The New Forest is an area of southern England which includes the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and old-growth forest in the heavily-populated south east of England. The contiguous New Forest habitat covers south west Hampshire and some of south Wiltshire. Additionally the New Forest local government district is a subdivision of Hampshire which covers most of the forest, and some nearby areas. There are many small villages dotted around the area. The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... Image File history File links EnglandNewForest. ... For other uses, see Hampshire (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Southampton (disambiguation). ... New Forest could be the New Forest in England the New Forest local government district New Forest, North Yorkshire This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Heaths are anthropogenic habitats found primarily in northern and western Europe, where they have been created by thousands of years of human clearance of natural forest vegetation by grazing and burning on mainly infertile acidic soils. ... This article is about a community of trees. ... South East England is one of the nine official regions of England. ... For other uses, see Hampshire (disambiguation). ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... New Forest is a local government district in Hampshire, England. ...

The highest point in the New Forest is Piper's Wait, just west of Bramshaw. Its summit is at 125 m (410 ft) above mean sea level. Bramshaw is a small village in Hampshire, England. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ...

History

Like much of England, the New Forest was originally forested, but parts were cleared for cultivation from the Stone Age and into the Bronze Age. However, the poor quality of the soil in the new forest meant that the cleared areas turned into heathland "waste". There are around 250 round barrows^[1] within its boundaries, and scattered boiling mounds, and it also includes about 150 scheduled ancient monuments. ^[2] Stone Age fishing hook. ... The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ... Round barrows are one of the most common types of archaeological monuments. ... A burnt mound is a mound of shattered stones and charcoal, normally with an adjacent hearth and trough. ... A Scheduled Ancient Monument is defined in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the National Heritage Act 1983 of the United Kingdom government. ...

The New Forest was created as a royal forest in 1079^[3] by William the Conqueror for the hunting of (mainly) deer. It was first recorded as "Nova Foresta" in the Domesday Book in 1086. The inhabitants of thirty-six parishes were evicted. William's successor, William Rufus was killed in a suspicious accident while hunting in the New Forest in 1100. The reputed spot of the king's death is marked with a stone known as the Rufus Stone. A royal forest has been a concept of land management England since the late eleventh century. ... William I of England (c. ... This article is about the ruminant animal. ... A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... William II (c. ... William II (c. ...

The Rufus Stone Memorial

As of 2005, roughly ninety per cent of the New Forest is still owned by the Crown. The Crown lands have been managed by the Forestry Commission since 1923. Around half of the Crown lands fall inside the new National Park. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1439 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: William II of England Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1439 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: William II of England Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... This article refers to the Commonwealths concept of the monarchys legal authority. ... The Forestry Commission (established in 1919) is a non ministerial Government Department responsible for forestry in Great Britain. ...

Formal commons rights were established in the 16th century. Over time, the New Forest became an important source of wood for the Royal Navy, and plantations were begun to replace the felled trees. In the Great Storm of 1703, about four thousand oak trees were lost in the New Forest. In England and Wales, a common is a piece of land over which other people -- often neighbouring landowners -- could exercise one of a number of traditional rights, such as allowing their cattle to graze upon it. ... This article is about the navy of the United Kingdom. ... The Great Storm of 1703 is the most severe storm ever recorded in the British Isles. ...

The naval plantations encroached on the rights of the Commoners, but the Forest gained new protection under an Act of Parliament in 1877. The New Forest Act 1877 confirmed the historic rights of the Commoners and prohibited the enclosure of more than 16,000 acres (65 km²) at any time. It also reconstituted the Court of Verderers as representatives of the Commoners (rather than the Crown). An Act of Parliament or Act is law enacted by the parliament (see legislation). ... An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ...

