Cadnam

Cadnam is a village in the New Forest in Hampshire within the boundaries of the New Forest National Park. The village has existed since the medieval period. It was and still is an important crossroads between Southampton and the towns of Dorset.

Understand
Cadnam is first recorded in the 1270s as Cadenham. The name apparently means the farmstead ("ham") of a man named Cadda.

Surrounding villages are Copythorne to the northeast, and Bartley to the southeast.

Get in
The village sits at the crossroads between the Romsey to Ringwood road (the A31 road) and the Southampton to Fordingbridge B3079.

The A337 road links Cadnam with the small port at Lymington. The western end (Junction 1) of the M27 motorway is at Cadnam.

See

 * The Cadnam Oak, at the south-east corner of a crossroads in Cadnam, is thought to be a "boundary tree" of the New Forest. Legend has it that the Cadnam Oak puts forth green leaves on Christmas Day, being leafless immediately before and after the day. The current tree is actually a descendant of the first Cadnam Oak, but its fame continues. Popular tradition even has it that the tree only buds on Old Christmas Day on 6 January, refusing to acknowledge the Gregorian calendar change of 1752.

Do

 * The Cadnam Cricket Club (established in 1880) play on the Lambs Corner ground (adjacent to the road to Lyndhurst).
 * The Cadnam Cricket Club (established in 1880) play on the Lambs Corner ground (adjacent to the road to Lyndhurst).
 * The Cadnam Cricket Club (established in 1880) play on the Lambs Corner ground (adjacent to the road to Lyndhurst).

Drink
There are a number of pubs in Cadnam, including the White Hart, the Sir John Barleycorn and the Coach and Horses located halfway through Cadnam on Southampton Road.

Sleep

 * The Bartley Lodge Hotel.

Camping
These Forestry Commission Sites are run to a very high standard. They all offer wash huts with hot showers and flushing toilets, drinking water, and some have campsite shops offering gas and food.