The New Forest is one of Europe’s most important locations for nature and conservation. Its unique mix of landscapes including ancient woodlands, wetlands and bogs, and open heathlands means it is home to many rare species of plants and wildlife long since lost from the UK and Europe.
Why do people go to the New Forest?
Wide trails through ancient woodlands and heath offer countless opportunities for hiking and biking, activities that allow you to discover the Forest’s plants and wildlife. More than 1,000 ancient trees have been recorded in the New Forest.
What do people do in the New Forest?
They can join you paddleboarding or kayaking, wander around local gardens and, of course, join you on brilliant walks and cycle rides through our woodland and heathland. Take a look at our dog friendly webpage to find woof-tastic days out in the New Forest.
How is the New Forest sustainable?
The New Forest National Park is a fragile place, where thriving communities live next to rare habitats. So we work to encourage sustainable living through education, conservation, the use of green technologies, building in environmentally friendly ways, and the production of local food and goods.
What makes the New Forest a National Park?
What are the things that make the New Forest National Park special? There are many things including: Outstanding natural beauty. Extraordinary diversity of plants and animals.
Is the New Forest a good place to live?
The town frequently ranks highly in the ‘best places to live’ lists. Perched between the Solent and the Forest it has an attractive, wide, Georgian high street populated with boutique shops and cafes. Down through the cobbled lanes is the marina and boat builders.
Who owns the New Forest?
Managing the land: Forestry England manages the Crown lands in the New Forest National Park – nearly half of the total area. Others who manage land include the National Trust, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, Hampshire County Council and private landowners/estates.
What famous people live in the New Forest?
Famous People
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes creator and author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is buried in All Saints’ Church, Minstead, near to Lyndhurst.
- Florence Nightingale. Arguably the most famous nurse in history, Florence Nightingale lived in Embley Park, Wellow, from 1825 until her death in 1910.
- Chris Packham.
What food is New Forest famous for?
The New Forest Scotch Egg Co specialise in gourmet scotch eggs, handmade on their farm near Ringwood. Making the most of the local produce available, including free range eggs and locally sourced meat, they produce Scotch eggs in a variety of flavours.
How old is the New Forest?
one thousand years
The New Forest has a long and proud history that dates back almost one thousand years. Humans have been living within, changing the shape and sustaining the Forest since the Bronze Age, and continue to do so. In 1079 William the Conqueror took ownership of the area as his own hunting forest.
What are New Forest rights?
The Common Rights of the New Forest are attached to properties and particular land in the New Forest, not individuals. There are 6 registers rights, these being Pasture, Mast, Marl, Turbary, Sheep and Fuelwood. Commoners of the New Forest are those who occupy land or property to which these privileges are attached.
Who protects New Forest?
Forestry England manages 47% of the New Forest National Park, including much of the best-known ancient woodlands, wetlands and heathlands, which are home to many rare species of plants and wildlife. In fact, we look after more land and more trees than any other organisation in England.
How would you describe the New Forest?
The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. It was proclaimed a royal forest by William the Conqueror, featuring in the Domesday Book.
What grows in the New Forest?
In the spring the woodland areas are home to wood anemones, early flowering orchids, wild garlic (ramsons), lesser celandines, bluebells and primroses, and later in the year to bird’s-nest orchid, helleborines and the rare wild gladiolus which grows among bracken on the edge of the ancient pasture woodlands – the New
Who invented the New Forest?
William the Conqueror
Since its creation by William the Conqueror around 1079 for the pursuit of the ‘beasts of the chase’ – red, roe and fallow deer and wild pig – many historical events and influences have shaped the landscape and cultural heritage of the New Forest.
Which part of the New Forest is best?
Bolderwood is the most popular area of the New Forest, so expect the car park to be busy in the summer.
Is the New Forest expensive to live?
New Forest the UK’s most expensive national park for house prices – with a home costing £475,000 on average. THE New Forest remains the most expensive national park in the country for house prices, figures have revealed, with buyers having to fork out more than double the UK average.
Where is the oldest tree in the New Forest?
When considering the New Forest’s most venerable trees, the Knightwood Oak generally gets a mention as possibly the oldest of them all. A pollard, the Knightwood Oak stands quite near to the A35 at the start of the Bolderwood Ornamental Drive, close to Knightwood Inclosure – it is at grid reference SU2653 0650.
What is the oldest part of the New Forest?
The huge Knightwood Oak is unquestionably the New Forest’s most famous tree and is thought to be one of the oldest, with age estimates ranging from 450 to 600 years old. The girth of the trunk close to ground level is just over seven metres, indeed a size only achieved after several centuries growth!
How many animals are killed in the New Forest?
Improvements were seen early on in 2022 when the New Forest went 15 weeks without a fatal road traffic accident. Group members are asking the public for their continued support in keeping these numbers down after 24 ponies, one cow and two pigs died on the roads this year, with a further 16 animals suffering injuries.
What’s the biggest forest in England?
Wyre Forest National Nature Reserve (NNR) extended by almost 900 hectares (60 percent) to now cover over 1,455 hectares. Wyre Forest has today become the largest woodland National Nature Reserve (NNR) in England.