Explore the New Forest - an independent guide to the New Forest National Park

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Your independent guide to the wonderful New Forest National Park.

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Explore the New Forest is the best independent guide to the New Forest National Park - here you will find details of fantastic friendly New Forest Bed and Breakfasts, Self Catering Accommodation to suit every budget, New Forest Hotels, New Forest campsites as well as suggestions on great places to visit in the New Forest and the a comprehensive events guide.

For example did you know you can go along to the New Forest Wildlife Park and meet some of the New Forest animals are close - like foxes, deer, field mice and squirrels. It is a great family day out and from the 2nd-5th June, 2 children can go free with every paying adult to celebrate the Jubilee - here in the New Forest.

Wow did you realise that this June has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. That is five weekends to choose from for a weekend in the New Forest. Five June weekends only happens once every 823 years, so you really should take advantage of this and enjoy the New Forest for a whole weekend!

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The setting at Dale Farmhouse is spectacular

Poona Cottage, New Forest Self Catering

Latest New Forest Holiday Destinations

There are some great places to stay in the New Forest National Park. Have you considered?

Hungerford Cottage Self Catering

  • Hungerford Cottage - self catering for four with ponies grazing outside the door.
  • Plywood Palace - stay in a 13 acres woodland, camping for up to 12 people with a wooden cabin for 4 for reluctant campers!
  • Nuthatch - Lymington spacious self catering ideal for 4-6 people.
  • Farm self catering accommodation with fishing and baby sitting for guests - discover Old Stables at Bridge Farm
  • Bramshaw Forge offers a traditional bed and breakfast in the New Forest along with most of the facilities that self-catering establishments have.


The New Forest is Open All Year Round.

Whatever the weather there is so much to see and do in the New Forest - Exbury gardens is full of seasonal colour, Beaulieu National Motor Museum, has a host of undercover attractions, New Forest Cider has it's apple presses working and of course there is lots of forest paths and coastal walks to explore. Marwell zoo, Portsmouth Naval Base, the new Titanic museum in Southampton, the Isle of Wight and the historic Salisbury and Stonehenge are easy day trips - you really will need to stay a while!

Last minute bookings always welcome! Choose from New Forest Bed and Breakfast's, New Forest Self Catering and New Forest holiday cottages, New Forest Hotels and New Forest campsites. There is lots of variety on offer and many great places to escape too!

New Forest Olympics

An amazing opportunity exists for visitors to enjoy the Olympic flame!

On Friday 13th July, the Olympic torch will be spending the evening at a celebration on Bournemouth sea front, on Saturday 14th July, it will travel through the New Forest including Christchurch, Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst and Lymington, before a quick a visit to the Isle of Wight and then back to Southampton for an amazing evening entertainment.  We can't wait and we hope your hear to celebrate with us too.

The Unique New Forest

The New Forest is a unique area - from its people, to its traditions, its beautiful countryside and hidden attractions, there is something for a day, a weekend, a short break or an extended holiday. The forest is a mixture of open heathland, moors and woodland enclosures offering a real variety of habitats, all of which are easily accessible as the New Forest has lots of free car parks. With its unique and charming villages from Burley to Brockenhurst, Lyndhurst to Fordingbridge, the market towns of Totton, Lymington, New Milton and Ringwood, there is plenty to entertain and enthrall.

There are numerous New Forest Events happening in the New Forest National Park, there are loads of places to stay in the New Forest, all unique and offering their own special charm and dedicated to serving your personal requirements, choose from New Forest Bed and Breakfast to New Forest Hotels, Self catering and Holiday Cottages in the New Forest to New Forest camping, all of which make an ideal base to explore the New Forest.

 the New Forest - a great place to explore

Holiday in the New Forest

Explore New Forest National Park hosts a variety of independent establishments, whether you are looking for new ways to enjoy the New Forest, New Forest Events, details on New Forest Attractions, New Forest Caravan and campsites, New Forest Bed and Breakfast, New Forest self catering and New Forest Holiday Cottages, New Forest Hotels, we have the solution.


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