Lepe Country Park - Hampshire County Council

Lepe Country Park - Hampshire County Council Lepe Country Park - Where the New Forest meets the sea ๐ŸŒณ๐ŸŒŠโ˜€๏ธ Country Park

Out of Hours Contact Number: Kestrel Guards 02380 865658

Exciting new event!!  ๐ŸŽ‰- ๐“’๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐—ช๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐Ÿ“† Tuesday 2nd June 10am in our classroomExplore your creativity in thi...
01/06/2026

Exciting new event!! ๐ŸŽ‰- ๐“’๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐—ช๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ

๐Ÿ“† Tuesday 2nd June 10am in our classroom

Explore your creativity in this brand new workshop; an introduction to creative writing for adults. Join Rosie for a morning of exciting ideas, beginner techniques and learning how to get started! ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ’ก

๐ŸŽซ ยฃ7.50 per person. Open to all abilities - no prior knowledge required!๐Ÿ˜Š

๐Ÿ“ฒ Available to book now on our website: https://www.hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/countryparks/lepe/whats-on/Creative-Writing

A friendly reminder that BBQs are not permitted at Lepe - picnics only please ๐Ÿ˜ŠOpen flames can cause great devastation t...
31/05/2026

A friendly reminder that BBQs are not permitted at Lepe - picnics only please ๐Ÿ˜Š

Open flames can cause great devastation to wildlife, nature and communities in the forest. ๐ŸŒณ This is why The New Forest National Park is now a ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—•๐—•๐—ค ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ. ๐Ÿšซ

Anyway... we think the beach is better enjoyed with a cool box full of goodies ๐Ÿฅช or a pitstop in our beach cafรฉ ๐Ÿฆ , both served with a great view! ๐Ÿ‘€

June's upcoming ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ & ๐’ฎ๐“‰๐’พ๐“‰๐’ธ๐’ฝ ๐ŸงตResident artist Mandy offers her creative expertise in these monthly art sessions, using...
31/05/2026

June's upcoming ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ & ๐’ฎ๐“‰๐’พ๐“‰๐’ธ๐’ฝ ๐Ÿงต

Resident artist Mandy offers her creative expertise in these monthly art sessions, using each month to explore a different and exciting theme. ๐ŸŽจ

This months optional activity is ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿ™‚

๐Ÿ“ฒ To join Mandy book on our website: https://www.hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/countryparks/lepe/whats-on/Copy-of-Print-and-Stitch-26

If you havn't already, don't forget to head over to our sensory garden this weekend! ๐ŸŒผHidden around the garden are hand ...
30/05/2026

If you havn't already, don't forget to head over to our sensory garden this weekend! ๐ŸŒผ

Hidden around the garden are hand painted butterflies waiting for you to discover๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ‘€

Take a short walk and explore this relaxing space; listen to the birds ๐Ÿฆ and enjoy the abundance of sweet smelling flowers. ๐ŸŒป

For children and adults too - nature is for everyone ๐Ÿ’š

*This is in the conservation area; sorry no dogs*

๐™๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™’๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‹๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿž๐Ÿ๐Ÿฆ‹This competition is part of our ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ...
30/05/2026

๐™๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™’๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‹๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿž๐Ÿ๐Ÿฆ‹

This competition is part of our ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ at Lepe ๐Ÿ, to encourage people to look at our wildlife and celebrate what they love most about our plants and bugs. ๐Ÿชป

Write a ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† on the theme of Pollinators.

There are ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€ with prizes for the winners in each group.๐Ÿฆ‹
- Adults (18+)
- Ages 11 to 17 (school years 7 and above)
- Ages 4 to 11 (school years 6 and below)

๐Ÿ“ฒ Your written work needs to be submitted by email, and an entry form completed online before ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ.

๐Ÿ“– Written work selected for the celebration event will be announced by the end of September, event date to be confirmed.

For full terms and conditions please see our website: https://www.hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/countryparks/lepe/whats-on/Writing-competition-Pollinator-theme

๐™๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‹๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ๐ŸžThis competition is part of our ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€...
30/05/2026

๐™๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‹๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ๐Ÿž

This competition is part of our ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ at Lepe ๐Ÿ, to encourage people to look at our wildlife and celebrate what they love most about our plants and bugs. ๐Ÿชป

We encourage you to enter your personal response to this theme โ€“ we look forward to receiving a range of work in different media: ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜โ€‹ (not photography, film or digital media).

There are ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€ with prizes for the winners in each group.๐Ÿฆ‹
- Adults (18+)
- Ages 11 to 17 (school years 7 and above)
- Ages 4 to 11 (school years 6 and below)

๐Ÿ“ฒ A photo of your entry needs to be submitted by email, and an entry form completed online before ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ.

๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Artworks selected for the exhibition will be announced by the end of July, with the exhibition taking place from Saturday 8 August to Sunday 18 August.

For full terms and conditions please see our website: https://www.hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/countryparks/lepe/whats-on/Art-competition-Pollinator-Theme

Bark on the Beach returns for another year! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿถ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐˜๐—ต ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ - ๐ŸฏCome down and enjoy the festivities; including st...
30/05/2026

Bark on the Beach returns for another year! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿถ

๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐˜๐—ต ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ - ๐Ÿฏ

Come down and enjoy the festivities; including stalls from New Forest Dog Group, local handmade businesses, and the very importantly - ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐˜€ - our country dog show! ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿฉ

We are super excited to announce that this years Scruffs categories will include two new awards... ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ & ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ! See our website for more details on entering. ๐Ÿ†

๐Ÿ“ฒ https://www.hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/countryparks/lepe/whats-on/Bark-2026

Calling all pet businesses! ๐Ÿถ๐ŸพAre you a local dog walker or groomer looking for some more canine clients? ๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ Or perhaps...
29/05/2026

Calling all pet businesses! ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿพ

Are you a local dog walker or groomer looking for some more canine clients? ๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ Or perhaps you handmake treats and goodies perfect for every pet? ๐Ÿ›๏ธ

Whatever your business, we have the paw-fect opportunity for you to be apart of our beloved dog show - ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต! ๐Ÿพ

๐Ÿ—“๏ธSaturday 13th June 10 - 3

The day is due to be full happy pups, families and beach goers ๐Ÿ–๏ธ ; making it a superb opportunity to showcase your products or services in a beautiful New Forest setting. ๐Ÿž๏ธ

๐Ÿ“ฒ All you need to do is email ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ.๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€@๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€.๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ.๐˜‚๐—ธ with your interest today!
๐Ÿ˜Š Know someone who would be interested? Tag them and spread the word

๐—ก๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐Ÿšซ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ›This weekโ€™s topicโ€ฆ. ๐Ÿฆ‹ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ? ๐ŸŒธWhether it's a lit...
29/05/2026

๐—ก๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐Ÿšซ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ›

This weekโ€™s topicโ€ฆ. ๐Ÿฆ‹ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ? ๐ŸŒธ

Whether it's a little or a lot, whatever we can give back to nature is worth doing. But what does a wildlife garden involve... and what could it look like? ๐Ÿฆ”

๐˜š๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ >>

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Lepe
Southampton
SO451AD

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 10pm
Tuesday 7am - 10pm
Wednesday 7am - 10pm
Thursday 7am - 10pm
Friday 7am - 10pm
Saturday 7am - 10pm
Sunday 7am - 10pm

Telephone

+442380899108

Website

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