New Forest District
Non-metropolitan district in England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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New Forest is a local government district in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Lyndhurst, although the largest town is Totton. The district also includes the towns of Fordingbridge, Lymington, New Milton and Ringwood. The district is named after and covers most of the New Forest National Park, which occupies much of the central part of the district. The main urban areas are around the periphery of the forest. The district has a coastline onto the Solent to the south and Southampton Water to the east.
New Forest | |
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Motto: "Old yet ever new" | |
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 |
• MPs | Julian Lewis Desmond Swayne |
Area | |
• Total | 290.8 sq mi (753.2 km2) |
• Rank | 43rd (of 296) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 176,262 |
• Rank | 118th (of 296) |
• Density | 610/sq mi (230/km2) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
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Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
ONS code | 24UJ (ONS) E07000091 (GSS) |
OS grid reference | SU2581608959 |
The neighbouring districts are Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, Wiltshire, Test Valley, Southampton and Eastleigh (across Southampton Water). The district also faces the Isle of Wight across the Solent.