Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst is a village of 3,000 people (2011) in the New Forest. it is a popular tourist destination, with many independent shops, art galleries, cafés, museums, pubs and hotels.

Understand
The first mention of Lyndhurst was in the Domesday Book of 1086 under the name 'Linhest'. The Court of Verderers sits in the Queen's House in Lyndhurst. (Verderers are forestry officials in England who deal with common land in certain former royal hunting areas which are the property of the Crown.)

Visitor information

 * Lyndhurst visitor information from Visit Hamshire website

Get in
The nearest city is Southampton, about 9 miles (14 km) to the north-east.

The village is the meeting point of the A35, which runs NE to SW between Southampton and Bournemouth, and the A337 which runs north to south between Cadnam on the M27, and Lymington, a ferry port for the Isle of Wight on the south coast.

Lyndhurst does not have a railway station, but it is served by Ashurst New Forest station, 3 miles (5 km) away. It is also 4 miles (6 km) from Brockenhurst and under 4 miles from Beaulieu Road station. These stations are on the South Western Main Line to London and Weymouth, serving Bournemouth and Southampton.

Bus services operated by Bluestar run frequently from Southampton and Lymington. There are also two daily National Express coach departures from London Victoria.

Get around
To deal with the large volume of traffic through the village, there is a one-way system. This in effect turns the major roads of the village into a traffic circle. In summer the traffic through the village increases hugely because of the tourists. This can create queues into the village from all directions.

See





 * The Church of St. Michael and All Angels was built in the 1860s, and contains a fresco by Lord Leighton and stained-glass windows by Charles Kempe, William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and others; Alice Liddell, the inspiration for Alice in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, is buried there.
 * The Church of St. Michael and All Angels was built in the 1860s, and contains a fresco by Lord Leighton and stained-glass windows by Charles Kempe, William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and others; Alice Liddell, the inspiration for Alice in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, is buried there.

Do

 * The New Forest Tour, an open-top bus tour run in the summer, starts and finishes in Lyndhurst.
 * The New Forest Tour, an open-top bus tour run in the summer, starts and finishes in Lyndhurst.