Felling of broadleaf trees, and replacement by conifers, began during the First World War to meet the wartime demand for wood. Further encroachments were made in the Second World War. This process is today being reversed in places, with some plantations being returned to heathland or broadleaf woodland. Orders & Families Cordaitales † Pinales   Pinaceae - Pine family   Araucariaceae - Araucaria family   Podocarpaceae - Yellow-wood family   Sciadopityaceae - Umbrella-pine family   Cupressaceae - Cypress family   Cephalotaxaceae - Plum-yew family   Taxaceae - Yew family Vojnovskyales † Voltziales † The conifers, division Pinophyta, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxa within the Kingdom Plantae. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

WW2 remains at Ibsley

Further New Forest Acts followed in 1949, 1964 and 1970. The New Forest became a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1971, and was granted special status as the "New Forest Heritage Area" in 1985, with additional planning controls added in 1992. The New Forest was proposed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 1999,^[4] and it became a National Park in 2005.^[5] Image File history File linksMetadata NewForestIbsleyww2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata NewForestIbsleyww2. ... A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. ... UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State...

Edward Rutherfurd's work of historical fiction, The Forest, is based in the New Forest in the time period from 1099 through 2000. Edward Rutherfurd is the author of a series of books chronicling the history of settlements through their development. ... Look up historical fiction in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Common rights

A miniature pony in the Forest.

Forest Laws were enacted to preserve the New Forest as a location for royal deer hunting, and interference with the King's deer and its forage was severely punished. Over time, the local inhabitants ("Commoners") were granted or took on various "rights of common": to turn ponies, cattle, donkeys and sheep out into the Forest to graze ("common pasture"), to gather wood ("estovers"), to gather bracken after 29 September as litter for animals ("fern"), to cut peat for fuel ("turbary"), to dig clay ("marl"), and to turn out pigs between September and November to eat fallen acorns and beechnuts ("pannage" or "mast"). Along with grazing, pannage is still an important part of the forest ecology. Pigs can eat acorns without a problem, whereas to ponies and cattle large numbers of acorns can be poisonous. Pannage always lasts 60 days but the start date varies according to the weather — and when the acorns fall. The Verderers decide when pannage will start each year. At other times the pigs must be taken in and kept on the owner's land with the exception that pregnant sows, known as "privileged sows", are always allowed out providing they are not a nuisance and return to the Commoner's holding at night (they must be "levant" and "couchant" there). This is not a true Right, however, so much as an established practice. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Theodore Roosevelt in 1885 with his highly-decorated deer-skin hunting suit, and Tiffany-carved hunting knife and rifle. ... Estovers (from French estover, estovoir, a verb used as a substantive in the sense of that which is necessary; the word is of disputed origin; it has been referred to the Latin stare, to stand, or studere, to desire) was a term in English law for the wood which a... Species Pteridium aquilinum Pteridium caudatum Pteridium esculentum Pteridium latiusculum and about 6-7 other species For the Irish television soap opera, see Bracken (TV). ... is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A Turbary is a piece of peatland from which turf may be cut for fuel. ... Marls are calcium carbonate or lime rich muds or mudstones which contain variable amounts of clays and calcite or aragonite. ... Pannage is an English legal term for the practice of turning out domestic pigs in a wood or forest, in order that they may feed on such things as fallen acorns or beechmast. ... For other uses, see Acorn (disambiguation). ... // Origins Verderers were originally part of the ancient judicial and administrative hierarchy of the vast areas of English forests set aside by William the Conqueror for hunting. ... Pannage is an English legal term for the practice of turning out domestic pigs in a wood or forest, in order that they may feed on such things as fallen acorns or beechmast. ...

Cattle eating winter feed, Longdown Inclosure.

Commons rights are attached to particular plots of land (or in the case of turbary, to particular heaths), and different land has different rights — and some of this land is some distance from the Forest itself. Rights to graze ponies and cattle are not for a certain number of animals, as is often the case on other commons. Instead a "marking fee" is paid for each animal each year by the owner. The marked animal's tail is trimmed by the local "agister" (Verderers' official), with each of the four or five Forest agisters using a different trimming pattern. Ponies are branded with the owner's brand-mark; cattle may be branded, or nowadays may have the brand-mark on an ear-tag. The grazing done by the commoners' ponies and cattle is an essential part of the management of the Forest, helping to maintain the internationally important heathland, bog, grassland and wood-pasture habitats and their associated wildlife. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x2048, 805 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): New Forest Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x2048, 805 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): New Forest Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to...

