Tom's Field Camping
✓ Direct access to New Forest footpaths and cycle routes
🏖️ 2.38 miles from River Avon at Fordingbridge (Poor water quality)
Bournemouth
Museums & Galleries · Bournemouth
Breamore House and Countryside Museum
📍 SP6 2DB
Photo: Basher Eyre (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Staged scenes of post-war rural village life
- Dairy, blacksmiths, school and village cottage displays
- Collection of old farm machinery, tractors and steam engines
- Working steam workshop and traction engine in action
Breamore House and Countryside Museum sits within the Breamore Estate near the New Forest, Dorset, exploring what it was like to live in rural England post World War Two. The museum showcases staged sets depicting traditional village life, with scenes including a dairy, blacksmiths, school, leather worker, village cottage and more. There's a particular focus on old farm machinery, with an impressive collection of tractors and steam engines, including a functioning steam workshop and traction engine, among the few remaining operational pieces in the UK. The estate also hosts upcoming events. Salisbury station is 7.2 miles away, and with 24 bookable places to stay within 5 miles, it's a workable base for exploring the wider New Forest area.
Practical details
- Best for
- Those interested in rural history and old farm machinery
From the attraction's own website on 5 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Disabled Access
- ✓ Guided Tours
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Make a proper break of it — these stays are all within 25 miles.
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The Compasses Inn Cottages - White Wing
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Check availability🎪 What's on near Breamore House and Countryside Museum
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Sat 14 Nov · 14:30
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Sat 14 Nov · 14:45
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Sat 5 Dec · 15:00
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Sat 5 Dec · 18:00
Muffled Ear Club's Christmas Groove
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🚆 Or come by train
- Salisbury 7.2 miles
- Dean 8.4 miles
- Mottisfont & Dunbridge 11.3 miles
Straight-line distances · live departures on each station page