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We went to ashurst for nearly every trip until they put their prices up. The horses are only a problem if you leave food out, that includes food you are about to cook. as long as you leave food in secure plastic boxes in your tent you won't have a problem. To be honest the squirels are more of a pest! they do get in your tent and will eat through cardboard boxes, hence why we use plastic.

The horse don't trample on the tents although we once had a donkey catch his hoof on our guy line and pull it up.

It really is a nice peacful site, pity about the new prices this year.

I agree with Liz,the ponies will not trample your tents!

They may have been fed tit bits from campers and be inquisitive and look for food but if you just calmly send them away they will go,as Liz points out they flee so the worst thing you can do is wave your arms around and scare them as they will be off at speed!

Rather face ponies in a field than cows any day!

Val

Hi.  We've stayed at Roundhill in the New Forest and have never had a problem with the horses.  Yes they are nosey but they can be shooed away easily.  I do tell my girls to keep their distance from them though.  Friends did have two horse visit their tent last year but no trampling and they moved away with no problem.

Infact we were so impressed their tent was big enough to fit two ponies inside and turn them round to come out again that we bought one the same!