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On Crich Hill, overlooking the village, is Crich Stand, the memorial to the Sherwood Foresters and Mercian Regiment.

The earliest record of a tower here is from 1760, and there have been various replacements over the years. This one was built shortly after the First World War as a memorial to the fallen of the Sherwood Foresters; its commemoration now extends to later conflicts and other regiments with which the Sherwood Foresters have merged.

At night a light shines from it which is visible across the counties from which the Sherwood Foresters traditionally recruited.

Picture taken: September 2019

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