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DUKES WOOD OIL MUSEUM
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Dukes Wood is a marvellous example of cooperation between the Oil industry and the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. It combines an area of ancient and secondary woodland with what was the site of the UK’s first oilfield . Some of the ‘nodding donkey’ pumps have been restored and can be seen on the trail. On the nature trial you'll find the statue of the The Oil Patch Warrior , commemorating the American 'Roughnecks of Sherwood Forest' . The wood, on a ridge of high ground, is dominated by oak, ash, hazel and