Millyford Bridge

Starting Point

Millyford Bridge car park
///flamenco.obstinate.octagonal

&

Distance

4 MILES (7KM) – Circular

Categories

This walk takes you through several inclosures in the heart of the New Forest as well as passing evidence of the role the forest played in World War One.

Route

From the Millyford Bridge car park, take the path alongside the Highland Water heading into the woods. The stream meanders through the forest towards Brockenhurst and eventually becomes the Lymington River.

After about 400m, go through the gate into Holmhill Inclosure. Follow the gravel path straight through the inclosure as it crosses the Highland Water again. When it eventually forks after about 1.1km, follow it round to the left.





There is another junction a short distance later, but continue to follow the path round to the left. Continue straight for about 750m and the gravel path eventually narrows to a forest track. After passing through another inclosure gate, the path becomes less defined but you will eventually emerge on the Bolderwood-Emery Down road.

Cross the road and go through the gate into Holidays Hill Inclosure. After a short 150m downhill stretch, the path forks at a pond. Look out for the large wooden sculpture of a frog. Stay right as the path forks. After a short distance, take a right turn and complete a 2.7km loop taking you into Wooson’s Hill Inclosure and eventually back to the pond. Alternatively, 300m before the pond, a track off to the right takes you through the woods to the New Forest Reptile Centre.

From the pond, head back to the gate and turn right on to the track running alongside the road. You’ll soon reach the unusual sight of a fireplace situated in a grassy clearing close to the road. Known as the Portuguese Fireplace, it is all that is left of a cookhouse used by Portuguese soldiers stationed to work as lumberjacks in the New Forest during World War One. During the war, the New Forest was a source of wood for props in the trenches.  Many ponies were rounded up and taken to France as working animals, while sphagnum moss was also collected from the forest’s bogs and mires as its antibacterial qualities were used to help treat battlefield injuries.

Continue along the roadside for 200m to take you back to Millyford Bridge car park.





View Map

To view a map of this route - with GPS locator to follow the route on your smartphone - please login or sign up to become a New Forest Walks Member.

Download GPX

To download a GPX track of this route - for use on your Smartphone apps and GPS devices - please login or sign up to become a New Forest Walks Member.

Download PDF Guide

To download a printable PDF guide for this route, please login or sign up to become a New Forest Walks Member.

Essential Information

To view this information please login or sign up to become a New Forest Walks Member.

