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Fordingbridge Town Hall and its clock tower
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0

Things to do in Fordingbridge

Fordingbridge is a small town on the River Avon at the north-west edge of the New Forest, close to the Wiltshire border.

Places in and around Fordingbridge

Animals and wildlifeSouth Gorley · 4 km

Hockey's Farm

A family-run farm in the north of the New Forest that has raised rare-breed British Lop pigs since 1973, with a farm shop, butcher's counter and licensed farmyard cafe. Families can meet the resident pigs, donkeys and alpacas, and it makes a handy stop for walkers and cyclists.

History and heritageRockbourne · 4 km

Rockbourne Roman Villa

The remains of the largest known Roman villa complex in the area, found in 1942 when a farmer's dog digging out a ferret turned up oyster shells and mosaic tiles. Visitors walk among the outlines of the villa's forty rooms, bath houses and workshops, then see mosaics and finds in the small museum.

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The Elizabethan front of Breamore HousePhoto: Gordon Spicer, CC BY-SA 2.0
History and heritageBreamore · 5 km

Breamore House and Countryside Museum

An Elizabethan manor house completed in 1583, set between woodland and parkland on the western edge of the New Forest near Fordingbridge. Small guided tours take you through the state rooms and living quarters, and the Countryside Museum recreates post-war village life with farm machinery and steam engines.

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Rainy day ideas near Fordingbridge

Animals and wildlifeSouth Gorley · 4 km

Hockey's Farm

A family-run farm in the north of the New Forest that has raised rare-breed British Lop pigs since 1973, with a farm shop, butcher's counter and licensed farmyard cafe. Families can meet the resident pigs, donkeys and alpacas, and it makes a handy stop for walkers and cyclists.

History and heritageRockbourne · 4 km

Rockbourne Roman Villa

The remains of the largest known Roman villa complex in the area, found in 1942 when a farmer's dog digging out a ferret turned up oyster shells and mosaic tiles. Visitors walk among the outlines of the villa's forty rooms, bath houses and workshops, then see mosaics and finds in the small museum.

Under £10Directions
The Elizabethan front of Breamore HousePhoto: Gordon Spicer, CC BY-SA 2.0
History and heritageBreamore · 5 km

Breamore House and Countryside Museum

An Elizabethan manor house completed in 1583, set between woodland and parkland on the western edge of the New Forest near Fordingbridge. Small guided tours take you through the state rooms and living quarters, and the Countryside Museum recreates post-war village life with farm machinery and steam engines.

Under £10Directions

Free things to do near Fordingbridge

Animals and wildlifeSouth Gorley · 4 km

Hockey's Farm

A family-run farm in the north of the New Forest that has raised rare-breed British Lop pigs since 1973, with a farm shop, butcher's counter and licensed farmyard cafe. Families can meet the resident pigs, donkeys and alpacas, and it makes a handy stop for walkers and cyclists.

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