands, South Yorkshire, England that closed in 1990. It was renowned for the superb model village of Woodlands that housed its workers...

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Hanging Wood was part of Barnsdale Forest, where the original Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....

 ballads are set. There is a Robin Hood's stream which rises near the Roman Road and flows into the river Pick or Pick Burn, which itself flows into Highfields Lake.