Anyone Live Near Southampton Way?

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I'm meeting up with my sister next month (19th Feb) & need some ideas of where to meet up, we live in Essex & sis lives in Bath, we want some halfwayish to meet, the only place I can come up with which is a fair tug for us is the New Forest area (bit of a way out the way! ), we will have the dogs with us & although I don't mind leaving them in the car for a very short time I would prefer not to, sis has a 18mth boy so pushchair friendly would be good ;)

Any Ideas?
 
What about Windsor Great Park? It think its dog friendly and there is quite alot of it! Other forums members live closer and would be better advising.
 
Windsor's good - plenty to see and do, with a lovely park, the Castle, and an interesting town, as jinnyj says. Also, nearby is HENLEY (of regatta fame) with nice, easy walks along the Thames (easy for dogs and buggy), loads of open spaces, and waterside pubs which are both dog and family-friendly.
 
Hello i'm new.

Living in Southampton I would recomend the New Forest, beautiful place, full of lovely New Forest ponies. Bear in mind though you will need to keep the dogs on the lead. But its is a unique place. And it not just bias talking.

Lou
 
I'm with Jinnyj on Windsor Great Park. By far the easiest route between Essex/Bath would be along the M4 corridor & getting to the New Forest would take quite a while from Essex (not to mention leaving that corridor). It would take you probably an hour to an hour and a half from the M25 Junction 12 to get to the outskirts of the New Forest, and less than half an hour to get to Windsor from the same junction (carry on ti the next junction of the M25, get on the M4 and it's only a few junctions along to the Windsor turn off). Windsor would be easy from Bath too - straight down the M4, about an hour and a half at most.
 
im not sure about that timeframe Dom, if you come off the M25 at the M3 junction you can be at Soton in 30-40 mins and new forest only 20 after that. at least thats what i remembered from living in Portsmouth for a bit

Windsor is still closer though
 
Depends how fast you drive, Mike!! :lol: I estimated it at that as it'd take me an hour or so, give or take, (to get to the NF from the M25) so reckoned that an hour to an hour and a half would be a fair estimate.
 
Bear in mind Mike, that it takes at least 20 mins (given a clear run) to get to the M25 from the Basingstoke junctions. It's quite a long way between the Basingstoke & Bracknell junctions, something which I often think is shorter than it really is.
 
You can get from the M25 down to Soton in that time, only takes me an hour at the most to get into central London from here.
 
There's something wrong here, or Southampton's ben moved. It's a journey I know quite well and from the M25 to the centre of Southampton is about 60 miles. From the centre of Southampton to central london is about 80 miles, and you have some pretty hairy traffic to deal with at this end.

How can it be done in an hour, other than by helicopter or Tardis?
 
I usually go the A3 past Hindhead, etc etc.

Does not take long at all, then you can nip onto the M25 a couple of junctions before the M3, or vice versa. The thing with the M3 at the moment is there are too many roadworks. Nightmare. Have to travel to London a fair bit as my Head Office is next to Liverpool Street in Broadgate, and I hate trains so I always travel by car.
 
Originally posted by betsmate@Jan 18 2006, 06:35 PM
By averaging 80mph?
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Have you ever driven into London?

Eighteen is difficult, let alone eighty!

I'm an experienced driver who knows the area well and not too slow, with a car that can travel at speed. I think I could perhaps, and only perhaps, because of built up areas at each end and constant motorway roadworks, do the journey in an hour at 2.30 am.
 
Would anyone seriously consider taking the Southbound M25 from Essex to get to Windsor? Surely anti clockwise to M4 junction, job done, <1 hour.
 
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