Directions
  • Take the M27 to Junction 1 then the A337 signposted Lyndhurst
  • At the 1st roundabout at end of slip road take 1st Exit to 2nd roundabout
  • At 2nd Roundabout take the 3rd exit, A337 signposted Lyndhurst
  • When you get to Lyndhurst, due to one way system follow A337 left and right through Lyndhurst, then go through Brockenhurst over the railway crossing towards Lymington ignoring previous signs for Sway.
  • Continue on the A337 and continue to ignore all signs for Sway until after you see the white boundary sign for Boldre village, within a 100 yards of which you take a right turn signed posted “Sway, Shirley Holms, St Dominic’s Priory” onto Shirley Holms Road
  • Stay on this road to the end where it meets Pitmore Lane at a T-junction. The cottage is on the opposite side of the road slightly to the right of the T-junction, the words Bracken Cottage are on the gate.
During the summer there can be queues at peak times on the A337 leading into Lyndhurst, so you may wish to plan a route avoiding it, e.g, when approaching from the M3/M27 turn off at Junction 3 of the M27 and approach Lyndhurst on the A35 or continue to the A31 and approach Sway via Burley.