NEW FOREST | Cicerone hiking guide

hiking guide

A handy pocket-sized guidebook to 30 day walks across the New Forest National Park in Hampshire and Wiltshire, southern England. Routes explore ancient woodland, heather-clad heath and dramatic coastline, all within easy reach of Southampton, Bournemouth and Salisbury. Walks for all abilities, easily combined to make up longer challenges.

Thanks to William the Conqueror, who set it aside as a royal hunting ground in 1079, the New Forest has been protected by ancient laws for over 900 years. Situated in Hampshire on the south coast of England, it was given National Park status in 2005, helping to further conserve its captivating landscape.

It is Britain’s smallest national park but offers a wide range of terrain to suit the taste of every walker - ancient woodland, empty heather-clad heath, captivating coastline and many streams and rivers.

The 30 walks in this guidebook use well-defined tracks and paths to visit interesting historic sites, colourful gardens and picture-postcard villages. They cover all areas of the New Forest National Park and can be shortened or lengthened to suit walkers of all abilities.

• 30 walks from 3 to 10 miles, suitable for all the family
• alternatives, shortcuts and detours are given, while many adjacent routes can be joined for full-day walks
• clear route descriptions with detailed 1:25,000 OS map extracts and colour photographs