Geography

Alder trees by the Beaulieu river near Fawley ford

The New Forest Heritage Area covers about 580 km² (143321 acres), and the New Forest SSSI covers almost 300 km² (74131 acres), making it the largest contiguous area of un-sown vegetation in lowland Britain. It includes roughly: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2112x2816, 1275 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): New Forest Beaulieu River Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2112x2816, 1275 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): New Forest Beaulieu River Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner... The Beaulieu River is small river flowing south through the New Forest in the county of Hampshire in southern England. ... Fawley is a village and parish in Hampshire, England. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. ...

• 146 km² (36077 acres) of broadleaf woodland
• 118 km² (29158 acres) of heathland and grassland
• 33 km² (8154 acres) of wet heathland
• 84 km² (20756 acres) of tree plantations ("inclosures") established since the 18th century, including 80 km² (19768 acres) planted by the Forestry Commission since the 1920s.

It is drained to the south by two rivers, the Lymington and Beaulieu. Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... A small river in the South of England, flowing into the Solent, through the town of Lymington, in the New Forest. ... The Beaulieu River is small river flowing south through the New Forest in the county of Hampshire in southern England. ...

Wildlife

Picnic area in the New Forest

As well as providing a visually remarkable and historic landscape, the ecological value of the New Forest is particularly great because of the relatively large areas of lowland habitats, lost elsewhere, which have survived. The area contains several kinds of important lowland habitat including valley bogs, wet heaths, dry heaths and deciduous woodland. The area contains a profusion of rare wildlife, including the New Forest cicada Cicadetta montana, the only cicada native to Great Britain. The wet heaths are important for rare plants, such as marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe and marsh clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata. Several species of sundew may be found in the Forest, and the area is also the habitat of many unusual insect species, including the Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale, and the mole cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (both rare in Britain). ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (480x640, 148 KB) A picnic area amongst tall trees in the New Forest, UK. Taken using digital camera on 28/8/05. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (480x640, 148 KB) A picnic area amongst tall trees in the New Forest, UK. Taken using digital camera on 28/8/05. ... Limber Pine woodland, Toiyabe Range, central Nevada Biologically, a woodland is a treed area differentiated from a forest. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Species See text Lycopodiella is a genus in the clubmoss family Lycopodiaceae. ... Species See separate list. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Archaeognatha (bristletails) Thysanura (silverfish) Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic) Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Superorder Exopterygota Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Embioptera (webspinners) Zoraptera (angel insects) Dermaptera (earwigs) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (stick insects) Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Psocoptera... For other uses, see Species (disambiguation). ... Binomial name (Charpentier, 1840) Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. ... Genera Gryllotalpa Neocurtilla Scapteriscus The mole crickets comprise a family (Gryllotalpidae) of thick-bodied insects about 3-5 cm (1-2 inches) long, with large beady eyes and shovel-like forelimbs highly developed for burrowing and swimming. ...

