Enjoy the New Forest Walking Festival
The New Forest Walking Festival, taking place from 12 October – 3 November, will feature dozens of guided walks that will help participants to discover more about the wonderful history,…
Spend September in the New Forest
Leading self-catering company New Forest Escapes has plenty of options for those looking to get away for a post school holiday holiday break, in the New Forest. Coastguards Cottage, in…
Witness the Annual Pig Pannage in the New Forest
Every autumn in the New Forest, up to 600 domestic pigs and piglets are released into the forest by their ‘commoner’ owners to munch up the fallen acorns – green…
Ode to Autumn in Hampshire
Hampshire will celebrate the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” in special style this year, when it marks the bicentenary of Keats’ Ode To Autumn – said to have been…
Lymington Seafood Festival 2019, New Forest
This year’s Lymington Seafood Festival, which takes place on the southern tip of the New Forest in Hampshire, is gearing up for a weekend of gastronomic delights with over 90…
Early Summer Escape to the New Forest
Early July, before the schools break up, is a great time for a New Forest holiday when you can take advantage of lower prices. Here are a few examples of availability from New Forest…
Bowled Over by the Hilton at The Ageas Bowl
On a cricket-inspired trip to Hampshire and the docks of Portsmouth, Mark Bibby Jackson reminisces at the Hilton at The Ageas Bowl on cricketing feats past. I have to confess…
Dog Care at Cottage Lodge Hotel, New Forest
Cottage Lodge Hotel in Brockenhurst, in the heart of the New Forest, has teamed up with local company Sophie’s Pet Care, to provide a pet minding service for guests that…
Hampshire: Cricket, Dockyards and the D-Day Story
Mark Bibby Jackson travels to Hampshire where he learns of cricketing tales of yore, seafaring adventures and discovers a most poignant reminder of man’s follies in the D-Day Story. Although…
Whitsun Escape to the New Forest
The New Forest National Park in Hampshire is the perfect place for a family Whitsun break and is just two hours from London. It is also easily accessible from both…
