New Forest Cycle Route
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296 8 285 Waymarked trails Visitor attractions Places to eat ‘Great for beginners’ Linked car parks 287 9 7 Start/finish 305 Hawkhill trail Shortcuts 324 Waymarker Posts B Road 10 Parking 6 Come and 308 326 explore the New Forest on 11 B3055 two wheels... 5 Brockenhurst Exploring by bike is the ideal way to discover the Hawkhill Inclosure 12 332 13 magnificent beauty and Follow the Forest Cycle Code Off Road Cycle Trail fascinating wildlife that can Cycle Hire 14.8km / 9.2m Please follow both the Highway Code and this New Forest Cycling with Free Sat Nav easily be missed by car. Code which is supported by cycling groups and local organisations. Hawkhill 1 B3055 The off-road and road-based New Forest cycle Be considerate Looking for the best cycle routes in the New Forest? From Hawkill Inclosure car park retrace concrete path to Inclosure 14 car park network offers something for all the family to enjoy. • Ride positively and well clear of uneven road edges but with Then hire a bike with a free sat nav to guide you. B3055 and cross to cycle track opposite. Stockley 1 consideration for other road-users. To allow vehicles to overtake 2 At ‘T’ junction turn right. The Forestry Commission provides over 100 miles The New Forest National Park Authority has teamed up with Garmin and 4 of off-road waymarked cycle routes. Most of these safely, leave gaps for them to pull into and move into single file when local bike hire companies to provide cyclists with free hire of GPS devices 3 Turn right and follow gravel cycle track. Beaulieu necessary and safe to do so. Never ride more than two abreast. 2 routes are particularly suited to families with children to help them find their way around and enjoy the National Park. 4 Bear left at car park and continue on track towards Roundhill 3 • Off road, cycle only on the waymarked network of Forestry Commission 7 Through gate at Stubby Copse Inclosure and continue on and can also be used by people on mobility scooters. The Garmin Edge Touring devices are simple to use and come loaded campsite & take tarmac road straight on. tracks, bridleways, byways, restricted byways and designated routes. gravel tracks. The routes are marked on the ground with wooden your right. with a range of easy to follow, family-friendly cycle routes. They are 8 • Use this map to plan your route, check the Forestry Commission 5 posts, each numbered. Some of these are shown available free of charge with bikes hired at outlets around the New Forest. Continue through site towards reception & B3055. Cross On reaching tarmac road turn right at ‘T’ junction. website for route closures, and try to be off Forest tracks by sunset. B3055 to forest track opposite. 9 Continue straight on following main track towards railway. Note water tower on Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO on the map to help you to find your way around. © Crown copyright and database right [2013] All rights reserved. • Be polite to other cyclists, motorists, pedestrians and residents. You can find more about the service at Ordnance Survey Licence number [100021242] These marker posts also display an Ordnance Survey 6 Continue down hill over crossing in track through gate at 10 Cross railway on bridge and take next left signed ‘Beaulieu’. • When passing people and animals, use your bell or call out a www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/cyclenav grid reference. Copse Cottage towards and over railway bridge. 11 warning and allow them plenty of room. Be prepared to Garmin sat navs are free to hire at the following cycle hire shops: Turn right at junction in track signed ‘Beaulieu’. This map brings together these managed routes with 12 A27 stop if necessary. At major gravel crossroadWhiteparish turn left and follow cycle Newton all similar networks in the New Forest National Park • Do not drop litter or feed the animals; human food and litter are a Cyclexperience track sign. Downton Wick and links to the surrounding area. Station Car Park, Brockenhurst, SO42 7RR / Redlynch danger to them. 13 A36 Tel: 01590 624204 www.cyclex.co.uk Turn right at next junction. Woodfalls The New Forest is a beautiful, tranquil and • Close gates behind you so the animals don’t stray 14 Plaitford At gate adjacent B3055 retraceHamptworth path back to car park. A338 West Wellow environmentally sensitive place enjoyed by local • Respect the quiet of the Forest. Hoburne Bashley Landford Breamore Roman Villa A3090 Sway Road, New Milton, BH25 5QR / Woodgreen B3080 Canada A36 residents and visitors alike. Mutual respect and Rockbourne Breamore House Be safe 1 Half Moon Nomansland Common Tel: 07512 780890 Ower courtesy are essential to enable those with different Paultons Park • Pass animals slowly and to one side if possible. 