New Forest Reviews

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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

My new husband and I stayed at the Balmer Lawn Hotel - www.balmerlawnhotel.com for our wedding night, which is situated in Brockenhurst in the New Forest. It was a wonderful hotel and we received excellent service. The facilities in the hotel and around it were excellent. There were so many activities available. The food was very good, and of a ...  Read the complete review

~~Summary~~ The New Forest is a great area for walking, viewing flora, fauna, ponies and other animals in the wild, also there are good beaches around Bournemouth. In the New Forest there are parks and activities for visitors, along with a variety of small towns and quaint villages to visit. Also there are many little gravel car parks dotted ...  Read the complete review

Situated in the New Forest is Breamore House which overlooks the Avon valley & was once the property of Elizabeth the 1st until she sold the estate. I have cycled to Breamore village & the house from Salisbury. Breamore has one post office & thatched cottages. The entry takes you up to a courtyard where you can padlock up bikes by the ...  Read the complete review

I am not long back form a lovely honeymoon in the New Forest - the perfect place for a quiet, romantic escape from the world. Did you know, by the way, that the origin of honeymoon is an old fertility practise in which newlyweds would share a glass of mead (honey wine) for a month (moon) after marriage! We have been doing this. The New ...  Read the complete review

The New Forest occupies the S.W. corner of Hampshire between Southampton water and the Avon. Today the forest is 93000 acres, but most of it is managed by the Forestry Commision, of which 45,000 is for ponies and cattle to graze, and the rest is woodland, villages and farms. It's open waste is now the biggest stretch of semi-natural vegetation ...  Read the complete review

I have recently returned from a short break with my husband in the New Forest. This is an area of England that I have only visited previously as a child. Located just north west of Southampton, its the largest area of wildland in England, containing ancient forest, heathland, and some wonderful little villages. We camped at ...  Read the complete review