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Brookley Road Meeting Point

Outside The Absent Pony, 2–4 Brookley Road, Brockenhurst, SO42 7PU. Holds up to 15. Brockenhurst station is a 3 minute walk.

Directions Checked 16 Oct

When you arrive

8 things, in the order you need them, from the venue and the places it points to.

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    The way in

    Meet on the pavement outside The Absent Pony café, 2–4 Brookley Road, at the station end of the village by the bus stop opposite The Foresters Arms

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    On arrival

    Walk starts promptly at 10:00; arrive from 09:30 to grab a drink and mingle. Led by a New Forest National Park Authority ranger; maximum group of 15, booking required.

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    Parking

    Brookley Road Car Park (New Forest District Council, 67 spaces incl. 3 disabled) is about 7 minutes' walk west along Brookley Road. The walk lasts about 2.5 hours, so pay for at least 3 hours or use an NFDC parking clock (permit) if you have one. The station car park (South Western Railway, paid) is closer. Don't park on Forest verges.

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    By train

    Brockenhurst station, a 3 minute walk (South Western Railway (main line and Lymington branch)).

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    Getting there

    Brockenhurst station is about 180 m away (Station Approach). Buses stop right by the café on Brookley Road. By car, Brockenhurst is on the A337 between Lyndhurst and Lymington.

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    Step-free

    Not step-free. The meeting point is on a level village pavement, but the 3.7-mile walk is half gravel track and half uneven, unsurfaced paths, so it isn't suitable for wheelchairs.

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    Doors

    Doors open 30 minutes before the start.

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    Good to know

    Free but booking required. Photography will be taken on the walk. Wear walking boots or sturdy trainers; about half the route is uneven unsurfaced paths.

About Brookley Road Meeting Point

The start point for the Network in Nature walking event: the pavement outside The Absent Pony café at the station end of Brookley Road in Brockenhurst village. The group gathers here, mingles over a drink, then sets off on a ranger-led circular walk of about 3.7 miles towards Whitefield Moor and back. Brockenhurst station is a three-minute walk away, so it works well without a car.

Food and drink
The Absent Pony café is the meeting point; Brookley Road has several cafés, pubs and restaurants for after the walk.
Toilets
Public toilets by Brookley Road Car Park (free, wheelchair accessible per OpenStreetMap), about 6 minutes' walk west
Has
Paid parking, Near a station.

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