New Forest Wildlife Park

New Forest Wildlife Park Great owls

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Guide Prices

Ticket TypeTicket Tariff
Adult£13.50 per ticket
Child 3 -16 years£10.25 per ticket
Family (2 adults 2 children or 1 adult 3 children)£40.50 per ticket
Senior (over 60)£12.50 per ticket

Coach parties are welcome but must pre-book.

Opening Times

Park Opening Times (1 Apr 2023 - 31 Dec 2024)
DayTimes
Monday - Sunday10:00 - 17:30*

* We are open every day except December 25th and 26th.

Winter times 10:00 - dusk.

Last advised entry 1.5 hours before closing.

New Forest Tour Bus will run from 29th March 2021 - 12th September 2021

Dates and times marked with a '*' are provisional and may be subject to change
Deerleap Lane
Longdown
Nr Ashurst
Southampton
Hampshire
SO40 4UH
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    Recent Reviews:

    • Voyager61969557591
      Portsmouth, United Kingdom
      Trip Type:
      Family
      Hidden Gem
      5 of 5 stars
      Sunday, 18th August 2024
      Great day out. Loads of animals in lovely enclosures. Loads of room for picnics and great areas for kids to play. Very reasonably priced. Read full review
    • JessCerFarr
      Matlock, United Kingdom
      Trip Type:
      Couples
      Good way to spend a few hours!
      5 of 5 stars
      Friday, 6th September 2024
      Nice way to spend a couple of hours. We had dogs with us so took it in turns to go inside. I was lucky and managed to catch the wolf feed/talk. The keeper did a great job and was very informative... Read full review
    • AJG-24-92
      Preston, United Kingdom
      Trip Type:
      Family
      Highly recommend
      5 of 5 stars
      Tuesday, 24th September 2024
      Nice feel to it, relaxed but natural setting and we were lucky enough to spot pretty much everything…with the exception of the lynx but that was to be expected as we couldn’t stay around for the... Read full review

    Awards

    • Regional and MiscellaneousWTTC Safe Travels WTTC Safe Travels 2021

    Map & Directions

    Road Directions

    We are located 7 kms from Southampton Just off the M271/A35 Southampton to Lyndhurst Road. Follow the brown tourist signs.

    Please put our address into your sat nav as using the postcode only may take you on a less direct route.

    We are situated off the A35 between Southampton and Lyndhurst.

    From the motorway system leave the M27 at Junction 3 onto M271 to Southampton and the Docks. Turn right at the end of the short M271 onto the A35 in the direction of Lyndhurst. Follow A35 for about 1.5 miles and look for brown tourist to New Forest Wildlife Park signs directing left into Deerleap Lane.

    From Lyndhurst follow A35 towards Southampton. After Ashurst village turn right into Deerleap Lane following brown tourist signs to New Forest Wildlife Park. Continue past Dairy Farm to New Forest Wildlife Park on the left.

    Public Transport Directions

    Train

    Totton rail station is approx 55 minute walk to New Forest Wildlife Park. There is a taxi rank at station.

    Ashurst rail station( approx 2miles) trains from London and Poole arrive at 40mins past the hour in both directions. On arrival at Ashurst there's choice of easy ways to reach us. www.nationalrail.co.uk  Taxi - for an easy life from Ashurst a taxi costs approx £7 to £8. Book a taxi on 023 8029 3399 or contact us for more assistance.

    Bus

    The Bluestar 6 bus runs between Southampton and Lymington stopping at Ashurst - hourly Monday to Saturday and 2 hourly on Sunday. www.bluestar.co.uk

    Bus and train travel - walk from Ashurst

    Blue Star No 6. Exit train station cross A35 to No 6 the bus stop. Take No 6 to the next stop on the A35 get off at the small supermarket and stay on this road. Walk until you come to brown signs directing you right into Deerleap Lane. Deerleap Lane is a country lane without pavements.

    New Forest Tour Bus - 2019

    Hop on the New Forest Tour to the New Forest Wildlife Park this summer. The open top’s Red Route runs a circular, hourly, seven days a week route to the Wildlife Park from  July 8th 2019 to  September 8th 2019. You can catch it from Ashurst, Lyndhurst, Burley, Ringwood or Fordingbridge or link up via the blue or green routes from Brockenhurst, Lymington, Hythe and New Milton. Book online for 10% off your Tour ticket at www.thenewforesttour.info

    Please note the last bus of the day from NFWP is 16.49pm.

    Show your valid New Forest Tour bus ticket for a 20% discount off entry to New Forest Wildlife Park.

    Cycle

    We are lucky enough to be next to the Forest cycle network.

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