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1) BEAULIEU TO BUCKERS HARD Start point: Beaulieu, SO42 7ZL, Distance from hotel: 40 minute drive Distance of ride: 2 miles each way / 30 minutes This short route of just 2 miles follows along the gravel path besides the Beaulieu River as it meanders its way to the picturesque village of Buckler’s Hard. Stunning scenery all the way. Combine with a visit to the excellent Beaulieu National Motor Museum. Hire bikes and start off at the Activities on the High Street in Beaulieu.

2) LYNDHURST TO HATCHET POND Start point: Gosport Ln, Lyndhurst, SO43 7BF, Distance from hotel: 25 minute drive Distance of ride: 8 miles each way / 1 – 2 hours This easy-going cycle route starts at the pretty town of Lyndhurst – regarded as the ‘capital’ of the New Forest. It then takes you through lovely New Forest habitats, until you reach Hatchet Pond, a haven for wildlife. Most of the way is on managed gravel tracks, with a small 0.5-mile stretch on a quiet lane. Hire bikes in Lyndhurst – try AA Bike Hire or The Woods Cyclery – then cycle down Gosford Lane to the start.

3) COASTAL PIER-TO-PIER CYCLE RIDE Start point: Christchurch Harbour Hotel Distance of ride: 11 miles to Boscombe and back, 14 miles to Bournemouth and back / 2 hours to Boscombe, 2.5 hours to Bournemouth Several years back, someone in the council had the genius idea to install a promenade for a walking/cycling route right along the coastline, connecting up existing fragments. This excellent route sees you leave the hotel to catch the ferry at Mudeford Quay across the Mudeford Spit. From there, it’s a flat car-free road along the water’s edge to the beautiful nature reserve at Hengistbury Head. When you reach the Hungry Hiker café, cross the park to join the promenade alongside the sandy beach. The coastline promenade just goes on and on, so you can ride for as long or short a distance as you like. If you make it that far, we recommend stopping off at the ever-popular Urban Reef by Boscombe Pier for food & drink. Otherwise, remember take a Harbour Hotels’ luxury picnic to eat on the beach somewhere along the way or return to the Christchurch Harbour Hotel for a well-earned lunch, dinner or afternoon tea on the Upper Deck’s terrace. CYCLING EXPERIENCE

4) MOORS VALLEY Start point: Ashley Heath, BH24 2ET, Distance from hotel: 25 minute drive Distance of ride: Varies, from 30 minutes This excellent outdoor activity centre in the New Forest has a number of marked trails for beginner mountain bikers – a great way to get out and experience the New Forest habitats. There’s a nice café there, or take a luxury Harbour Hotels picnic to eat along the way. Open daily from 8am.

5) NEW FOREST TRAILS FROM Start point: Gosport Ln, Lyndhurst, SO43 7B, Distance from hotel: 25 minute drive Distance of ride: Varies, from 30 minutes There are a wide variety of marked cycling trails in the New Forest. You can download a map of the best routes at: www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/things-to-do/cycling/cycling-routes/ Hire bikes and start off at the Brockenhurst Cycle Experience. They can also give you advice of which trail you’d like best. CYCLING EXPERIENCE

COASTAL PIER-TO-PIER CYCLE RIDE Places to stop: Start point: Christchurch Harbour Hotel A) Hengistbury Head Distance of ride: 11 miles to Boscombe and back, B) Urban Reef & Boscombe Pier 14 miles to Bournemouth and back / 2 hours to Boscombe, 2.5 hours to Bournemouth

Several years back, someone in the council had the genius idea to install a promenade for a walking/cycling route right along the coastline, connecting up existing fragments. This excellent route sees you leave the hotel to catch the ferry at Mudeford Quay across the Mudeford Spit. From there, it’s a flat car-free road along the water’s edge to the beautiful nature reserve at Hengistbury Head. When you reach the Hungry Hiker café, cross the park to join the promenade alongside the sandy beach. The coastline promenade just goes on and on, so you can ride for as long or short a distance as you like. If you make it that far, we recommend stopping off at the ever-popular Urban Reef by Boscombe Pier for food & drink. Otherwise, remember take a Harbour Hotels’ luxury picnic to eat on the beach somewhere along the way or return to the Christchurch Harbour Hotel for a well-earned lunch, dinner or afternoon tea on the Upper Deck’s terrace. CYCLING EXPERIENCE

BEAULIEU TO BUCKERS HARD Start point: Beaulieu, SO42 7ZL Distance of ride: 2 miles each way / 30 minutes

This short route of just 2 miles follows along Places to stop: the gravel path besides the Beaulieu River as it meanders its way to the picturesque village of A) Motor Museum Buckler’s Hard. Stunning scenery all the way. B) Bucker’s Hard Combine with a visit to the excellent Beaulieu National Motor Museum. C) Steff’s Kitchen at Fairweather’s Garden Centre Hire bikes and start off at the New Forest Activities on the High Street in Beaulieu.

