Sherwood Forest could get a £13m Robin Hood-themed attraction under new plans.
The proposal features a new forest visitor centre, a medieval-style castle and areas for events and entertainment related to the legendary outlaw.
Nottinghamshire County Council said the privately funded venture would bring major investment into the area, while still protecting the forest.
Officials said the new visitor centre could be open by summer 2014 with the main attraction ready by spring 2015.
The project would lead to the existing visitor facilities and car park near Edwinstowe closing down, with the new attraction built on nearby open land.
'Robin's heartland'
The council hopes it will create up to 100 jobs.
The chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council's culture committee, John Cottee, said: "The county council is committed to raising the profile of Robin and Sherwood locally, nationally and internationally, whilst at the same time protecting ancient Sherwood Forest for future generations.
"This exciting venture will also create and sustain jobs for Nottinghamshire people."
Discovery Attractions, the firm which has designed the scheme, said Robin Hood was a global brand that "deserved to be celebrated".
Bob White, chairman of the World Wide Robin Hood Society, said: "These are exciting times for everyone who loves Robin Hood.
"It is wonderful to hear of these plans which will bring benefits to all - and in Robin's heartland of Sherwood Forest."
In August Nottingham City Council launched a consultation on plans for a new visitor centre at Nottingham Castle.
). Some of the tales are almost certainly based on a land dispute between Lord Stafford (Duke of Buckingham) and the Ferrers family in the 14th Century. Ferrers owned the land between two of Stafford's properties and Stafford wanted the whole land to be his. They became locked in a political and physical scrabble over the land. The land was Loxley and it's probably one of Ferrers men at arms who became part of the mythology, with Stafford classing him as an outlaw (most knights and professional soldiers at the time were little more than outlaws, brigands and mercenaries) to sully Ferrers' name. Loxley was on the Western edge of Sherwood Forest at the time.
