Paul’s guidebook for the New Forest
Food scene
Great selection of fruit & vegetables, meat, bread & ice cream. We love their sausages.
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Ferndene Farm Shop
2 Bashley Cross RdGreat selection of fruit & vegetables, meat, bread & ice cream. We love their sausages.
Fantastic butcher with a small selection of cheese, dairy, fruit, vegetables, bread & sweets
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Danestream Farm Shop
Sway RoadFantastic butcher with a small selection of cheese, dairy, fruit, vegetables, bread & sweets
Butcher with lots of other grocery items. their specialty is their pork pies
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Crow Farm Shop
169 Crow Ln Butcher with lots of other grocery items. their specialty is their pork pies
Shappen Stores
Ringwood RoadA local food shop with a great selection of local foods.
Burley Fudge Shop
2 Ringwood RdBig selection of fudge
Lots of different ice creams including vegan. Vegan Chocolate is one of our favorites.
Toot Sweets Ice Cream Parlour
3 Gosport StLots of different ice creams including vegan. Vegan Chocolate is one of our favorites.
Roly's Fudge Pantry
64 High StOne of the 33 Roly shops in the UK
The Solent Cellar
40 St Thomas StSmall wine shop with high-quality stock
Cat & Fiddle Farm & Café
Lyndhurst RoadSmall shop on a farm with pick your own
Christchurch location. Sell lots of local food and home products besides lots of garden stuff. Family-run for generations.
Stewarts Christchurch Garden Centre
Lyndhurst RoadChristchurch location. Sell lots of local food and home products besides lots of garden stuff. Family-run for generations.
Amazing food & service. Walk around their walled garden where many of their ingredients come from
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The Pig
B3055Amazing food & service. Walk around their walled garden where many of their ingredients come from
The Pig on the Beach
Manor RoadAmazing food & service in a beautiful location.
More formal but very good. This is in the Chewton Glen hotel. You can walk to Highcliffe beach from here
The Dining Room
More formal but very good. This is in the Chewton Glen hotel. You can walk to Highcliffe beach from here
Their whole lobster with garlic butter, chips, and salad is what we eat regularly.
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The Noisy Lobster
Their whole lobster with garlic butter, chips, and salad is what we eat regularly.
The Jetty
95 MudefordBig selection of seafood which is very good
Hartnett Holder & Co
Beaulieu RoadSmall menu but very good. This is a the Limewood Hotel
A small restaurant with a tasting menu. Great service.
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The Elderflower Restaurant
4A Quay StA small restaurant with a tasting menu. Great service.
Indian Tree
14 Market PlAmazing Indian food and will deliver to the estate
Quaint tea house but their scones are delicious. Gluten-free scones are our favorites.
The Lyndhurst Tea House
26 High StQuaint tea house but their scones are delicious. Gluten-free scones are our favorites.
Spa
Herb House Spa
Beaulieu RoadOur favorite treatment is the Sarah Chapman facial
Chewton Glen Hotel & Spa
Christchurch RoadThey have amazing facilities indoor and outdoor
Beach
Very close to the estate. Noisy Lobster is here and you can get takeaway and loads of ice cream
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Avon Beach
Very close to the estate. Noisy Lobster is here and you can get takeaway and loads of ice cream
Boscombe Beach
Good ice cream and surf shop here
Beautiful and usually not too busy. The heather is amazing to see when it is in season
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Hengistbury Head
Beautiful and usually not too busy. The heather is amazing to see when it is in season
Bournemouth Beach
Big and traditional. Even 2 old-style arcades.
Southbourne Beachfront
Big and quieter than Bournemouth
Highcliffe Beach
Great views. Can get busy.
National trust owned and gorgeous. While there then go see Old Harry Rocks too.
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Studland Bay
National trust owned and gorgeous. While there then go see Old Harry Rocks too.
Animal spots
The deer are so beautiful here but not always around. Lots of trails to walk.
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Bolderwood Hertenreservaat
Bolderwood Arboretum Ornamental DriveThe deer are so beautiful here but not always around. Lots of trails to walk.
Forestry Commission owned. Ponies are always there and sometimes cows. Walking distance from the estate. See the exact spot on the map above.
Holmsley Campsite
Forest RoadForestry Commission owned. Ponies are always there and sometimes cows. Walking distance from the estate. See the exact spot on the map above.
Historical places
Highcliffe Castle
Rothesay DriveGrade I listed mansion right on the coast
Paleis Huis
Home of the Montagu family since 1538
Museum on the New Forest right in the middle in Lyndhurst
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New Forest Heritage Centre Museum
Museum on the New Forest right in the middle in Lyndhurst