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DANEWOOD COTTAGE is an attractive New Forest Holiday Cottage c.200
years old with the open forest at the end of the road. Families and single sex
groups (by prior agreement) are welcome.
Pets by arrangement.
This lovely cottage in a secluded location, adjoining fields, has a pretty private
garden and a paddock. Sleeps 5+.
A hot tub is available on request.
The cottage is ideal for family holidays and short breaks as well as singles groups,
and pamper or activity holidays using local riding schools/ beauty salons etc .
Available for Self Catering.
years old with the open forest at the end of the road. Families and single sex
groups (by prior agreement) are welcome.
Pets by arrangement.
This lovely cottage in a secluded location, adjoining fields, has a pretty private
garden and a paddock. Sleeps 5+.
A hot tub is available on request.
The cottage is ideal for family holidays and short breaks as well as singles groups,
and pamper or activity holidays using local riding schools/ beauty salons etc .
Available for Self Catering.
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| The Cottage |
"The New Forest is located close to the south coast in a delightful corner of south-west
Hampshire. Containing a magnificent, almost unrivalled variety of scenery, the New Forest has
recently been designated the New Forest National Park.
The New Forest is unique in modern Britain. Spread over 377 square kilometres (145 square
miles), it is an ancient hunting ground whose character has survived intact into the 21st century.
The New Forest is an ideal destination for day visits, weekends and longer holidays. New Forest
lawns provide ample space for family relaxation, whilst many New Forest attractions cater
especially for children. Historic towns and cities are also nearby – Christchurch, Salisbury and
Southampton, for example; and so is the coast, including Bournemouth's sandy beaches.
New Forest villages
New Forest villages retain a special 'New Forest' character, and offer shops of all descriptions,
ranging from those supplying the necessities of life, through to more esoteric establishments.
And in the New Forest, there is never a need to go hungry or thirsty for here will be found an
unrivalled choice of pubs, restaurants and tea rooms.
New Forest walking and cycling
The New Forest offers marvellously unrestricted access for relaxation, cycling, walking and
exploration using miles of gravel tracks and little used New Forest paths.
New Forest winter walks on crisp, frosty days are a special delight; whilst spring in the New Forest
sometimes comes as early as February. New Forest heaths ablaze with heather are a special feature
of late-summer; whilst autumn brings spectacular New Forest woodland displays of gold, red and
orange; and rutting deer that remind of the original purpose of this old place.
New Forest ponies
New Forest ponies, donkeys, cattle and autumnal pigs wander freely, continuing centuries-old
New Forest commoning traditions that were once widespread over much of England, but have
now largely disappeared, apart from in a small number of places such as the New Forest.
New Forest wildlife
New Forest wildlife is of international importance. In the New Forest, four species of deer can
regularly be seen, butterflies are at times abundant, and 75% of Britain's dragonfly and damselfly
species are found.
Look out also for the purple blooms of wild gladiolus that grace the New Forest heathlands, but
are found nowhere else in Britain; and a range of New Forest birds such as the tiny Dartford
warbler, and spring and summer visiting hobbies and nightjars.
New Forest history
Evidence of New Forest history can often be found in this ancient landscape - there is, after all,
little need to look much beyond the centuries-old, lichen-clad oaks that once would have been
felled and used for Navy timber.
But here in the New Forest, there are also Bronze Age barrows; Iron Age hill forts; aged,
mysterious earthen banks and ditches; and much, much more.
New Forest fact file
• New Forest walkers can go largely where they please.
• New Forest cycle routes extend for over 160 kilometres.
• Horse riding is the third most popular New Forest activity, after walking and cycling.
• Over 100 pubs can be found in and around the New Forest.
• The New Forest was created in 1079 by William the Conqueror.
• The New Forest National Park arrived 926 years later, in 2005.
• New Forest ponies are rounded up during autumnal 'drifts'.
• Sea trout return each year to spawn in New Forest streams.
• New Forest resident, Mrs.Alice Hargreaves, was the inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Alice in
Wonderland. "
Information from New Forest Explorers' Guide - a treasure trove of New Forest information and
images! Within the pages of the New Forest Explorers' Guide, wildlife, landscapes, commoning
traditions and history are examined in detail, whilst accompanying New Forest photographs,
postcards and maps help bring to life this ancient land.
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