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• First New Forest Thrive nature festival free for all the family

  6 JUNE 2025 First New Forest Thrive nature festival free for all the family

  A new community festival will take place for the first time on the edge of the New Forest this summer. The New Forest Thrive event will take place on Sunday...

• Share your views on the New Forest and be in with the chance of winning prizes

  21 MAY 2025 Share your views on the New Forest and be in with the chance of winning prizes

  The New Forest National Park Authority is asking for views on how to make the National Park a better place to visit. The ‘Enjoying the New Forest’ survey 2025 has...

• New Forest hedge planting event brings community together to benefit local wildlife and nature

  7 MARCH 2025 New Forest hedge planting event brings community together to benefit local wildlife and nature

    Joint news release from the New Forest Agricultural Show Society, Hampshire Forest Partnership and the New Forest National Park Authority. Thanks to the support of the local community, hundreds...

• Record numbers of key ground nesting bird found in the New Forest

  26 FEBRUARY 2025 Record numbers of key ground nesting bird found in the New Forest

  Joint press release Conservationists have recorded the highest ever numbers of woodlark, a protected species of ground nesting bird, in the New Forest. A survey by Forestry England and Hampshire...

• Over 450 prospective volunteers attended the biggest New Forest National Park Volunteer Fair yet

  14 FEBRUARY 2025 Over 450 prospective volunteers attended the biggest New Forest National Park Volunteer Fair yet

  Last month’s Fair (26 January) had over 50 stalls of organisations from across the New Forest and surrounding areas and marked the start of the 20th anniversary of the National...

• New Forest Volunteer Fair 2025 promises to be biggest as National Park marks 20th anniversary year

  14 JANUARY 2025 New Forest Volunteer Fair 2025 promises to be biggest as National Park marks 20th anniversary year

  The New Forest National Park Volunteer Fair will return to Brockenhurst on Sunday, 26 January 2025 and comes as an early highlight in the National Park’s 20th anniversary year. The...

• Popular New Forest Walking Festival returns for autumn 2024

  9 OCTOBER 2024 Popular New Forest Walking Festival returns for autumn 2024

  The New Forest National Park Authority’s 12th annual Walking Festival returns in 2024 to offer a ‘behind the scenes’ look at the area’s wonderful wildlife, landscapes, and communities.   The event...

• Stay on track to support New Forest wildlife this spring

  27 FEBRUARY 2024 Stay on track to support New Forest wildlife this spring

  Joint press release People are being asked to help rare ground nesting birds survive in the New Forest again this year by staying on the main tracks and keeping dogs...

• New Forest Awakening Festival Returns with more than 60 events around our nature and climate

  22 FEBRUARY 2024 New Forest Awakening Festival Returns with more than 60 events around our nature and climate

  Dozens of organisations in and around the New Forest are inviting people to join in with the New Forest Awakening Festival which runs throughout March 2024. Run by the New...

• Calling all photographers! 

  12 FEBRUARY 2024 Calling all photographers! 

  Joint press release with the Countryside Education Trust The Countryside Education Trust in Beaulieu is launching a major photography competition entitled ‘Our Coast’ to capture why the New Forest National...