Explore the New Forest

27/01/2025

Perfect accommodation for accessible needs!

The 10 darkest weeks of winter are behind us – today is the perfect time to start looking forward to brighter, warmer days!

Here at Our Bench, we offer three accessible, self-catering cottages in the heart of the New Forest, perfect for a spring getaway. Each cottage sleeps 2-5 guests and is thoughtfully designed for accessibility:
✔️ Ground floor accommodation
✔️ Wheel-in wet rooms
✔️ Profiling beds & riser-recliner chairs
✔️ One cottage includes a ceiling hoist & changing stretcher
✔️ One cottage is dog-friendly

As spring approaches, you can look forward to daffodils blooming in the garden, foals wandering the Forest, and a chance to visit the nearby seaside.

Book your break today and make the most of the sunny south coast! 🌞
Visit www.ourbench.co.uk to find out more.

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Our Bench self catering cottages offer three fully accessible self catering cottages in Lymington on the edge of the New Forest National Park. Discover Little Bench, Garden Bench or Bench Cottage for a relaxing disabled holiday in the New Forest.

08/09/2024

A useful share...
At the end of the month it is Lymington Afloat Festival Weekend - brochure here:

01/06/2023

We haven't share anything for a while - but we LOVE this video from New Forest Accessible Accommodation in Lymington on some of their holiday guests enjoying Wetwheels Hamble on there recent trip out of Lymington!

01/12/2022

This years clocks are now for sale.
Great value if you use the coastal car parks for the year!

Our 2023 parking clocks (season tickets) are now on sale.

To get your parking clock before January, please place your order online at https://www.newforest.gov.uk/parkingclock before 16 December.

Clocks will be posted by second class mail, so please allow for delivery time when purchasing your clock.

Prices:
• January-December 2023 long stay: £140
• January-March/April to June/July to September/October to December long stay: £40 per quarter
• January-December short stay: £30

24/11/2022

Update from Forestry England re Car Park Closures - the most notable are the two at Longslade for works to be carried out on the footbridges:

Ober Corner car park and Whitley Wood near Lyndhurst are both closed to protect wildlife during the autumn season.
Anderwood, Clay Hill, near Burley, the Reptile Centre, Standing Hat and Osmond's Bushes car parks are all currently closed.
Longslade Bottom and Longslade View car parks will be closed from 27 November, for 2 months. Alternative nearby car parks include Setthorns, Horseshoe Bottom, Longslade Heath and Wilverley Inclosure.
This closure is to allow for major works to replace a pair of derelict bridges over the old railway track at Longslade that forms part of a popular walking, cycling and horse-riding trail in the New Forest.

24/09/2022

We would love to see photos of the fungi you find in the New Forest!

🍄 It's 🍂 🍄

Autumn is peak time for a wide variety of fabulous fungi in the National Park. If you're out and about, please look but don't touch and leave the fungi for the wildlife and others to enjoy.

The New Forest is one of the most important sites for in Britain, and there are more than 2,700 species of fungi in the National Park alone. They’re essential to the Forest’s ecosystem, which is why the New Forest National Park Authority, together with partners such as Forestry England are appealing to people to look, but please don’t pick.

📷 Sarah Fox

16/09/2022

https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/photographers-getting-too-close-to-rutting-new-forest-deer-9221890/

Please take care of the deer.

PHOTOGRAPHERS are being urged to steer clear of New Forest red deer during rutting after warnings the animals are being pushed towards roads.

11/09/2022

As we all reflect on our memories this article tells us about the times HRH Queen Elizabeth II visited the New Forest.

As the New Forest and Christchurch mourns the Queen's death, the A&T looks back at the times she graced the area with her presence.

08/08/2022

From Hardley Fire station... the view from inside their fire truck.

This is the scene that greeted us when we were called to a fire in the New Forest (Fawley Enclosure) earlier today.

These access gates must be kept clear at all times, they provide essential access for our Firefighters and other emergency services to get within the enclosures.

WE ARE AT HIGH FIRE RISK - please don't block gates, you never know when access is needed and fire travels fast!