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• Hundreds celebrate Southampton’s incredible nature at week-long Urban Wild festival

  17 JUNE 2025 Hundreds celebrate Southampton’s incredible nature at week-long Urban Wild festival

  Hundreds of people and dozens of organisations took part in Southampton’s first city-wide nature-focused Urban Wild festival. Urban Wild was led by Southampton National Park City with support from the...

• Tap into the wellbeing benefits of working outside for #OutdoorOfficeDay

  12 JUNE 2025 Tap into the wellbeing benefits of working outside for #OutdoorOfficeDay

  Working outside can bring mental and physical health benefits to the people who embrace the natural spaces closest to them.  From reduced stress and improved moods to enhanced creativity and...

• New Forest nature project helping species thrive 

  11 JUNE 2025 New Forest nature project helping species thrive 

  A project to restore nature and boost biodiversity is helping the New Forest remain a beacon of light for wildlife. The Species Survival Fund project is in its second and...

• Please join our herd!!!

  10 JUNE 2025 Please join our herd!!!

    We’re currently testing our new WhatsApp channel and would love you to help us by signing up! The channel will deliver a new way for everyone to receive regular...

• 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...

• Cancelled: Planning Committee meeting 17 June

  3 JUNE 2025 Cancelled: Planning Committee meeting 17 June

  Please note that the June 2025 Planning Committee has no planning applications to report, so the meeting is cancelled. The next Planning Committee meeting will be held on 15 July...

• June wildlife highlights

  2 JUNE 2025 June wildlife highlights

  Wildlife is bursting with activity in the New Forest in June. The days are long, temperatures are warmer, and many species are busy above ground, feeding, breeding or flowering. Midsummer...

• New Forest insects given new lease of life thanks to novel approach

  23 MAY 2025 New Forest insects given new lease of life thanks to novel approach

  More than 24 acres of grassland – the equivalent of more than 13 football pitches – have been planted with wildflowers to help boost insect numbers in the New Forest. ...

• 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...

• Upgraded and accessible trail opens in the New Forest

  19 MAY 2025 Upgraded and accessible trail opens in the New Forest

  News release from Forestry England A newly upgraded and accessible trail is now open at the site of the Knightwood Oak, one of the New Forest’s oldest and most magnificent...