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Exploring by bike is the Cycle Hire 1 From Hawkill Inclosure car park retrace concrete path to Beaulieu 4 2 B3055 and cross to cycle track opposite. ideal way to discover the Follow the Forest Cycle Code with Free Sat Nav 3 2 At ‘T’ junction turn right. Looking for the best cycle routes in the New Forest? 7 Through gate at Stubby Copse Inclosure and continue on magnificent beauty and 3 Turn right and follow gravel cycle track. Please follow both the Highway Code and this New Forest Cycling Then hire a bike with a free sat nav to guide you. gravel tracks. Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO © Crown copyright and database right [2013] All rights reserved. 4 Ordnance Survey Licence number [100021242] fascinating wildlife that can Code which is supported by cycling groups and local organisations. Bear left at car park and continue on track towards Roundhill 8 The New Forest National Park Authority has teamed up with Garmin and On reaching tarmac road turn right at ‘T’ junction. Be considerate campsite & take tarmac road straight on. local bike hire companies to provide cyclists with free hire of GPS devices your right. 9 Continue straight on following main track towards railway. easily be missed by car. • Ride positively and well clear of uneven road edges but with to help them find their way around and enjoy the National Park. 5 Continue through site towards reception & B3055.Note water Cross tower on 10 Cross railway on bridge and take next left signed ‘Beaulieu’. The off-road and road-based New Forest cycle consideration for other road-users. To allow vehicles to overtake The Garmin Edge Touring devices are simple to use and come loaded B3055 to forest track opposite. 11 network offers something for all the family to enjoy. safely, leave gaps for them to pull into and move into single file when Turn right at junction in track signed ‘Beaulieu’. necessary and safe to do so. Never ride more than two abreast. with a range of easy to follow, family-friendly cycle routes. They are 6 Continue down hill over crossing in track through gate at The Forestry Commission provides over 100 miles 12 At major gravel crossroad turn left and follow cycle • Off road, cycle only on the waymarked network of Forestry Commission available free of charge with bikes hired at outlets around the New Forest. Copse Cottage towards and over railway bridge. of off-road waymarked cycle routes. Most of these track sign. tracks, bridleways, byways, restricted byways and designated routes. You can find more about the service at routes are particularly suited to families with children 13 Turn right at next junction. • Use this map to plan your route, check the Forestry Commission www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/cyclenav and can also be used by people on mobility scooters. website for route closures, and try to be off Forest tracks by sunset. 14 At gate adjacent B3055 retrace path back to car park. Garmin sat navs are free to hire at the following cycle hire shops: The routes are marked on the ground with wooden • Be polite to other cyclists, motorists, pedestrians and residents. posts, each numbered. Some of these are shown • When passing people and animals, use your bell or call out a Cyclexperience on the map to help you to find your way around. warning and allow them plenty of room. Be prepared to Station Car Park, Brockenhurst, SO42 7RR /

Eyeworth Brook A326 These marker posts also display an Ordnance Survey Pond Winsor Totton Southampton Tel: 01590 624204 www.cyclex.co.uk 14 Redbridge Central Station 16 stop if necessary. 23 B3078 Eling Tide Mill 26 J1 Millbrook A326 Janesmoor Rufus grid reference. Stone Bartley Eling Do not drop litter or feed the animals; human food and litter are a 33 • Fritham Hoburne Bashley 349 31 Longbeech This map brings together these managed routes with danger to them. 356 Cadman’s Sway Road, , BH25 5QR / Pool 367 A337 A35 Longdown 36 Activity Farm 56 A31 Ocknell A326 all similar networks in the New Forest National Park • Close gates behind you so the animals don’t stray Tel: 07512 780890 New Forest Ashurst Wildlife Park 353 385 382 50 Deerleap 94 373 Hythe and links to the surrounding area. Respect the quiet of the Forest. www.hoburne.com/park-details/hoburne-bashley For more adventurous cyclists, there are 363 370 • 58 Ashurst Acres Down Milkham 376 101 105 purpose built mountain bike skills circuits 61 143 Be safe Lyndhurst Marchwood The New Forest is a beautiful, tranquil and New Forest Activities Booking Centre 148 Matley Inclosure Seasonal Bolderwood 151 B3056 294 Purlieu at Watchmoor Bike Park near Moors Valley 268 153 environmentally sensitive place enjoyed by local • Pass animals slowly and to one side if possible. The Old Forge, Beaulieu, SO42 7YA / Millyford Bridge Denny 259 107 Wood 135 155 Bank 270 Beaulieu 281 Road Country Park, designed by down-hillers, Reptile A326 Tel: 01590 612377 Centre residents and visitors alike. Mutual respect and • Take extra care near horse riders; a kick or fall from a horse could 128 296 285 B3054 109 271 257 or UK BikePark near Blandford with its Brock Hill A337 www.newforestactivities.co.uk 274 courtesy are essential to enable those with different be fatal. Be prepared to stop. Use your bell or call out a friendly Anderwood 272 287 110 B3056 301 250 118 126 305 technical tracks capable of testing even the Black- National Motor Museum Standing Hat interests to enjoy the Forest together. warning well in advance. When it is safe, pass wide and at walking water 324 116 290 technical Holland Sandy Balls Cycle Centre 279 Wood Woods Ober 326 finest riders! Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Activity Corner 292 332 Rans Wood pace, to one side only. Look out for any reaction from the horse. Corner 308 Godshill, , SP6 2JZ / Tel: 01425 342 Beaulieu This is a working forest, with forestry, farming and 112

