Once a royal hunting ground, Hampshire’s New Forest is now a national park – and a perfect camping ground. Its ancient woodland and heather moorland make an almost magical landscape with added enchantment from free-roaming New Forest ponies and deer. How much is it to camp at the New Forest? Campsites in The New Forest …
A day at the beach or a walk by the sea probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the New Forest, however, on the southern edge of the National Park you will find that the area is blessed with some gorgeous coastline and beaches. Are there any sandy beaches …
The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in heathland, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. Where does the New Forest start and end? Covering an area of about 220 square miles, the New Forest National Park takes in approximately 15 miles of coast between Calshot …
Head into the forest, near to Fordingbridge and you will often find a cluster of donkeys at Hyde Common. They are also often spotted near the pubs of The Royal Oak at North Gorley and The Foresters Arms, Frogham. Is there donkeys in the New Forest? There are only a few hundred donkeys turned-out in …
The New Forest Act 1697 (9 Will 3 c 33) was an Act of the Parliament of England which provided that “Waste Lands” in the New Forest be enclosed and planted with trees to supply timber for the ships of the Royal Navy. How did the new forest law affect the forest? They were forced …
We’d like to remind people that Wild camping is not permitted anywhere in the New Forest, it’s illegal to camp without the land manager’s permission. Can you sleep in your car in the New Forest? There are lots of laybys and carparks along the road, however, wild camping is illegal in the New Forest. There …
Nova Foresta. The New Forest was first recorded as Nova Foresta in Domesday Book in 1086, where a section devoted to it is interpolated between lands of the king’s thegns and the town of Southampton; it is the only forest that the book describes in detail. Was the New Forest ever a forest? History. The …
There are lots of campsites in the New Forest, and several pubs that will let you park a campervan overnight if you are eating in the pub. Can you overnight park at the New Forest? Find out more about these campsites on our website. Can you park overnight in the New Forest? No overnight parking …
Overnights are strictly prohibited within the New Forest National Park. Can you camp in the New Forest for free? Activity information. We’d like to remind people that Wild camping is not permitted anywhere in the New Forest, it’s illegal to camp without the land manager’s permission. Can you stay overnight in a layby? For example, …
Most New Forest ponies and donkeys are even-tempered animals and often come close to visitors, but they are not used to being handled and should be left alone. Are you allowed to touch New Forest ponies? Important information on New Forest ponies Please don’t feed or pet them; there is plenty of natural food and …