Weather

loader-image
Lyndhurst
1:02 am, Feb 11, 2025
weather icon 3°C
L: 3° H: 4°
overcast clouds
Wind 2 mph N
UV Index UV Index: 0
Precipitation Precipitation: 0 inch
Visibility Visibility: 10 km
Sunrise Sunrise: 7:26 am
Sunset Sunset: 5:15 pm
DailyHourly
Daily ForecastHourly Forecast
Today 9:00 pm
weather icon
3° / 4°°C 0.01 inch 20% 7 mph 94 % 1021 mb 0.19 mm/h
Tomorrow 9:00 pm
weather icon
1° / 6°°C 0 inch 0% 9 mph 97 % 1022 mb 0 mm/h
Thu Feb 13 9:00 pm
weather icon
1° / 6°°C 0 inch 0% 11 mph 89 % 1025 mb 0 mm/h
Fri Feb 14 9:00 pm
weather icon
2° / 6°°C 0 inch 0% 14 mph 81 % 1027 mb 0 mm/h
Sat Feb 15 9:00 pm
weather icon
1° / 6°°C 0 inch 0% 14 mph 83 % 1026 mb 0 mm/h
Today 3:00 am
weather icon
2° / 3°°C 0.01 inch 20% 7 mph 93 % 1021 mb 0.19 mm/h
Today 6:00 am
weather icon
2° / 3°°C 0 inch 0% 5 mph 94 % 1020 mb 0 mm/h
Today 9:00 am
weather icon
3° / 3°°C 0 inch 0% 6 mph 94 % 1020 mb 0 mm/h
Today 12:00 pm
weather icon
4° / 4°°C 0 inch 0% 4 mph 84 % 1019 mb 0 mm/h
Today 3:00 pm
weather icon
5° / 5°°C 0 inch 0% 4 mph 81 % 1018 mb 0 mm/h
Today 6:00 pm
weather icon
4° / 4°°C 0 inch 0% 4 mph 90 % 1018 mb 0 mm/h
Today 9:00 pm
weather icon
3° / 3°°C 0 inch 0% 5 mph 92 % 1019 mb 0 mm/h
Tomorrow 12:00 am
weather icon
3° / 3°°C 0 inch 0% 5 mph 88 % 1019 mb 0 mm/h
Tomorrow 3:00 am
weather icon
3° / 3°°C 0 inch 0% 5 mph 88 % 1018 mb 0 mm/h
Tomorrow 6:00 am
weather icon
1° / 1°°C 0 inch 0% 7 mph 97 % 1019 mb 0 mm/h
Tomorrow 9:00 am
weather icon
2° / 2°°C 0 inch 0% 7 mph 90 % 1019 mb 0 mm/h
Tomorrow 12:00 pm
weather icon
6° / 6°°C 0 inch 0% 8 mph 71 % 1020 mb 0 mm/h
Tomorrow 3:00 pm
weather icon
6° / 6°°C 0 inch 0% 9 mph 68 % 1020 mb 0 mm/h
Tomorrow 6:00 pm
weather icon
5° / 5°°C 0 inch 0% 8 mph 70 % 1021 mb 0 mm/h
Tomorrow 9:00 pm
weather icon
5° / 5°°C 0 inch 0% 6 mph 69 % 1022 mb 0 mm/h
Thu Feb 13 12:00 am
weather icon
4° / 4°°C 0 inch 0% 8 mph 79 % 1023 mb 0 mm/h
Thu Feb 13 3:00 am
weather icon
1° / 1°°C 0 inch 0% 8 mph 89 % 1024 mb 0 mm/h
Thu Feb 13 6:00 am
weather icon
1° / 1°°C 0 inch 0% 7 mph 89 % 1024 mb 0 mm/h
Thu Feb 13 9:00 am
weather icon
3° / 3°°C 0 inch 0% 9 mph 79 % 1025 mb 0 mm/h
Thu Feb 13 12:00 pm
weather icon
6° / 6°°C 0 inch 0% 11 mph 64 % 1025 mb 0 mm/h
Thu Feb 13 3:00 pm
weather icon
6° / 6°°C 0 inch 0% 11 mph 65 % 1024 mb 0 mm/h
Thu Feb 13 6:00 pm
weather icon
3° / 3°°C 0 inch 0% 10 mph 78 % 1024 mb 0 mm/h
Thu Feb 13 9:00 pm
weather icon
4° / 4°°C 0 inch 0% 11 mph 76 % 1025 mb 0 mm/h
Fri Feb 14 12:00 am
weather icon
3° / 3°°C 0 inch 0% 10 mph 79 % 1025 mb 0 mm/h
Fri Feb 14 3:00 am
weather icon
2° / 2°°C 0 inch 0% 10 mph 81 % 1025 mb 0 mm/h
Fri Feb 14 6:00 am
weather icon
3° / 3°°C 0 inch 0% 10 mph 80 % 1025 mb 0 mm/h
Fri Feb 14 9:00 am
weather icon
4° / 4°°C 0 inch 0% 11 mph 77 % 1026 mb 0 mm/h
Fri Feb 14 12:00 pm
weather icon
6° / 6°°C 0 inch 0% 14 mph 67 % 1027 mb 0 mm/h
Fri Feb 14 3:00 pm
weather icon
5° / 5°°C 0 inch 0% 13 mph 66 % 1026 mb 0 mm/h
Fri Feb 14 6:00 pm
weather icon
3° / 3°°C 0 inch 0% 9 mph 75 % 1026 mb 0 mm/h
Fri Feb 14 9:00 pm
weather icon
2° / 2°°C 0 inch 0% 10 mph 77 % 1026 mb 0 mm/h
Sat Feb 15 12:00 am
weather icon
2° / 2°°C 0 inch 0% 8 mph 79 % 1026 mb 0 mm/h
Sat Feb 15 3:00 am
weather icon
2° / 2°°C 0 inch 0% 9 mph 81 % 1025 mb 0 mm/h
Sat Feb 15 6:00 am
weather icon
1° / 1°°C 0 inch 0% 9 mph 83 % 1024 mb 0 mm/h
Sat Feb 15 9:00 am
weather icon
3° / 3°°C 0 inch 0% 10 mph 75 % 1024 mb 0 mm/h
Sat Feb 15 12:00 pm
weather icon
6° / 6°°C 0 inch 0% 14 mph 65 % 1023 mb 0 mm/h
Sat Feb 15 3:00 pm
weather icon
5° / 5°°C 0 inch 0% 13 mph 65 % 1022 mb 0 mm/h
Sat Feb 15 6:00 pm
weather icon
2° / 2°°C 0 inch 0% 11 mph 72 % 1022 mb 0 mm/h
Sat Feb 15 9:00 pm
weather icon
2° / 2°°C 0 inch 0% 12 mph 77 % 1023 mb 0 mm/h
Sun Feb 16 12:00 am
weather icon
2° / 2°°C 0 inch 0% 12 mph 73 % 1022 mb 0 mm/h