Roundhill Centre in the New Forest has A35 Beachern 344 • Keep to a safe speed, on and off road, particularly on narrow lanes, Wood Stockley B3055 Gardens 657707 237 + Steam Railway Burley Brockenhurst Hawkhill equestrian activity on its narrow roads and tracks. Hatchet Pond 321 routes, pump and gravity. tracks and a New Forest 317 steep hills and bends. Look out for pot holes, poor surfaces and Cider www.sandyballs.co.uk/cycle-centre Wilverley Plain Ponies, cattle and other animals are free to roam 161 Beaulieu 232 Mount 217 Heath cattle grids. northshore experience 229 Pleasant Beaulieu Heath Wilverley 195 175 Bucklers Hard 191 Longslade Sandy B3054 the Forest and most of its roads. Be aware that Trax Bike Hire (mobile delivery service) 223 Bottom Down Thorney Setthorns • Look out for and obey safety signs. Do not pass large vehicles and 172 Wootton Bridge 181 163 animals are easily startled and may suddenly move Tel: 01425 618562 or 07850 043259 Holmsley Sway Pilley 200 A337 Holmsley trailers until you know it is safe to do so. Walk Boldre into your path. www.bikehirenewforest.co.uk B3055 • Ensure you are visible by wearing bright or reflective clothing. Use lights after dark and in poor daytime visibility. New Forest Family Cycling is supported by Thousands of cyclists use the New Forest • Avoid the use of earphones. responsibly. Please be considerate to all other users at all times. Other local cycle hire options: Moors Valley Country Park has a network of forest If you need this publication in large print AA Cycle Hire (New Forest) or in another language please contact the

Emergency Information999 Fernglen, Gosport Lane, Lyndhurst, SO43 7BL / Tel: 023 8028 3349 road graded trails, as well Diversity Team. In an emergency dial www.aabikehirenewforest.co.uk as a singletrack, ‘Through Phone 0300 067 5046 [email protected] Accident and Emergency Forest Leisure Cycling the Forest’. A cycle map is Email departments at Southampton, Village Centre, Burley, BH24 4AB / Tel: 01425 403584 available from the Visitor Find out more on our websites: Bournemouth and www.forestleisurecycling.co.uk forestry.gov.uk/newforest Salisbury hospitals. Centre on site. Moors Valley Cycle Hire newforestnpa.gov.uk

Forestry Commission 24hr Horton Road, Ashley Heath, , BH24 2ET / Tel: 01425 470721 2015 Commission Forestry © call centre: www.moors-valley.co.uk/planning-your-visit/cycle-hire Scan here for more on cycling in the New Forest 0300 067 4600 A27 Whiteparish

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Hollands Wood, 1 mile Woodfalls Lyndhurst, 4 miles National Cycle Route off Cycle Routes GRIGG LANE Plaitford Bolderwood, 7 miles A337 road Blackwater, 3 miles Hamptworth Please remember to stay on the waymarked A338 West Wellow Approved on road routes BROOKLEY ROAD Landford routes when cycling off-road on the New Forest

Crown Lands Country Lanes National Cycle Route on Cycle Hire MILL LANE Roman Villa A3090 Standing Hat, 2 miles road B3080 Canada A36 Hatchet Pond, 4 miles Breamore House Wootton Bridge, 3 miles Cyclexperience Half Moon SWAY ROAD 1 Longslade Bottom, 4 miles Cycle Hire Other Routes; relatively Common Burley, 8 miles Nomansland Boldre, 3 miles , 7 miles quiet, unaudited routes on

