Coordinates: 50°52′44″N 1°37′59″W / 50.879°N 1.633°W / 50.879; -1.633
| New Forest District | |
|---|---|
| — Non-metropolitan district — | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South East England |
| Non-metropolitan county | Hampshire |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Admin HQ | Lyndhurst |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | New Forest District Council |
| • Leadership | Leader and Cabinet (Conservative) |
| • MPs | Julian Lewis Desmond Swayne |
| Area | |
| • Total | 290.8 sq mi (753.2 km2) |
| Area rank | 47th (of 326) |
| Population (2011 est.) | |
| • Total | 176,800 |
| • Rank | 96th (of 326) |
| • Density | 610/sq mi (230/km2) |
| • Ethnicity | 98.9% White 1.1%South Asian |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 24UJ (ONS) E07000091 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | SU2581608959 |
| Website | www.newforest.gov.uk |
New Forest is a local government district in Hampshire, England. It is named after the New Forest.
It was created on 1 April 1974, and was a merger of the borough of Lymington, New Forest Rural District and part of Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District.
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.
Parishes and settlements
- Ashurst and Colbury
- Beaulieu, Boldre, Bramshaw, Bransgore, Breamore, Brockenhurst, Burley
- Copythorne
- Damerham, Denny Lodge
- East Boldre, Ellingham Harbridge and Ibsley, Exbury and Lepe
- Fawley, Fordingbridge
- Godshill
- Hale, Hordle, Hyde, Hythe and Dibden
- Lymington, Lyndhurst
- Marchwood, Martin, Milford-on-Sea, Minstead
- Netley Marsh, New Milton
- Ringwood, Rockbourne
- Sandleheath, Sopley, Sway
- Totton and Eling
- Whitsbury, Woodgreen
Famous quotes containing the words forest and/or district:
“Nature herself has not provided the most graceful end for her creatures. What becomes of all these birds that people the air and forest for our solacement? The sparrow seems always chipper, never infirm. We do not see their bodies lie about. Yet there is a tragedy at the end of each one of their lives. They must perish miserably; not one of them is translated. True, “not a sparrow falleth to the ground without our Heavenly Father’s knowledge,” but they do fall, nevertheless.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)