Keep your distance from the animals and don't feed or pet them - you may be fined.
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Six organisations have come together to launch a new code to help protect the landscape, livestock and wildlife of the New Forest. The New Forest code focuses on nine simple ways visitors and residents can help care for this unique place. It has been put together by the New Forest National Park Authority with partners … Continued
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Fascinating accounts of commoning life have been brought together in a new collection of memories and photographs. Through Our Ancestors’ Eyes features the stories of 20 families and hundreds of photographs depicting commoning, forestry and agriculture in the Forest. The project was part of Our Past, Our Future, a £4.4 million Landscape Partnership Scheme for … Continued
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As lockdown measures are eased from 4 July, tourism body Go New Forest and the New Forest National Park Authority are calling on holidaymakers to plan ahead and book in advance so they can enjoy their stay safely and help protect the National Park. They and other Forest organisations have launched a New Forest Code … Continued
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Two weeks, three villages,18 stores BBQ-free After just two weeks,18 stores have already shown support for a BBQ-free New Forest by withdrawing disposable BBQs from sale. It means that the three main New Forest villages of Ashurst, Lyndhurst and Brockenhurst are all now disposable BBQ-free. Retailers large and small across the Forest and beyond are … Continued
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When the Government issued the stay at home guidance few of us imagined the impact this would have on our wildlife. We all stayed inside but nature carried on. Many have seen the footage of sheep wandering through the towns and deer in the middle of cities on social media, but what has been the … Continued
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The New Forest National Park Authority is calling on retailers across the Forest to remove disposable barbecues from sale and for a continued ban on fires and barbecues in the open countryside of the National Park. The move follows large numbers of disposable barbecues being used while the New Forest is at extreme risk of … Continued
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Appeal for people to respect and care for the Forest during high fire risk weekend New Forest organisations are appealing to people to please respect and care for the National Park and follow the New Forest code. There is a severe fire warning currently in place across the whole area. No barbecues are allowed … Continued
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Thousands of schoolchildren who have visited the New Forest National Park over the years have flourished thanks to its special qualities and calming atmosphere. It’s largely thanks to education officer Sue Palma who we now wish a long and happy retirement. Children who think the New Forest is ‘just trees’ clearly haven’t spent any time … Continued
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A wildflower-roofed building at Peppa Pig World has won the inaugural green building prize in the 2020 New Forest National Park Building Design Awards. The New Forest National Park Authority (NPA) awards recognise high quality design and the best new developments in the National Park, with residential and non-residential buildings also eligible for an award … Continued
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A new stronghold for the nightjar and other wildlife has been established in the north of the New Forest thanks to the total transformation of a commercial tree plantation. A diverse landscape of rare lowland heathland, woodland and wetland has been created at Foxbury, a 350-acre site acquired by the National Trust. Foxbury is the … Continued
