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Photo of Lepe, a swimming spot near Cowes in the New Forest, Hampshire, south east England.

© John Lucas / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Lepe

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Lepe is an official bathing spot in Hampshire. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. The county has 13 designated bathing waters; this is one. It lies within the New Forest National Park.

Other bathing waters nearby include Gurnard and Cowes. Hamble Station is 9.8 km away to the north.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Lepe

Photo of the New Forest, a National Park in England.Iconic

New Forest

You’re inside itNational Park near Lyndhurst

Ancient wood pasture and heathland where commoners' ponies still roam free.

Photo of the Isle of Wight, an island in the Isle of Wight, south east England.Iconic

Isle of Wight

Island near Shorwell

Chalk downs ending at the Needles, Osborne and Carisbrooke Castle, dinosaur-fossil coasts and sailing at Cowes, a short ferry from the mainland

3.2 km SE

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

3.2 km SE · spans 24 counties

Photo of Exbury Gardens, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Bucklers Hard in the New Forest, Hampshire, south east England.Highlight

Exbury Gardens

House & garden near Bucklers Hard

A Rothschild garden of rhododendrons and azaleas, with a narrow-gauge steam railway.

3.9 km NW

Photo of Bucklers Hard, a village in the New Forest, Hampshire, south east England.Highlight

Bucklers Hard

Village

Georgian shipbuilding hamlet on the Beaulieu River.

5 km W · Hampshire

Photo of Osborne House, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Cowes, the Isle of Wight, south east England.Iconic

Osborne House

House & garden near Cowes

Queen Victoria's Italianate seaside palace.

7.7 km SE