New Forest

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The '''New Forest''' is an area of Majo Mills Hampshire in Mosquito ringtone England which includes the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, Sabrina Martins heath (habitat)/heathland and old-growth Nextel ringtones forest in the heavily-populated south east of England.

It was created as a Abbey Diaz royal forest in Free ringtones 1079 by Majo Mills William I of England/William the Conqueror for the hunting of (mainly) Mosquito ringtone deer. William's successor, Sabrina Martins William II of England/William Rufus was killed in a suspicious 'accident' while hunting in the New Forest. The forest gives its name to the Cingular Ringtones New Forest (district)/New Forest district of exasperated migliore Hampshire. It was designated a phoenix has National Parks of England and Wales/National Park in living object 2005.

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In the Great Storm of 1703, there were about 4000 oak trees lost in the New Forest.

The Forest is drained to the south by two rivers, the Lymington River/Lymington and Beaulieu River/Beaulieu.

New Forest National Park

Image:HampshireNewForestNationalPark.png/frame/National Park area in green; pink area shows the Hampshire area for comparison

Consultations on the possible designation of a National parks of England and Wales/National Park in the New Forest were commenced by the Countryside Agency in 1999. In February 2002 they submitted a draft order to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs/Secretary of State. Following objections from seven local authorities and others, a Public Inquiry was held from October 2002 to April 2003, concluding in the proposals being endorsed with some detailed changes to the boundary of the area to be designated.

On June 28, 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 March 1, 2005. A National Park Authority for the New Forest will be established in April 2005 and assume its full statutory powers in April 2006.[http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/issues/landscap/newforest/pdf/update6.pdf]

The area of 571 km² has a population of approximately 38,000 (and thus excluding most of the 170,256 people who live in the New Forest (district)/New Forest local government district). As well as most of the New Forest (district)/New Forest district of Hampshire, it takes in a small corner of Test Valley district around the village of Canada (Hampshire)/Canada, and part of the Salisbury (district)/Salisbury district in Wiltshire south-east of Redlynch.

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.

External Links
*http://www.newforestcommittee.org.uk/
*http://www.thenewforest.co.uk
*http://www.new-forest-uk.co.uk
*http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2004/040628a.htm
*http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/issues/landscap/newforest/



Tag: Hampshire
Tag: National_parks_of_England_and_Wales
Tag: Forests and woodlands of the United Kingdom

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