The New Forest Reptile Centre is to be found at Holidays Hill, approximately 2 miles west of Lyndhurst on the A35 road. It's a small but very worthy attraction and conservation centre where you can see all of Britain's reptiles in one place; adders, grass snakes, smooth snakes, lizards, frogs and toads are displayed in separate open air netted pens, with all reptiles living in their natural environment.

Although the reptiles are limited to where they can go, there is still plenty of natural cover in each pen for them to disappear from view, especially on busy days! So the best chance of seeing the most reptiles is on a warm sunny day, when they will be basking in the sunshine to warm their blood.

And visiting the Reptile Centre on a quiet weekday is preferable to a busy weekend.

Away from the reptile pens there is a grassy picnic area and a 1 1/2 mile walk, aptly named The Reptile Trail, through the Ancient and Ornamental Woodland of the area - keep your eyes peeled, and you might just see some wild reptiles along the walk! There is also a short way-marked cycle route that connects the reptile centre to the Emery Down-Bolderwood road.

If you've had fun on your family day out to New Forest Reptile Centre, tell us about it your visit, so other people will know it's a great place to go as well.

http://www.new-forest-national-park.com/new-forest-reptile-centre.html