[3] Lionel Nathan de Rothschild purchased the Exbury estate in 1919 and soon began creating a garden on an ambitious scale, emulating his father's at Gunnersbury Park in London.

In the summer, the gardens are served by the New Forest Tour open-top bus service.

Two narrow-gauge-style 0-6-2 tender tank locos were built specially for the line by the Exmoor Steam Railway.

To solve this problem, a much larger 2-6-2 tender loco, called Marriloo, was built at Exmoor, and entered service in 2008.

The railway stages popular Ghost Trains during the October half-term and Santa Steam Specials in the run-up to Christmas.