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Find us
We are easily accessible via public transport and foot. We welcome walkers and cyclists and have a hard standing car park for those travelling by car.
Rail and bus services
The closest main line train station is Hinton Admiral, which is a 30 minute walk away. Bus routes X2 stops just along Walkford Road followed by a 10 minute walk along Wyndham Road leading into the public footpath to the grounds.
From the North & East:
Leave M27 at Junction 1 for Lyndhurst. Go right around the one way system at Lyndhurst until you see the A35 Christchurch and Bournemouth signs. Proceed West for nine miles through the open Forest. The Retreat will appear on the left. You will pass the signs “Welcome to Hinton” and a little further on the War Memorial. Continue for about half a mile and you come to the “Cat & Fiddle Harvester” crossroads. Turn left at the post box, signposted “Highcliffe & Walkford”.
Continue along Ringwood Road for about half a mile until you come to a row of shops on the right. Proceed past the shops, take the next turning on your left, which is Walkford Road, signposted “New Milton”. You will then see The Walkford Pub on your left about a quarter of a mile along the road. Turn left into Wyndham Road immediately before the Walkford Pub.
Proceed straight to the end of the road, go over the railway bridge and continue straight on for approximately half a mile following the tarmac single track drive You will see our round building directly in front of you. Turn left and park, or turn left and continue along the gravel road to the Burial Ground itself.
If using a sat-nav please enter Wyndham Road, Walkford or use the postcode BH23 5QF. Please do not follow directions into Dark Lane as there is no access to the burial ground from this road.
From the West & Christchurch:
Proceed East along the A35 dual carriageway to the roundabout at the eastern end of the Christchurch-by-Pass. On your left is Sainsbury’s Supermarket, turn left onto the A35. After 1.5 miles you will pass the BP garage and the thatched restaurant/pub “Vintage Inn pub” on the left. Immediately indicate right and move into the right hand lane. Turn right into the Ringwood Road, signposted.