In recent decades Herne has become well-known, especially in the Neo-Pagan world and the media. A popular figure allied with The Green Man

He rides with his Wild Hunt through Windsor Castle's Great Park, wearing antlers upon his head, and has been known to presage national disaster.

He was made famous a long time ago when Shakespeare refered to him in The Merry Wives of Windsor, and also from W. Harrison Ainsworth's Victorian novel called Windsor Castle.