Paultons Park country lanes 3 B3078 B3078 J2 M27 J3 BURLEY 112 Bridleways + Byways Bolderwood, 6 miles Linford 3 miles Anderwood, 3 miles 17 Ringwood, 4 miles B3079 M271 Godshill Warning that route crosses a Coach + Car Sandy Balls 20 Newbridge main road or other potential Holiday Eyeworth Centre J1 Pond Forest Leisure Cycle Hire hazard. Take care Fordingbridge A31 Calmore A36 16 14 Brook B3078 Burbush Hill, 1 miles Ford that may be impassable 23 Winsor , 5 miles A326 Fritham 26 B3078 after heavy rain SOUTHAMPTON Wootton Bridge, 3 miles 4 Janesmoor Totton Longslade Bottom, 4 miles B3078 J1 Brockenhurst, 8 miles Fritham 33 Rufus Cycle Hire Stone Cadnam Redbridge Abbotswell A336 Southampton 156 Alderholt 31 Bartley Eling Tide Mill Central Station Steep hill or other more Longbeech Hyde Cadman’s 349 Millbrook challenging conditions (IMBA Pool Eling New Forest LYNDHURST M27 4 miles Water Park 36 classification) 41 92 56 356 Ocknell A31 A337 AA Cycle Hire Crown land tracks; no cycling Minstead 367 52 SOUTHAMPTON ROAD Ashurst 3 miles 50 A35 Numbered Waymarker Posts Longdown Marchwood Activity Farm 353 BEAULIEU ROAD 58 94 Ashurst New Forest A326 Milkham 385 Wildlife Park Visitor Information 382 63 363 Deerleap 61 105 Acres Down 373 286 Travelling 101 370 143 46 Appleslade 48 Ashurst A338 Seasonal Bolderwood 148 The New Forest Tour Brockenhurst, Lyndhurst 4 miles 376 Hythe Bank Bus carries bikes free 151 Ferry + Pier Railway Matley of charge 107 153 71 268 B3056 Marchwood Millyford Bridge 294 Inclosure Linford Parking 135 259 Hangersley 155 Denny 128 Reptile Bank Wood Pay and Display Parking Linford Centre 270 109 281 Beaulieu Road Station Anderwood Brock Hill Ringwood 257 110 271 296 Moors Valley A31 285 Ferry Services Country Park A337 126 274 118 A326 Local Information 250 272 287 B3054 Hightown 116 Black- water 301 Woods Toilets Standing Hat 305 B3056 Crow Corner Hardley A31 279 324 Food and Drink 112 Ober Holland 290 Corner Wood National Motor Museum 388 Fawley Visitor Attraction Avon Heath 292 Burley A35 326 156 308 332 Activities Centre Castle Matchams Beachern Rans Wood + Calshot Castle New Forest 342 237 Wood 396 Cider Beaulieu B3053 Roundhill Brockenhurst Camping in The Forest A338 Stockley 344 Blackfield Wilverley Plain B3055 Burbush Hawkhill Calshot Picnic Area 161 Hatchet Pond Exbury Gardens B3347 229 232 317 321 Langley 175 Wilverley Mount + Steam Railway Land Use Avon Tyyrell Thorney 195 Pleasant 217 Activity Centre Hill 191 East Boldre 223 Longslade Beaulieu City / Town / Village 172 Bottom Heath 163 Wootton Setthorns Sandy Beaulieu Heath Holmsley 181 Bridge Down Exbury Village / Hamlet Holmsley Walk B3054 Sway New Forest National Park Avon Ripley 200 Bucklers Hard Pilley Mixed Woodland A337 B3055 Bransgore Boldre Lepe Country Park Heathland Bashley Sammy Hoburne Roads Miller Bashley Cycling in the New Forest is permitted on most Hurn Museum A338 Sowley Pond public highways. The usual rules of the road apply B3055 but please follow our Cycle Code to make your ride safer for yourself and other forest users. Waterditch These symbols identify the road types. Main roads are not recommended for cyclists. B3347 New Motorway Milton B3073 Burton Hinton Lymington Main Road A3060 Admiral Everton Christchurch Highcliffe A338 Station A337 Route continues to Minor Road Yarmouth, Isle of Wight B3058 Downton via passenger ferry DISCLAIMER While every effort has been made to ensure the A35 accuracy of this map, the publishers cannot accept CHRISTCHURCH Highcliffe Castle any responsibility for any loss or damage caused as a + Visitor Centre Barton-on-Sea result of its use. B3058 The cycle routes and trails shown here were correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication. Mudeford The publishers are in no way associated with any of BOURNEMOUTH the trail providers and cannot be held responsible for the condition or suitability of any routes. Nor do we SCALE 1:70,000 (approx) endorse any of the products and services available Note: Cycling on seafront has Milford-on-Sea from the cycle hire companies listed. seasonal restrictions Hengistbury Head 0 km 1 2 3 4 5 6 We encourage all bike users to cycle responsibly at all times. N For more detailed map information, useful for instance 0 miles 1 2 3 4 when following specific routes, we recommend that this map is used in conjunction with the Ordnance © Forestry Commission. All Rights Reserved Survey 1:25,000 (Explorer) Sheet 22, or the 1:50,000 (Landranger) Sheet 196.