Three species of snake inhabit the Forest. The adder is the most common being found on open heath and grassland. The grass snake prefers the damper environment of the valley mires. The rare smooth snake can be found on sandy hillsides with heather and gorse. Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms [Coluber] berus - Linnaeus, 1758 [Coluber] Chersea - Linnaeus, 1758 Coluber prester - Linnaeus, 1761 Coluber vipera Anglorum - Laurenti, 1768 Coluber Melanis - Pallas, 1771 Coluber Scytha - Pallas, 1773 C[oluber]. Scytha - Bonnaterre, 1790 Vipera melanis - Sonnini & Latreille, 1801 Vipera berus - Daudin, 1803 Vipera chersea - Daudin, 1803 Vipera prester... Binomial name Linnaeus, 1758 The Grass Snake, sometimes called the Ringed Snake or Water Snake (Natrix natrix) is a European non-venomous snake. ... Binomial name Coronella austriaca Laurenti, 1768[1] Common names: Smooth snake. ... Heather may be: In botany, the plant Calluna vulgaris, or, more loosely, various species of the closely related genera Erica and Cassiope, low evergreen shrubs (also called heaths). The term is also used to describe land which is vegetated with these plants; In apparel or textiles, interwoven yarns with a... Species Ulex argenteus Ulex boivinii Ulex borgiae Ulex cantabricus Ulex densus Ulex europaeus - Common Gorse Ulex gallii - Dwarf Furze or Furse Ulex genistoides Ulex micranthus Ulex minor - Dwarf Gorse Ulex parviflorus Ref: ILDIS Version 6. ...

A program to reintroduce the sand lizard started in 1989 and the great crested newt already breeds in many locations. Binomial name Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758 The Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis is a lizard. ... Binomial name Triturus cristatus (Laurenti, 1768) The Great Crested Newt or Northern Crested Newt, Triturus cristatus, is a newt in the family Salamandridae. ...

Numerous deer live in the Forest but are usually rather shy and tend to stay out of sight when people are around, but are surprisingly bold at night, even when a car drives past. Fallow deer are the most common followed by roe deer and red deer. There are also smaller populations of sika deer and muntjac. The semi-wild ponies mentioned earlier are possibly the New Forest's most famous common animals, however. Binomial name Dama dama (Linnaeus, 1758) The Fallow Deer (Dama dama) is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. ... Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) is a deer species of Europe, Asia Minor, and Caspian coastal regions. ... This article is about the species of deer. ... Binomial name Cervus nippon Temminck, 1838 Subspecies The Sika Deer Cervus nippon is a typical member of the family Cervidae. ... Species See text. ...

The New Forest is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), EU Special Area of Conservation (SAC) ^[6], a Special Protection Area for birds (SPA)^[7] and a Ramsar Site^[8], it also has its own Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. ... A Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is defined in the European Commission Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), also known as the Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora. ... A Special Protection Area or SPA is a designation under the European Commission Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (79/409/EEC). ... The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands, i. ... Diademed Sifaka, an endangered primate of Madagascar Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) is a an internationally recognized programme addressing threatened species or habitats, which is designed to protect and restore biological systems. ...

Settlements

Ponies walking the streets in Burley.

Among the towns and villages lying in or adjacent to the Forest are Lyndhurst (which claims to be the 'capital' of the New Forest), Hythe, Totton, Burley, Brockenhurst, Fordingbridge, Ringwood, Beaulieu, Bransgore and Lymington. It is bounded to the west by Bournemouth and to the east by the city of Southampton. The forest gives its name to the New Forest district of Hampshire. ImageMetadata File history File links New_Forest_ponies_in_Lyndhurst. ... ImageMetadata File history File links New_Forest_ponies_in_Lyndhurst. ... Burley is a picturesque town in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. ... Boltons Bench. ... The pier at Hythe, Southampton Hythe is a village near Southampton, Hampshire, England. ... Totton and Eling is a town in Hampshire, England with a population of around 28,000 people. ... Burley may refer to: Burley, a variety of tobacco a brand of leather ball kicked in the game of Australian rules football Places in England Burley, Hampshire Burley, Herefordshire Burley, Leeds Burley, Rutland Burley, Shropshire Burley-in-Wharfedale Places in the United States Burley, Idaho Burley, Washington See also Burley... Brockenhurst is a village situated in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. ... Fordingbridge is a former market town with a population of six thousand on the River Avon and the A338 road in the west of Hampshire, England, near to the Dorset and Wiltshire borders and on the edge of the New Forest. ... Location within the British Isles Ringwood is a town in Hampshire, England, on the River Avon, to the west of the New Forest and north of Bournemouth. ... Beaulieu is a small village located on the south eastern edge of the New Forest national park in Hampshire, England. ... Cobbled streets in Lymington town centre. ... , Bournemouth is a large town and tourist resort, situated on the south coast of England. ... For other uses, see Southampton (disambiguation). ... New Forest is a local government district in Hampshire, England. ... For other uses, see Hampshire (disambiguation). ...

