New Forest National Park
Open heath, ancient woodland and free-roaming ponies in southern England's Hampshire and Wiltshire
Commoners' ponies, cattle, donkeys and pigs graze open heath, valley bog and woodland, and their grazing keeps the Forest open. William the Conqueror proclaimed it a royal hunting forest, and the Commoners' ancient grazing rights are still exercised.
Things to do
- On footWalk or cycle the gravel rides and forest roads, using Ordnance Survey Explorer map OL22
- WildlifeWatch for fallow, roe and red deer from the deer viewing platform at Bolderwood
- On footWalk the Old Reptiliary discovery trail at Holidays Hill, about two miles south-west of Lyndhurst
- WildlifeFind the Rufus Stone, which marks the reputed spot where William II died