March 2024 by Sallyann Lewis
On a short visit to Hampshire and looking for somewhere interested to go for the day we chose the New Forest Heritage Centre. Really easy to find and park and what a great time we had. Entry to the Museum is free so I left a donation because it was such an enjoyable experience, far better than many other attractions where we have paid rather pricey entry fees. There is a great gift shop and a cafe (which we didn't visit) I highly recommend this excellent tourist attraction to anyone visiting the local area.
September 2023 by Daniel Cope
Great history and gorgeous looking cakes
September 2023 by Tasha
What a fantastic little hub in the heart of the forest!Plenty to look at and free to go in. You can donate money through an NFC system, too.The shop is really lovely with some wonderful things for absolutely everyone and the staff were incredibly helpful and friendly.Reading previous reviews on "scary" displays, I must admit this museum highlights the HISTORY of the new forest.It is realistic to what the past was and if some people find that offensive or scary I think a blindfold in those areas may help.Just don't walk the wrong way or the scary man with an axe may chase you! ?
August 2023 by Gemma Blue
Lovely museum with interesting exibits, it was free which provided an excellent opportunity for my children to learn, however, we were very disappointed to learn that the horses pictured were not real, but statues. This scared them a little, especially the scary man with the axe! We liked sorting animal droppings to tracks, however, we?re sad that the tree the activity was in was not real, but fake. Beautiful cafe.
July 2023 by Lewis
A nice, compact museum that gave an overview of the history of the New Forest, dating back many hundreds of years, detailing land right traditions and suchlike, and a feel for the contemporary lifestyles of people living in the area. We also stopped at the cafe for a coffee and cake - the lattes were large and creamy, with the beans clearly being of high quality, and the cake was an equal match. The best we had in the New Forest during our stay.
July 2023 by Andy Dear
Visited the centre as part of a Camp with a Cub Scout Group from Eastleigh.We arranged for a education session with the centre and was absolutely amazed with the effort and dedication from all of the staff who supported us with all aspects of our visit (in particular Hannah, Hayley and Mel).The session was very informative, interactive and engaging and was aimed and planned perfectly for the age range and was suitable for those young people with SEN.We highly recommend this to any one who was thinking of doing the same with other youth, school or education groups.
June 2023 by Alison Middlewick
Very interesting, looked at the art display and bought some items from the shop. Had to use the toilets before driving home and they were disgusting, does no one check them during the day? No toilet paper, faces on the floor and no soap in the automatic wash basins! I'm not the only one to comment on this as the lady next to me felt the same!! Clean up your act New Forest Council. It's not even the holiday season yet lots of coaches visiting today.
March 2023 by Sue B
Lovely hot coffee, great gluten free cakes, friendly staff, good shop and museum, dog friendly.
January 2023 by Tasha Miles
Wonderful place to visit. Great little gift shop and cafe. The staff were wonderful and helpful also. The museum was particularly enjoyable, our 8,6 &4 year old loved it. You have to try and slow them down a bit so they don?t plough through it in 5 mins but if you stop to read everything then it takes a while. Definitely worth popping in.
January 2023 by Star Creek & Josh Creek
A free museum with good photo opportunities, it's also a transit stop equipped with toilets, when changing the New Forest sightseeing buses.
October 2022 by Josh Creek
A free museum with good photo opportunities, it's also a transit stop equipped with toilets, when changing the New Forest sightseeing buses.
October 2022 by N B1236
Really informative museum with interesting history for both locals and tourists. The gift shop has some lovely gifts, maps and books. Cafe was nice a bit pricey but so is everywhere else in lyndhurst. Given the low cost of the museum I felt it was fair. It was clean and the service was good
October 2022 by Zach Emerson
Really fascinating visitor centre with a museum free of entry and really worth a good look around. Also a well stocked gift shop and cafe on site too as well as tourist information. Conveniently located by the bus stop and near the centre of Lyndhurst so definitely worth visiting if you want to find out more about the history of the New Forest!
September 2022 by Harvey
There is a gift shop, small museum and cafe. On arrival asked to use the hand sanitiser that they provide. The gift shop has many souvenirs if you come on holiday (like I did) and all were reasonably priced. Museum was very good to learn about the local history. Did not order anything from the cafe but looked clean and tidy.
January 2022 by Anthony Sutcliffe
This is a really interesting facility, incorporating a museum, as well as information on the local culture; it's in a mote modern building located just off the main road, next to the main car park.There are a variety of exhibits, with a mixture of pictures, posters, artifacts, recreations, models, video and audio recordings.I particularly liked the items covering the build up to D-Day; even though it could be seen as more recent history, there is so much that people don't know about that period, and it's great to see how they cover it.However, they also offer some fascinating insight into how the area developed and how this lead on to the unique practices within the park.The museum shop has a wide range of products, and I'm certain there will be something for everyone.We didn't have a lot of time, so I'm certain we missed some of the detail; but it was a really interesting little stop.
