Parking
Start at Hawkhill Car Park, Beaulieu, off the B3055. Check current parking arrangements before arrival.
Overview
About Hawkhill Loop
Why go
- A quick, easy circuit beneath tall trees.
Heads up
- Several turns make the route map useful.
Map & elevation
The route
Loading the New Forest map
Full mapElevation30–56 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
1 active New Forest alert
- CautionNew Forest outdoor-fire restrictionDo not use BBQs, campfires, stoves, outdoor camping equipment or other naked flames on the open Forest.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
New Forest Tour Guide
Your drive to Hawkhill Loop, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for New Forest National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this trailhead
Hawkhill Woodland Loop0:00 / 0:18
“You're approaching Hawkhill Car Park, the start of a short woodland loop beneath tall trees. The circuit of about a mile and three quarters takes around half an hour, winding along forest tracks and paths.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf New Forest Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Hatchet Pond
- Hatchet Pond's Rare Leech
- The Acorn Planter
- East Boldre and the Beaulieu Letters
- 283 audio storiesacross New Forest’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Red Deer, White-tailed Eagle, Harbor Seal, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 70 trails, 48 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Hawkhill Loop
A short woodland loopHawkhill Loop is an easy, 1.7-mile circuit from Hawkhill Car Park into a New Forest inclosure.
Hawkhill Loop is an easy, 1.7-mile circuit from Hawkhill Car Park into a New Forest inclosure. It winds through tall trees on forest tracks and paths, then returns to the same car park. The route listing gives about 30 minutes; allow longer if you want to stop or take the turns slowly.
Keep track of the junctionsThe mapped circuit passes through a gate, turns left, continues to a right at a crossroads,…
The mapped circuit passes through a gate, turns left, continues to a right at a crossroads, then curves back through the trees. Several junctions call for a glance at the route map, so keep it handy. This is a compact woodland walk when you want an easy break between longer New Forest outings.
At the trailheadStart at Hawkhill Car Park off the B3055 near Beaulieu.
Start at Hawkhill Car Park off the B3055 near Beaulieu. The walk is listed as family friendly and dog friendly. Deer may show among the trees, though sightings aren't guaranteed. Check Forestry England's current parking arrangements before arrival.
Wildlife
Wildlife in New Forest
28 sightingsRed DeerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
10 sightingsWhite-tailed EagleMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
14 sightingsHarbor SealMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
176 sightingsEuropean Fallow DeerMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
93 sightingsWestern Roe DeerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
54 sightingsMute SwanMost seen around 6 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across New Forest. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
