Coronavirus

The New Forest remains closed to overnight stays. Please continue to avoid parking on the grazing beside roads and gates, and never obstruct gateways.

Follow the byelaws: Keep your distance from all livestock and keep dogs under close control. Follow all advice on hand washing and social distancing. 

Outdoor exercise is permitted either with the members of your household, or in a group of up to six people, but still respecting 2m of social distancing between those from different households; thus it is permitted for up to six people to ride together, provided they maintain the 2m social distance between riders from different homes.

The penalty for breaking the rules has increased to £100.

Updated: 1st June 2020

Welcome

Discover the real New Forest – an incredible living, working landscape, shaped over centuries by the animals that graze it, and the people who own and care for them – the “commoners”: Ordinary people, with ordinary jobs, but with an extraordinary commitment.

If you want reliable, straightforward answers to your questions about the New Forest and prefer fact over folklore then this is the site for you. Please do explore. We’ve included more information than ever before. If you know what you’re looking for then do use the Search button above to go straight to the right place.

You can also support us by applying to join the CDA. You don’t need to be a commoner to join as an Associate Member.

All members are invited to the 2020 AGM: 7.30pm, Wednesday 18th November 2020, Lyndhurst Community Centre 

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