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New Forest Reptile Centre

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The  New Forest Reptile Centre is a unique place to visit to see close-up all the snakes and lizards found in Britain. Specially created outdoor pens provide a natural home to the rare Sand lizard, Smooth snake and the poisonous adder, which can be diffuclt to see in the wild as they are so secretive or rare. 

Many of the reptiles are most likely to be out and visible on warm days. If you wish to visit on a rainy or cold day you may need to be quite patient in order to see the animals.

The New Forest Reptile Centre actively encourages the conservation and re-introduction of these animals across the country.

How to get there:

New Forest Reptile Centre is in New Forest.
By car or bike the New Forest Reptile Centre is 2 miles south west of Lyndhurst off the A35.
Lyndhurst is the nearest town or village.
OS Grid Reference: SU 271 071
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info

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User Comments

Dear New Forest Reptile Centre, I am an animal keeper at Woodlands Leisure Park near Dartmouth in Devon. We have an array of reptiles here in our zoo and next year we are carrying out native reptile surveying across the site which consists of 90 acres of mixed habitats. As a zoo, we are obviously subject to zoo licensing, part of which is to be more active with regards to conservation. We are particularly interested in the possibilities regarding native reptiles. For example, we would like to participate in a breeding programme or to be considered as a release site. We are willing to build extra enclosures and to put time and effort into it. I am friends with the reptile department at Paignton Zoo and we are interested in trying to construct a similar native reptile exhibition, obviously for which we would need to source the correct animals and I was wondering if you could help with this, or if you have any advice or thoughts on my suggestion. I was also wondering if myself and another keeper would be able to visit your centre even though you are now closed to have a look at your facilities, animals and set up. Yours Sincerely, Victoria Buller

Victoria Buller, 5/Dec/2011
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please tell us any problems caused by visitors in the reptile centre for our geography project please we rated you five stars

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New Forest Reptile Centre

Facilities and Activities

ToiletsParking ChargeInformationEasy Access
WalkingCyclingFishingCampingWildlife ActivitiesBarbecuePicnic
Walking
Take a wander through the woodland along the Reptile Trail.
Cycling
The Reptile Centre is on the New Forest cycle network. Please be aware of other users, especially where the cycle route joins the waymarked Reptile Trail. For further information on cycling or to download a copy of the Network Map, please click on the link to the right.
Fishing
Coarse fishing in the New Forest is available at Hatchet Pond. A Forestry Commission fishing permit is required along with a rod license. For more information on Fishing in the New Forest please click on the link for Coarse Fishing under related pages.
Camping
Information on camping in the New Forest can be obtained from Forest holidays either by clicking on the Forest holidays link to the right of the page, or by calling them on 0845 130 8224. ****Please note that wild camping is not allowed in the New Forest. Only use the designated campsites. We also recommend that you book your pitch in advance as the campsites can become very busy in the holiday periods.****
Wildlife Activities
The New Forest Reptile Centre is home to, smooth snakes, common lizards, Natterjack toads, common toads, green frogs, sand lizards and Grass snakes. The centre also encourages the conservation and re-introducation of these animals across the country.
Barbecue
This site is not suitable for BBQs. For more information on where to have a BBQ or the sites which are available to hire, click on the BBQ and activities link to the right.
Picnic
There are picnic tables close to the car park at the centre and a number of benches along the reptile trail, so there are plenty of places to relax and take a breather.

Contact:

Alexis Reeve
The New Forest Reptile Centre is now closed for the winter period. It will be re-opening in April 2012.

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