Sherwood Bus Depot was built in 1900 by Nottingham Corporation Tramways, as part of an initiative to extend the Carrington line to Winchester Street.

The ward of Sherwood (which includes some adjacent neighbourhoods) is represented by Nottingham City Council and has three Labour Party councillors.

[3] It lies in the Nottingham East parliamentary constituency, which from 1992 until 2010 was represented by MP John Heppell, and from 2010 by Chris Leslie, who was elected with a majority of 6,969.

Other amenities include a sub-post office, newsagents, butchers, stationers, dentists, garages, greengrocers, hairdressers, cafés, estate agencies, the Nottingham Building Society and several pubs.

Sherwood Community Centre lies at the northern end of Mansfield Road, opposite the Woodthorpe Grange Park.

It also hosts a wide variety of activities, including adult ballet and tap classes, yoga, creative embroidery and Zumba.