See also List of locations in the New Forest. The following is a list of locations in the New Forest, England This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ...

New Forest National Park

Consultations on the possible designation of a National Park in the New Forest were commenced by the Countryside Agency in 1999. An order to create the park was made by the Agency on 24 January 2002 and submitted to the Secretary of State for confirmation in February 2002. Following objections from seven local authorities and others, a Public Inquiry was held from 8 October 2002 to 10 April 2003, concluding with that the proposal should be endorsed with some detailed changes to the boundary of the area to be designated. The Brecon Beacons National Park, looking from the highest point of Pen Y Fan (886 m/2907 feet) to Corn Du (873 m/2864 feet). ... The Countryside Agency in England is a statutory body with the task of improving the quality of the rural environment and the lives of those living in it. ... is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK cabinet-level position in charge of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the successor to the positions of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Secretary of State for the Environment. ... In the politics and government of Commonwealth countries such as Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, a public inquiry is an official review of events or actions ordered by the government. ... is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On 28 June 2004, Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael confirmed the government's intention to designate the area as a National Park, with further detailed boundary adjustments. The area was formally designated as such on 1 March 2005. A National Park Authority for the New Forest was established on 1 April 2005 and assumed its full statutory powers on 1 April 2006.^[9] The Forestry Commission retain their powers to manage the Crown land within the Park, and the Verderers under the New Forest Acts also retain their responsibilities, and the Park Authority is expected to co-operate with these bodies, the local authorities, English Nature and other interested parties. is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Right Honourable Alun Edward Michael (born August 2, 1943) is a Welsh politician. ... is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A National Park Authority is a special term used in the United Kingdom for the legal body in charge of a National park. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Forestry Commission (established in 1919) is a non ministerial Government Department responsible for forestry in Great Britain. ... English Nature is the United Kingdom government agency that promotes the conservation of wildlife, geology and wild places throughout England. ...

The designated area of the National Park covers 571 km² (141097 acres) and includes many existing SSSIs. It has a population of approximately 38,000 (excluding most of the 170,256 people who live in the New Forest local government district). As well as most of the New Forest district of Hampshire, it takes in the South Hampshire Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a small corner of Test Valley district around the village of Canada and part of the Salisbury district in Wiltshire south-east of Redlynch. Proposed New Forest National Park, Hampshire Created & uploaded by Keith Edkins Illustrative only, consult DEFRA for exact boundary proposals [1]. File links The following pages link to this file: New Forest User:Doops/NewForest Categories: GFDL images ... For other uses, see Hampshire (disambiguation). ... A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. ... New Forest is a local government district in Hampshire, England. ... New Forest is a local government district in Hampshire, England. ... For other uses, see Hampshire (disambiguation). ... The South Hampshire Coast is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in Hampshire, England, UK that was subsumed into the New Forest National Park when it was established on 1 April 2005. ... An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is an area of countryside with significant landscape value in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, that has been specially designated by the Countryside Agency on behalf of the United Kingdom government; the Countryside Council for Wales on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government... Test Valley is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England. ... Salisbury is a local government district in Wiltshire, England. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Redlynch is an agricultural village located in the southeast of Wiltshire, England, in the Salisbury district. ...

