Taste Trails

The South Taste Trail

Long Slade Bottom Burley

Nearest Bike Hire: Balmer Lawn Bike Hire Brockenhurst
Country Lanes Cycle Centre Brockenhurst
CycleExperience Brockenhurst
Forest Leisure Cycle Hire Burley

Start: Long Slade Bottom Car Park near Brockenhurst

Join the off road cycle network at Long Slade Bottom Car Park

Follow the off road cycle network until you meet a main road (Holmsley Road is a main road with a 40mph limit) 

(Pick up extended route on Holmsley Road)

Follow the main road (Holmsley Road) under the underpass

Rejoin the off road cycle network by going through the gate opposite the Old Station Tearooms 

The off road cycle network path takes you to Burbush Hill Car Park

Turn right on to the main road (Pound Lane) at Burbush Hill Car Park 

Follow the road heading into Burley (Pound Lane is a main road at 30mph limit)

Lunch at the Forest Teahouse & Restaurant located on the left hand side of the road next to New Forest Cider

Visit the Burley Fudge Shop for some sweet treats to take home

Retrace your route back to Long Slade Bottom Car Park

Alternatively pop into Setley Ridge Farm shop just south of Brockenhurst for some tasty dinner morsels and a bottle of wine from the vineyard to go with it.

Extended Route

This route can be extended by following the route below and provides an excellent picnic spot at Wilverley Plain where you can also hire BBQ to cook some fantastic local produce on!

Turn onto the Holmsley Road from at the end of the first off road cycle track

½ mile along on the right hand side is the Wilverley Plain Car Park

Return to the off road cycle network here to do a circular route around the Inclosure

Return to Holmsley Road to continue the route to Burley

Useful Contacts and Maps

Ordnance Survey New Forest OL22 Explorer Map

The New Forest Cycle Map

Balmer Lawn Bike Hire Brockenhurst
Tel: 01590 623133

Burley Fudge Shop
Tel: 01425 403513

Country Lanes Cycle Centre Brockenhurst
Tel: 01590 622627

CycleExperience Brockenhurst
Tel: 01590 624808

Forest Leisure Cycle Hire Burley
Tel: 01425 403584

Forest Teahouse and Restaurant
Tel: 01425 402305

Forestry Commission (BBQ Hire)
Tel: 023 8028 3141

Setley Ridge Vineyard and Farm Shop
Tel: 01590 622246