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An indispensable Forest role which must be retained

04 January 2025
An indispensable Forest role which must be retained

An indispensable Forest role which must be retained

04 January 2025

An overview of verderers’ vital work.


The mansion that vanished

08 December 2024
The mansion that vanished

The mansion that vanished

08 December 2024

Exploring how the Forest verderers’ court has changed over the decades


New cycle route plans are a demand-led assault on Forest

03 November 2024
New cycle route plans are a demand-led assault on Forest

New cycle route plans are a demand-led assault on Forest

03 November 2024

There is unending demand for more cycling routes through the Forest.

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New Forest Notes: More Bishop’s Dyke trouble, plastic beef and strangles

06 October 2024
New Forest Notes: More Bishop’s Dyke trouble, plastic beef and strangles

New Forest Notes: More Bishop’s Dyke trouble, plastic beef and strangles

06 October 2024

This week the New Forest Note taker explores issues around plastic beef and strangles at Bishop’s Dyke.


‘True’ Forests no longer exist

08 September 2024
‘True’ Forests no longer exist

‘True’ Forests no longer exist

08 September 2024

Note taker examines a significant anniversary for the New Forest


New Forest Notes: An explanation on the substitution of subsidies on the Forest

04 August 2024
New Forest Notes: An explanation on the substitution of subsidies on the Forest

New Forest Notes: An explanation on the substitution of subsidies on the Forest

04 August 2024

‘The Forest is in transition from one set of confusing subsidies to an even larger group of still more complex successors.’


How to warn the pony-petters on the Forest

07 July 2024
How to warn the pony-petters on the Forest

How to warn the pony-petters on the Forest

07 July 2024

Verderers remain the best hope for the future of the New Forest


New Forest Notes: Food van row rumbles on amid rising flood concerns

09 June 2024
New Forest Notes: Food van row rumbles on amid rising flood concerns

New Forest Notes: Food van row rumbles on amid rising flood concerns

09 June 2024

Following months of wrangling over food van licensing on Forest, there’s little sign of the issue being resolved soon.


Revisiting forgotten arboretum

05 May 2024
Revisiting forgotten arboretum

Revisiting forgotten arboretum

05 May 2024

Wooded area was lost to memory as new village was born.


New Forest Notes: Trading vans on the Forest – exploitation or economics?

06 April 2024
New Forest Notes: Trading vans on the Forest – exploitation or economics?

New Forest Notes: Trading vans on the Forest – exploitation or economics?

06 April 2024

‘The Forest may come to bitterly regret new commercial arrangement in the future.’


New Forest car parks ‘extremely dangerous and an absolute disgrace’

02 March 2024
New Forest car parks ‘extremely dangerous and an absolute disgrace’

New Forest car parks ‘extremely dangerous and an absolute disgrace’

02 March 2024

‘Continuous rain over recent months have not been conducive to good car park maintenance.’


Were verderers left in the dark over sweeping changes to national park laws?

04 February 2024
Were verderers left in the dark over sweeping changes to national park laws?

Were verderers left in the dark over sweeping changes to national park laws?

04 February 2024

Exploring the jumbled law which could spell trouble for the New Forest national park.

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New Forest Notes: A failure on byelaws, broken gates and a pond prediction

06 January 2024
New Forest Notes: A failure on byelaws, broken gates and a pond prediction

New Forest Notes: A failure on byelaws, broken gates and a pond prediction

06 January 2024

Freedom of Information request showed no enforcement action had been taken over byelaw breaches in the New Forest since 2015.

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New Forest Notes: Exploring the long-term effects of farmers filling in waterways

03 December 2023
New Forest Notes: Exploring the long-term effects of farmers filling in waterways

New Forest Notes: Exploring the long-term effects of farmers filling in waterways

03 December 2023

Evidence of farmers remeandering small streams decades ago can still be seen today.


Letter: Leaving polluting hunk in waters off Lymington not a satisfactory conclusion

09 November 2023
Letter: Leaving polluting hunk in waters off Lymington not a satisfactory conclusion

Letter: Leaving polluting hunk in waters off Lymington not a satisfactory conclusion

09 November 2023

‘It was a disgrace to leave burnt out powerboat for almost two days.’


New Forest Notes: Attacks will continue until ‘inferior’ Forest sees tragedy

02 November 2023
New Forest Notes: Attacks will continue until ‘inferior’ Forest sees tragedy

New Forest Notes: Attacks will continue until ‘inferior’ Forest sees tragedy

02 November 2023

Will dog attacks on animals remain a fact of Forest life until people start paying attention to ‘inferior’ region?


New Forest Notes: Stoney Cross – from wartime airfield to tourist hotspot

05 October 2023
New Forest Notes: Stoney Cross – from wartime airfield to tourist hotspot

New Forest Notes: Stoney Cross – from wartime airfield to tourist hotspot

05 October 2023

Exploring how a wartime airfield on the Forest evolved into a mini tourist Mecca.


New Forest Notes: The rights and wrongs of Forest common rights

31 August 2023
New Forest Notes: The rights and wrongs of Forest common rights

New Forest Notes: The rights and wrongs of Forest common rights

31 August 2023

Land dispute has the potential to lead to high costs for all parties involved.


New Forest Notes: Controlling the expansion of the national park’s woodland

03 August 2023
New Forest Notes: Controlling the expansion of the national park’s woodland

New Forest Notes: Controlling the expansion of the national park’s woodland

03 August 2023

Forestry England has big plans for the cash that is now starting to come into national park


New Forest Notes: The plan for deforestation in the New Forest

06 July 2023
New Forest Notes: The plan for deforestation in the New Forest

New Forest Notes: The plan for deforestation in the New Forest

06 July 2023

Lifting the lid on plan to deforest the New Forest


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