Bolderwood
Nature Reserves, Country Parks & Beaches · Lyndhurst, Hampshire
Also outdoor play & adventure playgrounds
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🌳 Outdoor🌲 Woodland🆓 Free entry
What’s there
- Paid parking
- Picnic area
- Dogs welcome
Pay-and-display by RingGo app only; no cash. Charges from £1.50 for one hour to £8 for over four hours. Two accessible spaces (charges apply). Parking is permitted 4am to 11pm. Overflow at Bratley View or Canadian Memorial car parks.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Bolderwood is an open-access area of forest on Ornamental Drive in the New Forest, managed by Forestry England. A car park at the start gives access to waymarked walking trails through some of the oldest Douglas fir trees in the forest and an extensive stretch of ancient and ornamental woodland with veteran trees. Families can bring a picnic to the picnic area, go for a walk, or ride the cycle trail that starts from the car park, which suits older children. Dogs are welcome on the trails. The site is outdoors and free to walk around, so it suits a relaxed day in the forest rather than an indoor attraction. Visitors may spot deer and forest ponies, but the deer sanctuary and feeding station that once gave the place its name no longer operate.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Wellies
- Wristband for lost childrenWrite your number on it before you go in.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Tissues
- Waterproof phone pouch
- Sick bagsYou only forget these once.
- Waterproof trousers
- Wildlife spotting chart
- Waterproof jacket
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