New Forest

district, England, United Kingdom
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New Forest, district, administrative and historic county of Hampshire, England. It consists of the land encompassed by New Forest National Park (established 2005) and its urbanized coastal fringe flanking Southampton Water and The Solent, together with rural areas around Ringwood and Fordingbridge in the west of the county. Lyndhurst, the administrative centre of the district, is also the southern headquarters for the Forestry Commission. The old harbour of Hythe and the modern oil terminal of Fawley on Southampton Water are economically linked with the city of Southampton. Just to the west the Cistercian Abbey of Beaulieu has been developed into ...(100 of 146 words)