When you talk to people, there are always places that they remember from childhood - Sunday afternoon places, peaceful, laughing places, where some of the most precious memories are made. For me, one of these places is a small clearing in the New Forest, where my family and I used to meet our grandparents and cousins from Bournemouth for picnics and cricket during the Summer. These afternoons were the beginning of an inescapable love affair with the New Forest. In this review, I hope to introduce you to one of the UK's most underrated National Parks, and to explain why this stunning region should be at the top of everyone's to-do list. What and ...  Read the complete review

The new forest for me is the most beautiful area in the south and I absolutely adore it. I live very near to the forest and it is a magical, enchanting and mystical land combining of high density forested areas and barren lands, wild poines and cows. The area originally was founded and owned by william the conqurer in 1079 and used as an area for him to hunt deer, whilst he took residence at his hunting lodge of rhinefield house hotel situated on the edge of brockenhurst. The most exquisite hotel in the forest if you are intending to stay anywhere for a truely magical trip stay here. The whole area comprises of many villages stretching from ...  Read the complete review

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