 | | | | | New Forest - Visitor Guide | | Address: | Lyndhurst, New Forest, Hampshire. | | Postcode: | SO42 | | Telephone: | 0238 028 2269 - Lyndhurst Visitor Information Centre
01590 689000 - Lymington Visitor Information Centre | | e-mail: | [email protected] | | Key attractions: | Wild life watching - Deer, Badgers, Foxes, New Forest Ponies. Watch the Deer being fed daily between Easter-September near Bolderwood in the New Forest. There are several walks including the Deer Watch Trail (0.5 mile), the Jubilee Grove Trail (1 mile), the Tall Trees Trail (1.5 miles) and the Radnor Trail (2 miles). There is also a Reptile Trail (1.5 miles) and a longer woodland walk called the Wilverley Wander (2.5 miles). | | Essential kit: | Binoculars, walking shoes and a trail map. Plaster of Paris for making animal footprint imprints. Get hold of a wildlife map from the visitors' centre. | | Nature watching: | Dusk is a good time to watch deer in the forest. The best times to see badgers are April and May. There are special hides for spotting the deer - but avoid the middle of the day If you want to go on an organised butterfly safari - trips run every Saturday. | | Access: | There are three access friendly trails for wheelchairs and pushchairs - Boldwater, Black Water and Whitefield Moor - obtain guide at visitor centres. The New Forest can be very boggy in Winter so keep to gravel tracks. | | Getting there: | Three main routes in from the M27 junction 1 (busy in Summer), the A35 from Southampton, and the A31 from Bournemouth.
Trains stop at Ashurst, Beaulieu Road, Brockenhurst and Sway within the forest - ring 08457 484950 for times.
| | Opening times: | Open all hours. | | Charges: | Not applicable. |
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