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Our teams look after the New Forest and make sure the area can thrive for many years to come. Regular tasks include forestry activities and maintenance of trails, car parks and facilities. Some tasks require us to close certain areas while we work to keep everyone safe.
We are asking everyone visiting to please help look after the area by taking some simple actions:
- Do not use BBQs, campfires, stoves, any outdoor camping equipment or naked flames
- Safely discard cigarettes
- If you see a fire, get to a place of safety and call 999. If you can provide an exact location by using What3Words
Current operations
Closed for maintenance
- Brockishill Green - 23 to 24 September
- Holmsley Walk - 28 September to 1 October
- Godshill Inclosure - 28 September
- Ashley Walk - 28 September
- Pig Bush - 29 September
- Culverley - 29 September
- Northgate - 29 September
- Oakley - 29 September
- Ogdens - 30 September to 1 October
- Holmsley Walk - 5 to 6 October
- Wilverley Pit - 7 to 8 October
- Blackwater toilets closed for maintenance - 7 October
- Bolderwood toilets closed for maintenance - 8 October
Closed for the New Forest Drift
The New Forest Drift is where ponies are rounded up to be checked. For safety we close car parks around the drift and advise the public to avoid the area while they take place. Please use an alternative car park and do not park on verges, along access tracks or in gateways.
- Shatterford - 2 October
- Stoney Cross - 4 October
- Ocknell Pond - 4 October
- Janesmoor - 4 October
- Longslade Heath - 6 October
- Horseshow Bottom - 6 October
- Longslade Bottom - 6 October
- Longslade View - 6 October
- Yew Tree Bottom - 6 October
- Wootton Bridge - 6 October
- Setthorns - 6 October
- Wilverley - 6 October
- Wilverley Plain - 6 October
- Wilverley Pit - 6 October
- Brownhills - 9 October
- Wooton Bridge - 9 October
- Broadley - 9 October
- Tilery Road - 11 October
- Clayhill Heath - 11 October
- Standing Hat - 11 October
- Parc Pale - 13 October
- Bolton's Bench - 13 October
- Linford Bottom - 16 October
- Ober Corner - 18 October
- Parc Pale - 20 October
- Bolton's Bench - 20 October
- Beechern Wood - 23 October
- Whitemoor Pond - 23 October
- Whitefield Moor - 23 October
- Puttles Bridge - 23 October
- Bratley View - 25 October
- Andrews Mare - 25 October
- Canada Cross - 25 October
- Beaulieu Heath - 1 November
- Ranswood - 1 November
- Ivy Wood - 1 November
- Crockford - 1 November
- Stockley - 1 November
- Hawkhill - 1 November
- Hatchet Pond - 1 November
- Hatchet Moor - 1 November
- Crockford Clump - 1 November
- Bull Hill - 1 November
- Norleywood - 1 November
- Holmsley Walk - 7 November
- The footbridge on the walking trail at North Gate is closed for safety until further notice.
- Millyford closures, from Monday 14 September, for 4 weeks, two bridges are closed along the gravel track from the car park, this affects all cyclists and walkers between posts numbered 150 to 148, which are closed. To access the Inclosure, please use the diversions via cycle route post 143 or 103. Please take extra care, as large machinery is being used to repair the bridges.
- From Wednesday 16 September, for 4 weeks, the cycling route throughout New Copse Inclosure is closed for resurfacing of the gravel tracks. You can still access the track at Ladycross, post 328, but the Inclosure is closed to allow the repair work to be carried out safely.
Closed for the New Forest Drift
- Lady Cross to Railway Line and Hollands Wood sections - 11 October
- Cycle route alongside A31 - 16 October
- Ober Corner to Black Knowl and Hursthill before New Park entrance - 18 October
- Rans Wood to Hawkhill and Beaulieu aerodrome - 1 November
- Holmsley walk to campsite - 7 November
- In Dameslough and Broomy Inclosures some timber is stacked and waiting to go to the sawmills, so please take extra care and look out for timber lorries.
- Felling of conifer trees is underway at Holly Hatch Inclosure, so please avoid that part of the Forest.
Need more information?
Please contact us by email southern.enquiries@forestryengland.uk or by calling 0300 067 4601 from Monday to Friday between 9:00am and 4:30pm.