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Information Centres

There are a number of excellent information points for visitors within the New Forest National Park. The three New Forest District Council Visitor Information Centres in or near the boundary of the National Park are:

Lyndhurst Visitor Information Centre
The Main Car Park
Lyndhurst
Hampshire
SO43 7NY

Telephone 023 8028 2269

Lymington Visitor Information Centre
New Street
Lymington
Hampshire
SO41 9BH

Telephone: 01590 689000

Ringwood Visitor Information Centre
The Furlong
Ringwood
Hampshire
BH24 1AZ

Telephone 01425 470896

The Official Visitor Site for the New Forest gives further information.

The Forestry commission runs an information and interpretation unit at Bolderwood during weekends and school holidays from April to October. There are also unstaffed information points based at various locations in the National Park.

Other Information Centres near the National Park are:

Hythe Local Information Point
The Grove
St John’s Street
Hythe
SO45 6BZ

Tel: 023 8084 1411

Fawley Information Office
Jubilee Hall
The Square
Fawley
SO45 1DF

Tel: 023 8089 1640

Fordingbridge Tourist Information Centre (summer only)
Salisbury Street
Fordingbridge SP6 1AB

Tel: 01425 654560

New Milton Information Centre
Town Hall
2 Ashley Rd
New Milton BH25 6AS

Tel: 01425 611971

Totton Information Centre
Civic Centre
Totton
SO40 3AP

Tel: 023 8086 3138

The National Park Authority is working with partners such as Hampshire County Council, New Forest District Council and the Forestry Commission to provide information about the National Park at a variety of other sites.

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