Importance of Fountain Abbey

The Fountain Abbey nearest to Sherwood Forest is a small community, not rich or proud, but populated with happy, common folk. It is the home of the Curtal Friar of Fountain Abbey, later to be known as Friar Tuck. It sits on a placid river where horses pull barges loaded with goods from Fountain Abbey to the larger towns nearby. Dragonflies and water lilies join birds on the banks of the river near the small community.