48 hours in lyndhurst

HOW wonderful to be gently pootling along in the car through the New Forest, thanks to the 40 mph speed limit. This is refreshingly in contrast to the fast-paced motorway we’ve thankfully just left be

Gin, witches, regicide, boats, nudists, an Egyptian curse, Spitfires, the invention of windsurfing and more writers and vineyards than you can shake a fishing rod at: this beloved English county has it all. Here are 13 stories you may never have heard about Hampshire

Whatever your passion–be it gardening, fishing, sailing, shooting or equestrian sport– you can live the countryside dream in one of these idyllic Hampshire houses

A family weekend in the New Forest brings fab food and colourful characters

With rolling valleys, serene rivers and architectural character aplenty, what’s not to like about this county?

Eleven friends of COUNTRY LIFE pen a love letter to their small, yet oh so distinctive patches of the British Isles, from the big skies of the north Norfolk coast to the street art of Belfast, from the glens of Perthshire to the Exe estuary in Devon via the apple orchards of Herefordshire