However, the area covered by the park does not include all the areas which were initially proposed; excluding most of the valley of the River Avon to the west of the forest and Dibden Bay to the east. Two challenges were made to the designation order, by Meyrick Estate Management Ltd in relation to the inclusion of Hinton Admiral Park, and by RWE NPower Plc to the inclusion of Fawley Power Station. The second challenge was settled out of court, with the power station being excluded.^[10] The High Court upheld the first challenge;^[11] but an appeal against the decision was then heard by the Court of Appeal in Autumn 2006. The final ruling, published on 15 February 2007, found in favour of the challenge by Meyrick Estate Management Ltd,^[12] and the land at Hinton Admiral Park is therefore excluded from the New Forest National Park. The River Avon is a river in the county of Hampshire in the south of England. ... Dibden is a parish in Hampshire, England. ... Hinton Admiral is the estate and ancestral home of the Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick family. ... RWE AG, until 1990 named Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk AG, is a German public utility and electric power company based in Essen. ... npower is a gas and electricity supply company that is based in the United Kingdom. ... Fawley Power Station is located on the western side of Southampton Water, between the villages of Fawley and Calshot. ... Her Majestys High Court of Justice (usually known more simply as the High Court) is, together with the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal, part of the Supreme Court of Judicature of England and Wales (which under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, is to be known as the... Her Majestys Court of Appeal is the second most senior court in the English legal system, with only the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords above it. ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Visitor Attractions and Places

• Buckler's Hard
• Beaulieu
• New Forest Show

One of the many miles of cycle paths

The forest has many well kept cycle paths for the use of the large number of cyclists that visit the forest each year. Many outlets are set up to handle the high requirement for bicycle hire, with both Burley and Brockenhurst having facilities. The building slips at Bucklers Hard Bucklers Hard is a picturesque hamlet situated on the banks of the Beaulieu river in the English county of Hampshire. ... Beaulieu is a small village located on the south eastern edge of the New Forest national park in Hampshire, England. ... The New Forest and Hampshire County Show, or more commonly known as The New Forest Show is an annual event held for three days at the end of July in New Park, near Brockenhurst in Hampshire. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 2. ... Burley may refer to: Burley, a variety of tobacco a brand of leather ball kicked in the game of Australian rules football Places in England Burley, Hampshire Burley, Herefordshire Burley, Leeds Burley, Rutland Burley, Shropshire Burley-in-Wharfedale Places in the United States Burley, Idaho Burley, Washington See also Burley... Brockenhurst is a village situated in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. ...

Gallery

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Horses and other widlife

See also

• English Lowlands beech forests

Beech forest The term English Lowlands beech forests refers to a terrestrial ecoregion, as defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the European Environment Agency (EEA). ...

References

1. ^ Hampshire Treasures
2. ^ UNESCO World Heritage
3. ^ New Forest National Park History
4. ^ Entry on the UNESCO Tentative List.
5. ^ History of the New Forest National Park.
6. ^ UK SAC details
7. ^ UK SPA list
8. ^ UK and dependencies Ramsar Site list
9. ^ Update 6 from DEFRA
10. ^ Landscape Protection - New Forest National Park from DEFRA
11. ^ Judgment of the High Court in Meyrick Estate Management Ltd v. Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, [2005] EWHC 2618 (Admin), 3 November 2005, from BAILII.
12. ^ New Forest National Park - Frequently asked questions - Boundary Issues.

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External links

• The Official New Forest Visitors Website, Visitors Resources and Official Information on visiting and enjoying the forest
• New Forest Gateway, Community Resource & Historical Image archive
• New Forest National Park Authority
• New Forest Images - Photography of the New Forest, its wildlife and New Forest Ponies
• SAC designation including extensive technical description of habitats and species
• Commoning in the New Forest
• Visitor Guide & Forest image gallery
• Designation as a national park:
  • Minister says yes to New Forest National Park (DEFRA press release, 28 June 2004)
  • New Forest National Park becomes a reality (DEFRA press release, 24 February 2004)
  • The New Forest National Park (Countryside Agency press release, 1 March 2005)
  • New Forest National Park Inquiry from the Planning Inspectorate
  • Maps of the boundary
• UK Clearing House Mechanism for Biodiversity
• Big trees in the New Forest