New Forest

My husband and I have just returned from a spur-of-the-moment mini-holiday in the New Forest. We were fortunate to experience nearly perfect weather conditions: slightly chilly with beautiful blue skies. What a lovely place for a holiday, with plenty of places to stay (catering for every budget) and oodles of activities to do. The new Forest is located along Britain's south coast spanning parts of Hampshire and Dorset. It consists of 145 square miles of heath and woodland and is teeming with New Forest Ponies who wander about at leisure. We made reservations at a lovely little B&B called the White House in Christchurch (will write a ...  Read the complete review

I think that the New Forest (situated in Dorset/ Hampshire) might be a perfect location for a holiday. It is natural and beautiful, there are lots of free things to do, you are never very far away from the coast - and it feels like a different world. It is just so relaxing - in fact, I feel so relaxed that I am hard pushed to get down to writing about how relaxing it was! The New Forest is an ancient and unchanged landscape. In 1079, William the Conquorer made sure the area was available to him for his hunting and fishing exploits and called it the 'Nova Forista'. Over 1000 years ago, a system was developed to manage the woodland and heathland (that is ...  Read the complete review

Mr thecatsnose and I have just returned from our summer holiday, a wonderful week in the New Forest. This is the first time that we have holidayed in England and we enjoyed it so much that we wouldn't hesitate to do it again. In fact when I have finished this review I am going to have a peek and see how much it will cost for next year:) The Journey The New Forest is down near Southampton way, and it took us a respectable 4.5 hours to get there by car from Manchester. The journey wasn't too bad, not for me anyway - I was in the passenger seat! The Accommodation We hired a cottage via www.newforestliving.co.uk in Sway, which we found was ...  Read the complete review

The New Forest is situated on the Southern coast of England. It has many areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONB), sites of specific scientific interest (SSSI) and is now a National Park. If you visit the New Forest you will find roaming ponies, cattle and in pannage season - pigs!!! I'm perhaps lucky enough to live in the beautiful New Forest. Like most people who live in touristy hot spots we probably never appreciate what people are coming for, but really enjoy the hidden treasures that a visitor would never find. The New Forest does have a lot to offer for both holiday makers and those who live there. It is unique situated close to the sea ...  Read the complete review

Myself and my boyfriend recently stayed in Southampton and visited the New Forest one day. We were lucky as the weather was gorgeous and we had a lovely day there. The New Forest itself is a great place for walking as the scenery is lovely, it's very open with a lot of bracken and shrubs and even some sandy areas. It's not really what I would call a forest. There are some woody areas, but the majority of it is very open. There are New Forest ponies that roam wild and sometimes even come down into the nearby towns and wander about at the side of the road,or even in the road. There are also cows which do the same, and several cows could be seen ...  Read the complete review