New Forest Cycle Rides - some suggested routes

Here are ten suggested cycle routes. All, apart from Route 7, which includes a short section of the busy A35, are great walking routes, too.

For much of the year, they are relatively little used by either cyclists or walkers, and they mainly follow compacted, usually gravel, tracks, which makes them ideal for use by walkers with a buggy, or when elsewhere the ground is wet and muddy. Passage of forestry vehicles can, however, sometimes result in a gathering of surface mud on the tracks.

References used in describing the routes:
The New Forest – A Natural History: Colin R. Tubbs
Discovering the New Forest: Terry Heathcote
A Guide to the New Forest: Heywood Sumner
Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological Society, Volume 54 – The Earthwork Remains of Enclosure in the New Forest: Nicola Smith
Forestry Commission: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-6arg96
Forestry Commission - Draft Management Plan: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-7A3F82