subject: Discover New Forest During Your Holiday In New Milton [print this page] Located between the Forest and the sea at Barton, the lively New Milton is a town complete with shops, hotels, restaurants, pubs, holiday parks, and arts and entertainment. The town is situated at the edge of the Forest and is a great spot to holiday if you want to explore the Forest to your hearts content. New Forest is a legendary landscape of history, natural splendour and tradition. It is one of the best places for walks, horse riding, picnicking, cycling and for spotting country wildlife. New Forest ponies, donkeys, cattle and autumnal pigs are a major attraction in the area, where they graze peacefully under the historic commoning tradition. Wild deer is seen deep in the forest roaming beneath the canopies of oak and beech. Wildlife watching in the Forest is one of the top activities to engage in during your New Milton holiday.
New Forest is an ideal place to taste a range of local produce. The land is bountiful with fine food and wine, which are healthy and fresh. The New Forest Breakfast is a nature friendly breakfast developed by New Forest chefs using ingredients grown and farmed in the region with sustainable methods. It is served in hotels and restaurants all over the Forest and you can enjoy this traditional morning meal everyday during your New Milton holiday. Beaulieu is a noteworthy place all New Forest holidaymakers make sure to visit. It has two of the top attractions in the area, the National Motor Museum and the Palace House. The Solent and Hurst Castle are within reach at Barton-on-Sea, a seaside village that provides splendid views of the Isle of Wight. On the banks of the Beaulieu River is the Exbury, where you find the outstanding Exbury Gardens. It is one of the most popular gardens in New Forest and has a collection of flowers and plants that are rare, exotic and mesmerising.
If you are a literary enthusiast and loved reading Children of the New Forest and Alice in Wonderland, you can find places of significance related to these stories during your New Milton holiday. In the churchyard of Lyndhurst, you will find the grave of Alice Liddell or later known as Mrs. Hargreaves, the original Alice in Wonderland. Captain Marryat's The Children of the New Forest was set in Sway, a village near Limington in the New Forest. The New Forest Centre is a fun place for the whole family to learn about the Forest and buy gifts for friends. The Marwell Wildlife and The New Forest Wildlife Park are great places to see wildlife from across the globe.
