Lyndhurst Parish Council

18/06/2026

16/06/2026

Security Bike Marking

This Saturday 20th June we are holding another one of our Security Bike Marking sessions.

Join us between 1pm and 2pm at the Lyndhurst Village Picnic on the Wellands Road Football Ground, Wellands Road, SO43 7AD

Bring your bikes to us and we will put a unique number on them and add them to the National Bike Register.

See you at the weekend

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16/06/2026

Access to Banking Services Review: Call for Evidence

The Access to Banking Review wants to gather the best possible up-to-date evidence of the challenges faced by those who need in-person banking services. This evidence will help to establish the impact of changing services, identify who is most affected, and underpin its assessment of what further action may be required.

Those communities which face or have experienced the loss of over-the-counter banking services may wish to share their experiences as part of this review.

The Access to Banking Services Review Call for Evidence will close for input on 20 July.

You can provide input through the online response.

If it is not possible to submit your input through the online response form, you can email a response to: [email protected]

Alternatively, responses can be submitted to: Access to Banking Services Review, Financial Services Group, 1st Floor, HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, SW1A 2HQ

Find out more here. https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/access-to-banking-services-review-call-for-evidence?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=38298188-37da-4465-810e-7901baf066fc&utm_content=daily

10/06/2026

Pump track

If the Parish Council were to install a small pump track at Coles Mead Recreation Ground, would you or people you know use it?

Pump tracks are designed to be fun, inclusive and progressive for all ages and abilities. You can use bikes, scooters or blades on them.

10/06/2026

Free childcare, food, and activities for low-income families this summer!

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10/06/2026

This week is Local Council Clerk Week!

Do you know what facilities in Lyndhurst the Parish Council provide and the Clerk has a responsibility to look after?

Lyndhurst has:
Coles Mead Recreation Ground
Wellands Road Football Ground
Great Mead open space
Lyndhurst Cemetery
Allotment site
39 Benches
7 bus stops
3 phone boxes
War memorial at Boltons Bench
Dog waste bins
Speed Indicator sign
Defibrillator outside of the Community Centre.

We also organise the Remembrance Parade, assist with road closures for the Christmas Light Switch-on and the Christmas Fun Day.

We are also currently working on a new pavilion at the football ground, new stained glass window at the chapel, applying for funding for other projects in the parish and any other concerns that people raise.

Local Council Clerk Week (LCCW) is a celebratory week aimed to rais...

09/06/2026

Applications are open for organisations and community groups to benefit from funding

New Forest District Council has opened applications for local projects to benefit from funding.

The funding is available through the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) local infrastructure fund.

Community groups, registered charities, schools and statutory infrastructure providers are amongst the number of groups that can apply for up to £100,000 towards their infrastructure project for allocation from 2027 to 2028 through the CIL.

CIL can be used to fund a wide range of infrastructure projects.

In December 2025, projects were chosen to benefit from the CIL local infrastructure fund and these included a BMX Pump Track at New Milton, new public toilets at Gang Warily, and an all-weather canopy for a swimming pool at Fordingbridge Infants and Junior School Federation.

The projects funded also included a number of ‘Green Way’ projects, that have included new natural green spaces, new boardwalks, and improvements to local walking routes.

Applications opened on 1 June 2026 and can be submitted until 7 August 2026 at https://newforest.govocal.com/en-GB/projects/community-infrastructure-levy-2026

04/06/2026

Lyndhurst Parish Calendar

Each year the parish council produce a calendar which is delivered free to ever house in the parish. The layout of the calendar was changed a couple of years ago due to requests for a family style Calendar. However, some people are not happy with the new layout.

Therefore, we are asking for your votes on which style you would like. We can only have one style printed due to the costs.

Please respond family or box below.

The closing date for votes will be the 30 June 2026.

04/06/2026

Lyndhurst Cemetery car park.

The car park is licensed by Forestry England to Lyndhurst Parish Council. Last autumn, when Forestry England announced plans to introduce charges for its 129 car parks in the New Forest this did not include any car parks such as this one where a license or lease in place with another organisation. At that time Lyndhurst Parish Council raised concerns that having this car park free of charge would lead to the general public using the cemetery car park for their recreational visits to avoid payment in other car parks. It was felt that there was considerable risk that those visiting the cemetery would not be able to find a place to park. To mitigate the above risk it was agreed by both organisations that charges should also apply to this car park, with the exception of when funerals and other religious events are taking place.

Following subsequent concerns raised by plot holders at the cemetery, the parish council reviewed this matter and have worked closely with Forestry England to put in place appropriate exemptions from charges. This approach supports those visiting the cemetery and addresses the original risks regarding parking spaces being available for this purpose. Plot holders and their relatives can apply for exemptions from charges for this car park can apply via parish council’s websitehttps://www.lyndhurst-pc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/83/2026/06/Parking-pass-application.pdf