Sherwood Most Instagrammed Forest in the UK

A study of the world’s forest currently getting the most hashtags has found that Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire gets the most hashtags in the UK with 144,821.

That’s a little over a quarter the total for the world’s most Instagrammed forest, the Sequoia National Forest in California, USA (pictured top, credit Bjul / Shutterstock), famed for its giant redwoods, with 540,291 hashtags.

Sherwood is famous for its legendary association with Robin Hood and attracts nearly 350,000 visitors per year. The vast Sequoia National Forest cover 1,193,315 acres – the equivalent to 678,019 football (soccer) pitches! Sequoia Forest also contains over 2,500 miles (4,000 km) of road and 850 miles (1,370 km) of trails.

The research was carried out by OnBuy’s Garden Furniture Department to coincide with World Earth Day.

The top 20 (below) also includes other forests in Europe and North America as well as in South America, Africa, Australia and Asia.

Olympic National Forest (Image credit Bjul / Shutterstock).

In second position is Olympic National Forest in Washington (United States) with 494,713 hashtags. The forest has the credential of having over 3,000 miles of rivers/streams and home to approximately 300 bird species.

Amazon Rainforest is in third place as the Latin American wonder has 230,348 hashtags on Instagram. The Amazon rainforest is estimated to have 16,000 tree species and is home to 2.5 million insect species.

The only forest in the British Isles to make the top 20 was the Trossachs National Park in Stirling, Scotland with 11,475 hashtags in 17th place.

Other famous woodland in the UK such as the New Forest apparently don’t get so many hashtags.

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The world’s 20 Most Instagrammed Forest With Number of Hashtags (#)

1. Sequoia National Forest California, United States 540,291
2. Olympic National Forest Washington, United States 494,713
3. Amazon Rainforest Latin America  230,348
4. Sherwood Forest Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom 144,821
5. Arashiyama/Sagano Bamboo Forest Kyoto, Japan 82,214
6. Daintree Rainforest Diwan, Australia 73,904
7. Mossy Forest Pahang, Malaysia 69,946
8. Jiuzhaigou Valley Sichuan, China 51,271
9. Boreal Forest/Tiaga Biome Alberta, Canada 48,347
10. Cocora Valley Quindío, Colombia 43,251
11. Bialowieza Forest Poland/Belarus 41,418
12. Atlantic Forest Rio Grande, Brazil  34,462
13. Tongass National Forest Alaska, United States 31,953
14. Great Bear Rainforest British Columbia, Canada 30,161
15. Monteverde Cloud Forest Monteverde, Costa Rica 19,836
16. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Kanungu District, Uganda 15,200
17. Trossachs National Park Stirling, Scotland 11,475
18. Hoia-Baciu Forest Transylvania, Romania   10,652
19. Redwood National Park California, United States 10,283
20. Cevennes National Park Florac, France 6,786