New Forest Heritage Centre

Museum, Library, Archive, Gallery, and Café with Shop

We are an independent charitable trust and share the stories of the New Forest and its people.

Since 1988, our Centre has been a thriving hub where local residents and visitors can discover more about the New Forest, its history, its customs, its people, its wildlife and its future.

Upcoming events

  • Group of people having a discussion around a table indoors.

    Memory Works Hampshire

    Weekly sessions.

    The sessions will provide mental and memory stimulation, allowing participants to experience the learning process once again. CST is a group approach and builds self-esteem and confidence to join conversations and share interests.

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  • frosty white pony on the heath in the new forest

    Exhibition by the New Forest Camera Club

    09.05.25 - 08.06.25

    Based between Totton and Ashurst on the edge of the New Forest, NFCC will be displaying members’ images of Forest scenes in our gallery.

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  • Fossil Walk with Dr James Barnet

    24-05-25

    James is a paleoceanographer who was born and brought up in Bramshaw, where he was fascinated from an early age in the New Forest’s little-known fossil deposits. He is now a lecturer in the Earth Sciences Dept at St Andrew’s University. Last year his fossil walk was extremely popular and he is returning this year to lead another fossil-hunting outing to a different part of the Forest.

    Space is limited; click the link to reserve your tickets.

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Contact Us

Hours
April to October Monday - Sunday 10am - 5pm

November to March Monday - Sunday
10am - 4pm

Location
New Forest Heritage Centre Main Car Park Lyndhurst SO43 7NY