The pub was built in 1804 by Thomas Halliday as a house of refreshment for the gentry of that time. Halliday planted trees and shrubs in the area to replicate Matlock in Derbyshire, a place close to his heart, hence the area the pub lies being named Little Matlock.
Half of the building was originally cottages whilst the back half overlooking the woodland was named the Rock Inn. The building survived the Sheffield Flood of 1864.
The pub was later renamed the Robin Hood with the association of overlooking the Loxley Valley.
(see the Sheffield Flood website links on our Local Activities page)

The Robin Hood is steeped in with history, much of which we have tried to illustrate through photographs in the lounge area of the pub. All of the photographs used were donated or loaned from local residents, customers and people who have many memories or connections with the pub, from the past.

Since the pub was threatened with closure and conversion into apartments, the pub is now a privately owned free house which is very much family run, with three generations of family involved in the day to day running.
Since our take over in December 2003, we have tried to restore the Robin Hoods original features’ rather than taking it back to it’s former glory.

August 2006 saw the Robin Hood take on the true meaning of the word Inn with the introduction of 4 luxury boutique style en suite bedrooms all individually themed and named aptly of the Robin Hood legends.