Now it is a museum telling the story of the port of Southampton. The Tudor House was built in 1495. Over the centuries it has been a family home and an artist's studio, and housed businesses including a dye-house and a bookbinder. The St Barbe Museum tells the story of the area between the New Forest and the Solent. With 440 acres of woodland and meadows adjoining the River Itchen to explore, the Park is an ideal place for a family day out.
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Distances by road will be longer. Many of the bedrooms enjoy views across open forest. A beautifully appointed country house hotel, the Forest Park Hotel is situated across the road from 90,000 acres of open forest where ponies, deer and other animals roam free. An elegant Georgian mansion set within three acres of garden, surrounded by 90,000 acres of open forest where ponies roam free. The Crown Hotel provides modern comfort in an Edwardian setting, with real log fires in winter and tranquil gardens in summer.