Author: creo

Two weeks, three villages,18 stores BBQ-free After just two weeks,18 stores have already shown support for a BBQ-free New Forest by withdrawing disposable BBQs from sale. It means that the three main New Forest villages of Ashurst, Lyndhurst and Brockenhurst are all now disposable BBQ-free. Retailers large and small across the Forest and beyond are … Continued

When the Government issued the stay at home guidance few of us imagined the impact this would have on our wildlife. We all stayed inside but nature carried on. Many have seen the footage of sheep wandering through the towns and deer in the middle of cities on social media, but what has been the … Continued

The New Forest National Park Authority is calling on retailers across the Forest to remove disposable barbecues from sale and for a continued ban on fires and barbecues in the open countryside of the National Park. The move follows large numbers of disposable barbecues being used while the New Forest is at extreme risk of … Continued

A wildflower-roofed building at Peppa Pig World has won the inaugural green building prize in the 2020 New Forest National Park Building Design Awards. The New Forest National Park Authority (NPA) awards recognise high quality design and the best new developments in the National Park, with residential and non-residential buildings also eligible for an award … Continued

A new stronghold for the nightjar and other wildlife has been established in the north of the New Forest thanks to the total transformation of a commercial tree plantation. A diverse landscape of rare lowland heathland, woodland and wetland has been created at Foxbury, a 350-acre site acquired by the National Trust. Foxbury is the … Continued

The New Forest National Park was at the heart of a summit hosted by The Prince of Wales to discuss ways to save the rare curlew. About 10% of the remaining population of curlews in southern England are found in the New Forest – just 40 pairs – and they have seen a decline of … Continued

A collaborative project between Ringwood based Forest Forge Theatre Company and the New Forest Heritage Centre in Lyndhurst, has set out on a mission to preserve the history and heritage of the Waterside area of the New Forest. In Autumn 2019, working in partnership with the New Forest Heritage Centre, Forest Forge Theatre Company invited … Continued

Graffiti is seen as a modern blight on urban areas, but in the depths of the Forest, scribblings on trees from many years ago are a window into the past, revealing how some of our ancestors used the area. Now, the New Forest National Park Authority is calling for sightings of this ‘tree graffiti’ – … Continued