3 B3078 B3078 J2 M27 J3 Bramshaw www.hoburne.com/park-details/hoburne-bashley Damerham 17 interests to enjoy the Forest together. B3079 M271 • Godshill Take extra care near horse riders; a kick or fall from a horse could Sandy Balls 20 Newbridge Holiday Eyeworth Centre J1 New Forest Activities Booking Centre Pond Fordingbridge A31 Calmore A36 This is a working forest, with forestry, farming and be fatal. Be prepared to stop. Use your bell or call out a friendly 16 14 Brook B3078 23 Winsor The Old Forge, Beaulieu, SO42 7YA / A326 Fritham 26 B3078 SOUTHAMPTON 4 Janesmoor Totton equestrian activity on its narrow roads and tracks. warning well in advance. When it is safe, pass wide and at walking For more adventurous cyclists, there are B3078 J1 Fritham 33 Rufus Tel: 01590 612377 Stone Cadnam Redbridge Abbotswell A326 Southampton Alderholt 31 Bartley Eling Tide Mill Central Station pace, to one side only. Look out for any reaction from the horse. Longbeech Ponies, cattle and other animals are free to roam purpose built mountain bike skills circuits Cadman’s Hyde Millbrook www.newforestactivities.co.uk Pool 349 Eling New Forest Water Park 36 41 • Keep to a safe speed, on and off road, particularly on narrow lanes, 56 356 the Forest and most of its roads. Be aware that at Watchmoor Bike Park near Moors Valley Ocknell A31 A337 Minstead 367 52 50 A35 steep hills and bends. Look out for pot holes, poor surfaces and Sandy Balls Cycle Centre Longdown Marchwood animals are easily startled and may suddenly move Activity Farm Country Park, designed by down-hillers, 353 58 94 Ashurst New Forest A326 Godshill, Fordingbridge, SP6 2JZ / Tel: 01425 Milkham 385 Wildlife Park cattle grids. 382 63 Ibsley 61 363 Deerleap into your path. 105 101 Acres Down 373 or UK BikePark near Blandford with its 370 143 46 657707 Appleslade 48 Ashurst A338 Seasonal Bolderwood 148 • Look out for and obey safety signs. Do not pass large vehicles and Lyndhurst technical tracks capable of testing even the 376 Hythe 151 Ferry + Pier Railway www.sandyballs.co.uk/cycle-centre Matley 107 153 71 268 B3056 Marchwood trailers until you know it is safe to do so. Millyford Bridge 294 Inclosure Linford finest riders! Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Activity 135 259 Hangersley 155 Denny 128 Reptile Bank Wood Linford Centre 270 Dibden Purlieu • Ensure you are visible by wearing bright or reflective clothing. Trax Bike Hire (mobile delivery service) 109 281 Centre in the New Forest has technical Beaulieu Road Anderwood Ringwood Brock Hill 110 257 296 Tel: 01425 618562 or 07850 043259 Moors Valley 271 285 A31 Use lights after dark and in poor daytime visibility. Country Park A337 routes, pump and gravity tracks and a 126 274 118 A326 250 272 287 B3054 www.bikehirenewforest.co.uk Hightown 116 Black- water • Avoid the use of earphones. 301 Woods Standing Hat 305 B3056 northshore experience. Crow Corner Hardley A31 279 324 112 Ober Holland 290 Corner Wood National Motor Museum 388 Fawley Holbury New Forest Family Cycling is supported by Avon Heath 292 Burley A35 326 308 332 Calshot Activities Centre Matchams Beachern Rans Wood + Calshot Castle New Forest 342 237 Wood 396 Cider Beaulieu B3053 156 Roundhill Brockenhurst A338 Stockley 344 Blackfield Wilverley Plain B3055 Burbush Hawkhill Calshot 161 Hatchet Pond Exbury Gardens B3347 229 232 317 321 Langley Emergency Information Other local cycle hire options: 175 Wilverley Mount + Steam Railway Avon Tyyrell Thorney 195 Pleasant 217 Activity Centre Hill 191 East Boldre 223 Longslade Beaulieu 172 Bottom Heath 163 Wootton Setthorns Sandy Beaulieu Heath Holmsley In an emergency dial 999 181 Bridge Down Exbury Holmsley AA Cycle Hire (New Forest) Walk B3054 Sway Avon Ripley 200 Bucklers Hard Accident and Emergency Pilley Fernglen, Gosport Lane, Lyndhurst, SO43 7BL / Tel: 023 8028 3349 A337 B3055 Moors Valley Country Park Bransgore Boldre Lepe Country Park Sopley departments at Southampton, www.aabikehirenewforest.co.uk Bashley Sammy ThousandsHoburne of cyclists use the New Forest Miller Bashley has a network of forest Hurn Museum A338 Sowley Pond Bournemouth and B3055 Forest Leisure Cycling responsibly. Please be considerate to all Salisbury hospitals. road graded trails, as well Waterditch Hordle Village Centre, Burley, BH24 4AB / Tel: 01425 403584 B3347 other users at all times. New Milton as a singletrack, ‘Through B3073 Forestry Commission 24hr Burton Hinton Lymington www.forestleisurecycling.co.uk A3060 Admiral Everton Christchurch Highcliffe If you need this publication in large print A338 Station A337 Route continues to call centre: Yarmouth, Isle of Wight the Forest’. A cycle map is B3058 Downton via passenger ferry Moors Valley Cycle Hire A35 or in another language please contact the CHRISTCHURCH Highcliffe Castle 0300 067 4600 + Visitor Centre Barton-on-Sea available from the Visitor B3058 Horton Road, Ashley Heath, Ringwood, BH24 2ET / Tel: 01425 470721 Diversity Team.