Reptile Centre Discovery Trail — New Forest National Park

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Reptile Centre Discovery Trail — New Forest National Park

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Reptile Centre Discovery Trail — New Forest National Park

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1.97km

20m

Hiking

An easy walk from the New Forest Reptile Centre. This circular walk and sensory trail for children start and finish at the Reptile Centre near Lyndhurst, with its wide range of native reptiles for you to spot. This walk can be followed without a map; simply follow the red marker…

by New Forest National Park

Last updated: June 13, 2024

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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New Forest National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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64 m

New Forest Reptile Centre

Highlight • Rest Area

The New Forest Reptile Centre is open all summer until the end of September.

Discover more about British reptiles and amphibians and how they are being conserved in the New …

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856 m

Listening Lounger, Holidays Hill Inclosure

Highlight • Forest

In Holidays Hill Inclosure, this spot encourages you to "Listen" - to the trees, that is. Slow your life down to a crawl and listen to the language of nature. A lovely idea, this.

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1.19 km

Holidays Hill Track, New Forest National Park

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A somewhat ridiculously beautiful track in Holidays Hill Inclosure between the pond at the track junction to the north-west and the Reptile Centre to the south-east. The way sunlight trickles …

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1.97 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.33 km

638 m

Surfaces

1.03 km

939 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 14 October

20°C

13°C

28 %

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Max wind speed: 23.0 km/h

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Comments

March 17, 2024

An easy walk from the New Forest Reptile Centre. This circular walk and sensory trail for children start and finish at the Reptile Centre near Lyndhurst, with its wide range of native reptiles for you to spot. This walk can be followed without a map; simply follow the red marker posts on the ground.