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Establishment name:

New Forest National Park

Establishment type:

Places to Visit

Open all year:

Yes

Credit cards accepted:

Yes

Description

The New Forest National Park is a unique landscape of ancient woodland, heather-covered heath, wide lawns, boggy mires, gentle farmland, coastal saltmarsh and mudflats and picturesque villages. It is one of the last places in the south east of England to offer a sense of wildness and tranquillity.  As the largest remaining area of lowland heath in Europe, it gives the flavour of a landscape that was once much more extensive.  Like other National Parks, it is one of ‘Britain’s breathing spaces’.

William the Conqueror set aside the Forest for hunting more than 900 years ago and centuries of grazing by deer, ponies and cattle have shaped the landscape.  William would probably still recognise much of the Forest as the same place he hunted the ‘beasts of the chase’: wild deer and boar.

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Today it is a wonderful area to explore by walking, cycling and on horseback.  It is especially rich in wildlife and visitors can enjoy a host of sights that make a trip special, including ancient oaks, wild flowers, fungi, deer, reptiles, birds of prey and dragonflies.

Nearby places of interest

• Osborne House
• New Forest National Park
• Beaulieu National Motor Museum
• The Mill at Gordleton