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Location notes
Brockenhurst is a small town on the south coast between Southampton and Bournemouth, in the middle of the New Forest. Lymington is the nearest similar sized town which is around 3 miles away. Southampton is the nearest city around 10 miles away. The town is served by the Bournemouth - Southampton line.
Railway type and traffic
The majority of the traffic is South West Trains Class 444 and 450 Desiro units. Arriva Cross Country Class 220 and 221 Voyagers usually cross at the station on the hour.
Class 158s or 450s operate the shuttle to Lymington Pier.
Freightliner run a sand train to and from Wool using a Class 66 on Mondays and Wednesdays (coming from Wool) and Tuesdays and Thursdays (going to Wool). These usually come through mid afternoon but don't run all the time. There is the occasional stone train to Hamworthy using Class 59's. There are a a fair few railtours during the year using anything from 37's to Steam Locos. There are occasional test trains as well.
Class 158s or 450s operate the shuttle to Lymington Pier.
Freightliner run a sand train to and from Wool using a Class 66 on Mondays and Wednesdays (coming from Wool) and Tuesdays and Thursdays (going to Wool). These usually come through mid afternoon but don't run all the time. There is the occasional stone train to Hamworthy using Class 59's. There are a a fair few railtours during the year using anything from 37's to Steam Locos. There are occasional test trains as well.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Brockenhurst Station
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Environment
The town is a small town in the middle of the New Forest, and is largely trouble free. There is a nearby College so expect the Platforms to be occupied by students.
Road directions
From the M27, Junction 2:
Take the A326. Pass straight over 4 roundabouts. Straight after the 4th, there is a slip road, take it and head for the traffic light and turn right onto the A35. Follow it passing through Ashurst and Lyndurst, make sure to keep left when passing through Lyndhurst and join the A337. The station is just off the level crossing in Brockenhurst.
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Brockenhurst Station map co-ordinates
Take the A326. Pass straight over 4 roundabouts. Straight after the 4th, there is a slip road, take it and head for the traffic light and turn right onto the A35. Follow it passing through Ashurst and Lyndurst, make sure to keep left when passing through Lyndhurst and join the A337. The station is just off the level crossing in Brockenhurst.
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Brockenhurst Station map co-ordinates
Parking
There is car parking on both side of the station but the parking on the Platform 4 side is usually quieter. You are charged for parking.
Public transport
Train is the best way, direct trains from Waterloo, Southampton, Basingstoke, Reading, Manchester, Birmingham, Bournemouth and Weymouth.
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Amenities
There are toilets on the station, plus a small cafe. The main town centre is outside the station and to the left, and a pub is just outside the station. There is a chippy on the main road.
Accommodation
There is a hotel around half a mile away toward Southampton.
Sun Compass
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Brockenhurst Station
Streetmap links
Brockenhurst Station general view map
Brockenhurst Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Brockenhurst Station
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Brockenhurst Station
Googly map
Brockenhurst Station general view map
Brockenhurst Station close up map
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Brockenhurst Station
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Photographic notes
The light is generally good throughout the day, but obviously tends to favour shots to the east or west as the sun moves around during the day. No problems with low sun as both ways is fairly clear but the station awnings cause large shadows.
General views - All photographs © Andy Picton unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
Fig 2 - Looking south
Fig 3 - Looking north
Location Video
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
