Buckler's Hard
Waterfront · A riverside shipbuilding village on the Beaulieu River with a maritime museum and a single street of old brick cottages.
Beaulieu
An abbey estate in the New Forest where a vintage motor museum, a family stately home and medieval ruins share one site.
From King's Cross St Pancras: 3 h 35 min by train and on foot from Beaulieu Road (a 1 h 20 min walk) · 2 h 40 min by car
Travel times by TravelTime
Time there: 5–7.5 h, including one place nearby
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Quick facts
The National Motor Museum shows around 300 cars and motorcycles, with land speed record-breakers such as Bluebird CN7 and Golden Arrow.
Palace House, the ruins of Beaulieu Abbey, the gardens, a monorail through the museum and a wartime Secret Army exhibition all make up one day on the same estate.
Buckler's Hard, a shipbuilding hamlet on the Beaulieu River where ships for Nelson's navy were built, and Exbury's 200-acre woodland garden are both a short drive away.
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