Longbeech Campsite walk is a lovely hidden walk in The New Forest, it’s surrounding the Longbeech campsite which would be a lovely place to stay as well. To have this walk on the doorstep whilst you are camping would be perfect.
Whilst lockdown was happening we’ve been finding new walks, The New Forest is a large open space where you can explore easily with plenty of space. Longbeech Campsite was shut when we did this walk due to lockdown, so the area was very quiet and was a perfect walk for us at the time.
Longbeech Campsite Walk
We parked up in a little car park off the main road opposite Longbeech campsite. This is in the Stoney Cross area, take a look at my map below to see where we parked. There was a couple of car parks on this side of the road, but you need to cross over the road to get to Longbeech Campsite walk.
Take the little path over the road and into the campsite.
Head to the left where you can see a large house in the woods, we walked around the outside of this into the woods
There aren’t really any paths to stick to around here, so just get exploring!
We headed to the left-hand side of the woods and followed it through, finding little areas and routes to take.
Your get little spots like this, look at this view. It’s stunning and so peaceful.
The girls loved the large pine trees, they’re massive!
Once we headed out of these woods, we headed down the field and into the right-hand side of the woods. As I said, there’s no real path, so we just wander around.
There’s a little river running through, and I do reckon this would be quite muddy around here during the wet times and winters.
Keep an eye out for Deer as there are quite a few around this wood. Once we crossed over the river, we headed up the woods which is back towards the road area.
Once we got to the road area, we still wanted to extend our walk as it was quite short. So we headed back down the hill to the left
Then back up the hill towards the woods again, creating a circular walk.
Once we headed back up the hill we got to a road up at Longbeech campsite again, this is where the caravans can park up and camp. Follow the road through to the right and your end up back to the house again.
This was a lovely place to explore with the kids for a little short walk together.
Tips For Longbeech Campsite Walk
- Large open space
- Free parking over the road
- Lots of fun places to explore with the kids
- Different terrains
- No dedicated paths
- Lots of animals so be aware with dogs
Google Maps Location For Longbeech Campsite
Pictures were taken June 2020
4 Comments
It’s lovely how you’ve been out exploring and I’m looking forward to doing more of that myself in the next few weeks. I’m just hoping the weather will hold out so we don’t get rained off! I love the New Forest – it’s been a good few years since I last visited but looking forward to returning. x
It’s been nice to find these places that we’ve not really been to before, so many lovely walks near us
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