Parking
Start at Ringwood Gateway beside Furlong Car Park. The route begins by crossing near the bus stops toward the Meeting House; public toilets are at Ringwood Gateway.
Overview
About Ringwood Town Trail
Why go
- A compact circuit links historic streets with the Millstream pocket park.
- Written directions call out the key turns and landmarks.
Heads up
- Most of the circuit follows town streets and pavements.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation15–21 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 Ringwood Town Trail, 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 area
The Rabbit Mounds of Rockford0:00 / 0:26
“On Rockford Common, some long, low bumps in the heath were deliberately made for rabbits. They are pillow mounds, part of medieval warrens where rabbits were kept for meat and fur.”
Plays on the road 2 km from the trailhead in the Parkwolf New Forest Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- An Otter Was Here
- A Sawbill at Blashford
- What the Huff Duff Heard
- The Heron That Vanishes in Reeds
- 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
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Trail guide
Hiking Ringwood Town Trail
The loopRingwood Town Trail is an easy, one-mile circular walk from Ringwood Gateway, linking the…
Ringwood Town Trail is an easy, one-mile circular walk from Ringwood Gateway, linking the historic streets with Bickerley and Jubilee Gardens. Allow about an hour for the route and its stops. It follows streets, pavements and short footpaths rather than a woodland track.
From town to streamCross by the bus stops toward the old Meeting House, built in 1727 and now a local exhibition…
Cross by the bus stops toward the old Meeting House, built in 1727 and now a local exhibition and history centre. Meeting House Lane leads into Market Place and the narrow High Street. At Fridays Cross, turn beneath an arch down Kingsbury Lane to Bickerley, where the land has had common rights for centuries. The trail follows a path through a pocket park beside the Millstream; the Avon Valley footpath over the water meadows is a separate continuation, not part of this loop.
Bridges and returnFollow Bickerley Terrace, Strides Lane and West Street into Jubilee Gardens.
Follow Bickerley Terrace, Strides Lane and West Street into Jubilee Gardens. The gardens offer the route’s two bridge photo stops: a small brick bridge over the Millstream and a three-arched stone bridge over the River Avon. Return through Market Place and up Star Lane into The Furlong. On the way, the High Street reuses the ornamental facade of the former Market House, which stood in Market Place until 1867; the Jubilee Lamp was erected by public subscription in 1887. Furlong Car Park is beside the start, and toilets are at Ringwood Gateway. Expect town pavements and road crossings throughout.
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.
