Foxbury
A blooming landscape of heathland restoration, open for special events which help people connect to nature
Foxbury
Overview
A blooming landscape of heathland restoration, open for special events which help people connect to nature
Open for special events only, Foxbury is our groundbreaking heathland restoration project: a 150 hectare site of dry and wet heathland, ponds and woodland, already colonised by many rare heathland wildlife specialists.
Acquired in 2005 through Grantscape funding, the site is gradually being restored to its natural state of lowland heathland and native broad-leafed woodland habitats, after years as a commercial conifer plantation.
It's coloured by yellow flowering gorse, purple heathers, flourishing orchids and foxgloves, blossoming trees in their infancy, and braided with miles of gravel trackways. Belted Galloway cattle and New Forest ponies lazily graze underneath newly exposed English oaks. On warm summer evenings the ‘churrs’ of many secretive nightjars combine to create a captivating soundscape. While silhouettes of bats dart overhead, deer melt into the cover of woodland and the green cosmic light of glow worms pepper the tracksides.
The site is also part of a Heritage Lottery Fund project called ‘Our Past, Our Future’, which is funding tree planting and helping to build new infrastructure within Foxbury that facilitates educational and recreational activities. Special events range from 'wild' play days to ranger-led bird walks, all with the aim of helping visitors get closer to nature.
- Telephone
- 01425650035
- info.newforest@nationaltrust.org.uk
Foxbury
How to get here
- Address
- Access via Half Moon car park, Blackhill Road, East Wellow, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 6AQ
- By bus
- Use bus numbers X7 from Southampton/Salisbury | 5 or 634 from Romsey/Eastleigh | 662 from Romsey/Ower The closest bus stop is East Wellow Whinwhistle Corner. From there, head west along the A36 towards Wellow and turn off left over the cattle grid into the New Forest on Blackhill Road. Continue along Blackhill Road for 1km, the entrance to Foxbury will be on your left through Half Moon car park.
- By road
- Seven miles north of Lyndhurst, access from the A337. Seven miles north-west from M27/A31 junction, taking the A36. 15 miles south-east of Salisbury, taking the A36. 13 miles east of Fordingbridge via the B3078.
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Foxbury
Prices
Admission free
What is Gift Aid?
Most of our places run the Gift Aid on Entry scheme at their admission points.
Under this scheme, if you're not a member you have the choice of two entry tickets:
- Gift Aid Admission
- Standard Admission
If the place runs Gift Aid on Entry, we'll offer you a clear choice between the Gift Aid Admission prices and the Standard Admission prices at the admission point. It's entirely up to you which ticket you choose.
Gift Aid Admission includes a 10 per cent or more voluntary donation. Gift Aid Admissions let us reclaim tax on the whole amount paid - an extra 25 per cent - potentially a very significant boost to our places' funds.
An extra £1 paid under the scheme can be worth over £3 to the National Trust as shown below:
| Gift Aid | Standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Amount paid by visitor | £11.00 | £10.00 |
| Tax refund from Government* | £2.75 | £0.00 |
| Total received by the National Trust | £13.75 | £10.00 |
*Gift Aid Admissions let us reclaim tax on the whole amount paid - an extra 25 per cent - potentially a very significant boost to our places' funds.
Foxbury
Opening times
Foxbury
Contact us
- Telephone
- 01425650035
- info.newforest@nationaltrust.org.uk
- Address
- Access via Half Moon car park, Blackhill Road, East Wellow, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 6AQ