An Estate Through Time

This year at Foxlease Park we’re inviting you to visit us to experience the site’s remarkable architectural growth and development over time as seen in the range of features still on display on our key buildings today. Our two listed buildings, the Grade 2* listed Foxlease House and the Grade 2 listed Coach House, mark the history of the site over the years, presenting features from its time as a late Tudor era cottage, which was then encased in a Georgian Country House and which then had later Edwardian additions.

We have some of England’s earliest parquet flooring, Georgian hinges still serving us well, Tudor rooms, a beautiful Italianate terra cotta relief with a story to tell and many other features. The Estate is under new management following its sale to charity Foxie’s Future in November 2024. We’d love to you to join us to celebrate the site’s long-ranging heritage and to see how our restoration is progressing. Drop in through the week to join us on one of our site tours, where our guides will point out some of Foxlease Park’s most charming and notable features, explore one of our heritage displays, our Walled Garden (including heritage plants) or participate in some of our heritage activities happening on site that week, suitable for all ages. You can experience the site’s social and local history courtesy of our team of historians and their accounts of site events, bring a packed lunch to enjoy in our beautiful grounds or join us for a booked afternoon tea.

Timings & Tours

Friday 12 September:

Site open for exhibition viewing (external and display rooms) - pre-booked tours available on certain dates to internal areas of the buildings.

Saturday 13 September:

Site open for exhibition viewing (external and display rooms) - pre-booked tours available on certain dates to internal areas of the buildings.

Sunday 14 September:

Site open for exhibition viewing (external and display rooms) - pre-booked tours available on certain dates to internal areas of the buildings.

Monday 15 September:

Site open for exhibition viewing (external and display rooms) - pre-booked tours available on certain dates to internal areas of the buildings.

Wednesday 17 September:

Site open for exhibition viewing (external and display rooms) - pre-booked tours available on certain dates to internal areas of the buildings.

Friday 19 September:

Site open for exhibition viewing (external and display rooms) - pre-booked tours available on certain dates to internal areas of the buildings.

Saturday 20 September:

Site open for exhibition viewing (external and display rooms) - pre-booked tours available on certain dates to internal areas of the buildings.

Sunday 21 September:

Site open for exhibition viewing (external and display rooms) - pre-booked tours available on certain dates to internal areas of the buildings.

Location & directions

Foxlease Park, Clay Hill, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, SO43 7DE

Directions:

The site is accessed by a long tarmac drive after turning through green security gates. The turning is directly off of Clay Hill and signposted for 'Foxlease'. There is a bus stop at the end of the driveway.

Contact on day:

Emma Stevens

Telephone number:

+447708286640

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking required

Booking conditions:

Booked site tours for the internal areas of the buildings to see renovations in progress are all ground floor level but only partially accessible due to historic building steps and similar. Tours are free, but we ask you to book a space so that we can manage numbers and ensure that our Tour Guides available. Around the tours you are welcome to enjoy refreshments, wander the grounds, bring a picnic and/or view our fixed exhibitions on site and pre-recorded video feature tours with our experts.

Booking contact name:

Emma Stevens

Booking telephone number:

+447708286640

Booking email:

[email protected]

Booking opens:

01 Aug 2025 12:00 AM

Booking closes:

11 Sep 2025 12:00 AM

Accessibility details

The site does not permit dogs, other than assistance dogs.

Additional information

Refreshments available to purchase on site. Picnics encouraged.

Max no of people per tour:

10

Est. tour duration:

1 hour(s) 0 minute(s)

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