A weekend in the New Forest with kids

Stay in Brockenhurst. Day 1: Highcliffe Beach and Highcliffe Castle; day 2: National Motor Museum and Holbury Manor Park.

Make it yoursstart from your town, pick the month, swap any stop

Day 1 · the New Forest

Highcliffe Beach 9.9 km from Burley, just outside the park
Highcliffe Castle Grade I listed, 9.9 km from Burley, just outside the park 1 km from the last stop

Lunch: Haven House Inn 12 km from Burley, just outside the park
If it rains: Saint Barbe Museum and Art Gallery in Lymington, just outside the park

Open day 1 in Google Maps

Night 1 · Brockenhurst

train station: Brockenhurst Rail Station; 4 bus stops within 400 m

Day 2 · the New Forest

National Motor Museum 9.6 km from Lymington
Holbury Manor Park 13 km from Lymington 4 km from the last stop

Lunch: Hong Kong Palace 14 km from Lymington, just outside the park
If it rains: Sammy Miller Museum 7.1 km from Burley, just outside the park
On the way: Church of the Blessed Virgin and Child Grade I listed, 9.6 km from Lymington

Open day 2 in Google Maps

How this plan is made

No one picks these by hand and no one pays to be in them. The planner's rules take the places and roads the New Forest's pages rank, for a family, any month: one town to stay in, and each day its best stop with the best ones close to it, two a day, with lunch nearby and an indoor stop if it rains. Distances are as the crow flies, so the road is longer. Check opening times on each place's page before you go. How the ranking works.

Questions

Where should I stay for a weekend with kids in the New Forest?

Brockenhurst. It is the town with the best stops within 15 km for this trip, so you don't pack up every morning. Brockenhurst: train station: Brockenhurst Rail Station; 4 bus stops within 400 m.

What should I do first?

Day 1 is Highcliffe Beach and Highcliffe Castle: the best stop for this trip, then the best ones within 5 km of it.

Who picked these places?

Nobody. The same rules make every plan from the places and roads the site ranks with one open formula, and no place pays to be in a plan.

How it works, in full