Things to Do
If you're planning on staying for a few days, the New Forest area offers plenty of exciting attractions and activities. Here are some highlights we recommend checking out during your stay:
Beaulieu National Motor Museum
Home to over 250 vehicles telling the history of motoring. You can also visit Palace House and Gardens, home of the Montagu family since 1538, the remains of Beaulieu Abbey and World of Top Gear where you can see some of the vehicles from Jeremy, James and Richard's most ambitious challenges.
Moors Valley Country Park
A 1000 acre country park and forest offering managed woodland and country park to explore, with miles of mapped walking and cycling routes, two large adventure play areas, a Play Trail with numerous large woodland play stations to stop at, Adventure Golf, 4 x 4 Mini Land Rover experience, cycle and mobility scooter hire, model steam railway, Go-Ape and forest Segways, ice cream parlour and Gift Shop.
Longdown Activity Farm
Join in with a daily schedule of hands-on activities such as bottle-feeding kid goats and calves, duck feeding, and the Animal Encounter Barn where visitors can hold chicks and meet a variety of small animals - sometimes even Kunekune piglets. There are lots of larger, friendly animals to meet too. Whatever the weather, there is lots of playtime adventures to be had in the indoor and outdoor play areas.