The district is one of the most populated in England not to be a unitary authority. It was recommended by the Banham Commission to become one in 1995, but this case was vetoed by the government of the day.
The NewForest was originally commandeered in 1079 as a deer hunting area by the king, William the Conqueror.
The NewForest is a beautiful area, but it is not "natural" in the sense of untouched by man.
As well as providing a visually remarkable and historic landscape, the ecological value of the NewForest is particularly great because of the relatively large areas of lowland habitats, lost elsewhere, which have survived.
The NewForest 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.
Forest Laws were enacted to preserve the NewForest as a location for royal deer hunting, and interference with the King's deer and its forage was severely punished.
Among the towns and villages lying in or adjacent to the Forest are Lyndhurst (which claims to be the 'capital' of the NewForest), Brockenhurst, Fordingbridge, Ringwood, Beaulieu, Bransgore and Lymington.
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