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Guest Post: Dog Fouling on the Forest

Other
September 16th, 2026

Highlighting the issue of dog fouling, we feature this guest statement by Jim Greenwood, given as a Presentment to the September 2026 Verderers Court

FIRE AT BRATLEY/BACKLEY/A31 AUGUST 2026

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeOther
August 17th, 2026

An article by Clive Chatters in response to the fire.

August 2026

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INTERIM VERGE WATCH REPORT 2026 by Jo Ivey, Council Member and Sarah Nield, Chair

Recreation Committee
August 10th, 2026

Read below or download the document here 1. INTRODUCTION The New Forest roadside verges are a rich habitat despite their low-key appearance. Just how rich is bring discovered by on...

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New Forest Car Parking Charges and Verge Watch

Recreation Committee
April 16th, 2026

We are expecting charges in Forestry England car parks to be introduced from 20th April 2026, although we are still awaiting final confirmation and there is no public annoucment as...

Final Report on Recreational Mitigation in the New Forest

Recreation Committee
March 31st, 2026

Report on Recreational Mitigation in the New Forest By Sarah Nield, Chair of the New Forest Association (Charity No 260328) and Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Southampton...

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29th September 2026

– 7.30pm

Pine Martens in the New Forest

Marcus, Director of Wild New Forest Guided Tours, will be giving a fascinating talk exploring the lives of Pine Martens in the New Forest. For more than a decade, Marcus has been s...

£7.50

Book ticket

20th October 2026

– 7.30pm

New Forest Ponies – a breed apart

Suzanne Kemp has lived in the New Forest for the last thirty years, is a practising first generation Commoner, and has judged ponies in Finland and Sweden as well as the UK, she al...

£7.50

Book ticket

24th November 2026

– 7.30pm

Climate Change and the New Forest

John Stride is the Net Zero with Nature Programme Manager for the New Forest National Park Authority and will be giving a fascinating, informative, and timely talk on climate chang...

£7.50

Book ticket

New Forest National Park Joins Ancient Tree Hunt

Habitat & Landscape Committee
April 24th, 2009

The New Forest National Park Authority and the Forestry Commission are adding their resources to bring the New Forest into the Ancient Tree Hunt project. The goal of the Ancient Tr...

Retail Van for Campsites Causes Concern

Other
April 20th, 2009

The Verderers have issued a press release: FOREST HOLIDAYS RETAIL VAN The Forestry Commission has made a formal submission to the Verderers in relation to its desire to operate a m...

Verderers Frown on Early Campsite Openings

Planning & Transport Committee
April 15th, 2009

Despite warnings from the Verderers, Forest Holidays have opened their New Forest campsites before the agreed upon date for the second year running. The current agreement states th...

Studley Castle Update

Habitat & Landscape Committee
April 15th, 2009

In the March Verderers Court, the NFA made a presentment expressing dismay over the damage done to the Studley Castle Scheduled Ancient Monument by Forestry Commission Contractors....

Easter Camping Figures for Hollands Wood

Planning & Transport Committee
April 12th, 2009

The New Forest Association have been provided with unofficial estimated figures of the number of pitches used at the Hollands Wood campsite over the Easter Holiday weekend: Caravan...

Conservation Areas Reviewed for Fritham and Burley

Planning & Transport Committee
March 26th, 2009

In today’s New Forest National Park Authority meeting, the Authority designated revised boundaries for the existing Fritham and Burley Conservation Areas. The most significan...

Verderers Help Secure Funding For Campsite Survey

Planning & Transport Committee
March 18th, 2009

At today’s Verderers Court the Official Verderer announced that the funding has been put into place for the the New Forest Campsite Baseline Survey. This survey was first sug...

Damage to Studley Castle

Habitat & Landscape Committee
March 18th, 2009

The NFA made a presentment today in the March Verderers Court, decrying the damage done by Forestry Commission contractors to Studley Casle, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, site of o...

New Forest Association AGM

Other
March 1st, 2009

The 2009 New Forest Association’s Annual General Meeting will take place at Minstead Village Hall on Saturday 25th April at 10:30 am. In addition to the usual agenda items, C...