News | New Forest Association

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

In this newsletter…

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...

June 2026

In this newsletter…

May 2026

In this newsletter…

April 2026

In this newsletter…

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...

March 2026

In this newsletter…

February 2026

In this newsletter…

January 2026

In this newsletter…

December 2025

In this newsletter…

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

Campsites on the Crown Lands : Our Statement to the New Forest National Park Authority

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
July 14th, 2022

We highlight our concerns with Forestry England’s tender for their campsites on the protected habitat of the New Forest to the July 2022 meeting of the New Forest National Pa...

Tender for the operator of New Forest campsites: Our Letter to Forestry England

CommoningHabitat & Landscape Committee
June 28th, 2022

We were greatly heartened by the news that Forestry England and Forestry and Land Scotland had purchased Camping in the Forest (CiTF) from The Camping and Caravanning Club, because...

Damaging and Illegal Activities Revealed in the New Forest

Recreation Committee
January 6th, 2022

1,100 reports of litter and dog mess 550 reports of cyclists away from designated tracks 500+ reports of cars parked on open forest verges away from car parks 50 reports of livesto...

2021 New Forest Byelaw Watch

Recreation Committee
September 18th, 2021

The 2022 Byelaw Watch is HERE The New Forest is in theory protected by byelaws that aim to conserve the forest, preserve its tranquillity, and regulate recreational use. However, t...

Background: Close The Campsites That Harm Habitat

Habitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
July 21st, 2021

This article includes the Background Notes from our July 2021 Presentment calling for a review of the campsite infrastructure on the protected habitats of the Crown Lands, the clos...

Northern end of Hollands Wood camp site, New Forest August 2005 / Jim Champion / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Power of the Press?

Recreation Committee
October 19th, 2020

A Saturday article in the Daily Telegraph extolling walking in the New Forest and suggesting some Forest honeypots to visit, school half term, a dry, if not sunny, Sunday in Octobe...

Recreation Management and the Special Qualities of the New Forest

Recreation Committee
October 10th, 2020

Life in the Forest been very much a year of two different halves with Covid19. Initially with Lockdown in force the Forest was unusually quiet and undisturbed, with breeding wildli...

Proposed tree felling at Slap Bottom Burley

Other
December 20th, 2019

Statement Issued 20th December 2019 The Association’s attention has been drawn to concerns raised about proposed tree felling within the New Forest at Slap Bottom, Burley. We note ...

Announcements & Decisions Verderers Court 17th April 2019

Planning & Transport Committee
April 17th, 2019

This month’s announcements include warnings about dumping garden waste on the Forest as a hazard to the livestock, foals on Forest roads, out of control dogs, pleas to not fe...

Chris Packham Pushes For Unicorn Rewilding in the New Forest

CommoningHabitat & Landscape CommitteeRecreation Committee
March 31st, 2019

This article originally appeared in the 1st April, 2019 edition of the Lymington Tomes / Miltonian Adverteaser and is reprinted without any regard to their permission. Miltonian Ad...

Rewilding The New Forest?

CommoningHabitat & Landscape Committee
February 25th, 2019

The growl of a large grizzly bear filled the hall at Lyndhurst Community Centre and the audience of two hundred people gasped. As curtains drew back and they were confronted with a...

Verderers response to BBC Inside Out South

Commoning
January 30th, 2019

This is the Verderers of the New Forest Press Release in response to claims made on a segment of BBC’s Inside Out South aired on Monday, 28th January, 2019. It is a great sha...