The 40mph speed limit on most roads makes it a safer place to cycle.

The New Forest network map 617kb pdf, links the main New Forest villages, Forestry Commission sites and some of the many visitor attractions. The network uses some of the quietest roads in the area, but there are a few junctions with busy main roads, therefore the routes are not recommended for unaccompanied children.

When cycling in the New Forest

• Keep to way marked gravel tracks when cycling off road.
• Always ride in single file when roads are narrow and never ride more than two abreast
• Wear bright colours.
• Always use lights after dark or in poor daytime visibility
• Plan your route to be out of the Forest by dusk
• Be aware of animals, other cyclists, pedestrians and drivers
• Keep your speed down, give way to walkers and be friendly to other forest users
• Do not pass any vehicle loading timber until you've been told it's safe to do so

New Forest routes

• Ride 1 leaflet 330kb pdf
  Parkhill Hollands Wood, Brockenhurst to Beechen Lane, Lyndhurst
• Ride 2 leaflet 360kb pdf
  Frowhawk Beechen Lane, Lyndhurst to Hatchet Pond, East Boldre
• Ride 3 leaflet 278kb pdf
  Rhinefield Brockenhurst to Rhinefiled Tall Trees
• Ride 4 leaflet 252 kb pdf
  Queens Meadow Brockenhurst to Rhinefield and New Park (circular)
• Ride 5 leaflet 242kb pdf
  Bay Tour Lymington to the Isle of Wight

• Map of the Basingstoke Cycle network 989kb pdf
• Maps showing cycle routes in Eastleigh 550kb pdf
• Map of cycle routes in Gosport
• Map of cycle routes in Portsmouth
• Map of cycle routes in Southampton
• Map of cycle routes in Fareham
• Winchester Cycle Map
• Havant Borough Cycling Guide

• Basingstoke to Reading National Cycle Network Route 23
• Basingstoke to Alton and Alresford 554kb pdf
• Cycle Hayling
• Lindford to Alice Holt 112kb pdf
• The Test Valley: Circular Cycle Routes
• Staunton Cycling Trail 15kb pdf
• Cycling Discoveries in and around North Hampshire 570kb pdf