Car Parks

There are plenty of places to park up and explore around the New Forest.

The Council parking service operates 51 car parks in total.  These incorporate 1,438 short stay spaces, 4,671 long stay spaces and 257 disabled spaces. Please see below the general charges at most of these car parks:

£1.00 up to 1 hour
£2.00 up to 2 hours
£2.50 up to 3 hours
£3.00 up to 4 hours
£4.00 up to 5 hours
£5.00 up to 20 hours

There are also approx. 127 car parks around the New Forest managed by the Forestry Commission. These car parks are located outside of the Towns & Villages, usually at locations for walks within the forest. Please note that a selection of these car parks are seasonal, which means they are only open during the summer months.