King’s Hat Inclosure

King’s Hat Inclosure is a forest in Hythe, New Forest, England. King’s Hat Inclosure is situated nearby to the locality Crabhat Pound, as well as near Buck Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Motor Museum and Beaulieu Palace House.

National Motor Museum

The National Motor Museum is a museum in the village of Beaulieu, set in the heart of the New Forest, in the English county of Hampshire.

Beaulieu Palace House is a 13th-century house in Beaulieu, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Originally part of Beaulieu Abbey, the estate was bought in 1538 by Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, following the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

Beaulieu Abbey

Photo: E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Beaulieu Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1203–1204 by King John and populated by 30 monks sent from the abbey of Cîteaux in France, the mother house of the Cistercian order.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beaulieu and Southampton.

Beaulieu

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Beaulieu is a village located on the southeastern edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, England. It is home to both Palace House and the National Motor Museum. In 2020, it was named the fifth most beautiful village in the UK and Ireland by Condé Nast Traveler.

Southampton

Photo: Ronald Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Southampton is the largest city in Hampshire, on the south coast of England. A busy cruise ship and container port, Southampton is the European end of the last Transatlantic ocean liner route, the Queen Mary II to New York, and in 1912 was the point of departure for the Titanic.