The New Forest: Bolderwood, the Rufus Stone and Beaulieu
South East, England
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The New Forest: Bolderwood, the Rufus Stone and Beaulieu
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William I made the New Forest a royal hunting forest in 1079, and it is now a national park where ponies and deer roam free. On the Bolderwood Ornamental Drive stands the Knightwood Oak, one of the forest's most famous old pollards, and at Bolderwood a short Deer Watch trail looks out over the meadows where deer graze. The Rufus Stone marks the traditional spot where William II was killed while hunting in 1100, and the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu was founded in 1952.
Required Activities
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of 5
Cycle the forest tracks of the New Forest, the hunting forest William I created in 1079, now a National Park
2
of 5
Find the Knightwood Oak on the Bolderwood Ornamental Drive, one of the forest's most famous ancient pollards
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of 5
See the wild ponies, and walk the Deer Watch trail at Bolderwood looking out for fallow deer
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of 5
Visit the Rufus Stone, which marks the traditional spot where William II was killed in 1100
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of 5
Visit the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, founded in 1952
Cycle the forest tracks of the New Forest, the hunting forest William I created in 1079, now a National Park
Find the Knightwood Oak on the Bolderwood Ornamental Drive, one of the forest's most famous ancient pollards
See the wild ponies, and walk the Deer Watch trail at Bolderwood looking out for fallow deer
Visit the Rufus Stone, which marks the traditional spot where William II was killed in 1100
Visit the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, founded in 1952
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