Keep your distance from the animals and don't feed or pet them - you may be fined.

Sailboats and a small motorboat moored along Ashlett Creek at low tide, with distant docks and ships under a blue sky

Route Category: Nature

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Ashlett Creek

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Starting from Fawley town centre, with views over Southampton Water and the historic inlet of Ashlett Creek. Ashlett Mill is an historic Grade II listed building that was built in 1816. It replaced an earlier mill that may date from medieval times and was used to mill corn until about 1910. Victoria Quay was built … Continued

Blackwater Arboretum

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This walk takes you past majestic conifers planted in the 1850s, some of the oldest Douglas fir trees in Britain. Blackwater has some of the oldest and most striking firs in all of the New Forest. These impressive trees were planted in the 1850s to create Rhinefield Ornamental Drive. Experience the New Forest through touching … Continued

Ashurst Stroll

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From Ashurst railway station this short and easy walk explores a variety of landscapes that characterise the New Forest. The route first takes you past open Forest lawns where ponies graze and through Churchplace Inclosure, a timber plantation, before crossing the railway into Ashurst Wood. Then continue along a road that winds pleasantly through ancient … Continued