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2006-09-08 04:57:51 · 14 answers · asked by y_answrs_brainbus 3 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
You can watch the deers being fed at 2:00.
You can go through the forest (this can take hours). There are plenty of space for a picnic in the forest itself.
If you are camping, some of the campsites have swimming pools and soft play areas (and pubs).
I would also suggest you take outdoor games such as a cricket set, rugby ball, football, volleyball etc whatever games the family likes to play. There is plenty of space to play.
You could also travel to Porstmouth to see the boats.
There is plenty to do & a fun time to be had :-)
2006-09-08 08:39:25 · answer #1 · answered by MISS B.ITCH 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-08 12:14:27 · answer #2 · answered by maidenrocks 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get a Wilts & Dorset, the local bus company, day rider ticket and explore the county. There is a New Forest open top bus tour but im not sure if this runs during the winter months but you could always call them tocheck, it well worth it!
2006-09-11 06:25:12 · answer #3 · answered by emmalp75 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to Everton Water Gardens. Halfway between Lymington and New Milton. It's an enchanted little place.
Also go crabbing from Milford-on-Sea Quay. From there you can get a ferry to Hurst Castle. You can also walk to Hurst Castle along the stone and pebble spit that extends from Milford Salt Marsh.
Bike ride along the old railway route from Sway to Ringwood no cars just bikes and horses.
2006-09-09 13:13:32 · answer #4 · answered by Apple Crumble(Devils Advocate) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beaulieau is great for a family to do!
You could also hire bikes and ride through the forest.
Lymington is great, you can go through the shops, or sit by the lake with the New Forest Ponies...
2006-09-08 05:03:14 · answer #5 · answered by I love rupert 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Loads...There are pony treking, parks, picnics, bike hire. Loads of lovely villages to explore like Burley and Brokenhurst. Pubs with great kids play areas. Long walks, golf courses, just a beautiful place to be with lots of fresh air....Look up Hampshire county council site for more ideas.....It's a great place to live.....I'm never bored xx
2006-09-08 21:32:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look around the shops in Lyndhurst! See the wild ponies. Visit the Beaulieu musuem and go to Burley.
2006-09-08 09:01:37 · answer #7 · answered by purpletear2003 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have many happy memories of days out in the new forest with my family..especially my late dad. our favourite place for a family picnic(take a football or other ball games to amuse the kids) was the rufus stone..there is a pub down the road(last time i was there i think it was called the robin hood(well it was a very long time ago) my dad and uncle used to disappear in the afternoon,to the pub!! i remember that on only 1 occassion i was allowed to go with them and i sat at the bar and had a lemonade (unknown to me it had a small squirt of beer in it) further up the road is the village store/post office,watch out for the new forest pony that goes in for his packet of polos every day. there is of course beaulieu,and dont forget sammy millers motorcycle museum. please dont feed the ponies(they can become quite ill) and are for want of better words wild and roam and graze free(hence they fall ill when you feed them) i highly recommend if you visit christchurch,you have a meal at the copper kettle its street escapes me but its near christchurch house/museum..but stop and ask someone local who will point you in the right direction..its got very good food at very good prices,and nothing is too much trouble for the staff (we stayed 3 days in b&b at barton on sea.).and we ate at the copper kettle every evening..you could also visit romsey to see broadlands(home of the late earl of mountbatten)and wander round any of the towns or villages around the new forest to soak up the local culture.but please take note a lot of the roads are kerbless,and hide holes and drainage ditches.the roads in a lot of places are narrow and watch out for the ponies roaming into the roads,be aware of deer too.most of if not all the places i have mentioned have a web site of thier own or are in the website for the new forest.the new forest area is full of interesting and historic sites..if you are in that area again why not visit the historic ships at portsmouth dockyard(victory/remains of the mary rose and another but the name escapes me..) and make time to visit the submarine museum at gosport ( gosport is..famous for the place where most royal flying corps/royal air force sqns were formed but not celebrated by a memorial anywhere which is a bit sad)
2006-09-08 10:51:23 · answer #8 · answered by hondanut 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Camping was great when my two girls were young. Walking is also an inexpensive way of enjoying God's beautiful creation
2006-09-09 01:08:45 · answer #9 · answered by Malcolm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch the grass grow and the sap flow
2006-09-08 05:03:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