New Forest District

Coordinates: 50°52′44″N 1°37′59″W / 50.879°N 1.633°W / 50.879; -1.633

New Forest New Forest District
Non-metropolitan district
New Forest shown within Hampshire
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	94.9% White British 2.67% White Other 0.94% Asian 0.35% Black 1.14% Other
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

Ceremonial county of Hampshire Hampshire Portal Unitary authorities City of Portsmouth City of Southampton Boroughs or districts Borough of Basingstoke and Deane District of East Hampshire Borough of Eastleigh Borough of Fareham Borough of Gosport District of Hart Borough of Havant District of New Forest Borough of Rushmoor Borough of Test Valley City of Winchester Major settlements Aldershot Alton Andover Basingstoke Bishop's Waltham Blackwater Bordon Eastleigh Fareham Farnborough Fleet Fordingbridge Gosport Havant Hedge End Hythe Lee-on-the-Solent Lymington New Alresford New Milton Petersfield Portsmouth Ringwood Romsey Southampton Stockbridge Tadley Totton and Eling Waterlooville Whitchurch Winchester Yateley See also: List of civil parishes in Hampshire Rivers Avon Beaulieu Hamble Itchen Meon Test Wallington Wey Topics Parliamentary constituencies Places SSSIs Country houses Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings South Coast Plain South Downs History Schools Further education Museums Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs

Districts of South East England Berkshire Bracknell Forest Reading Slough West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Vale Chiltern Milton Keynes South Bucks Wycombe East Sussex Brighton and Hove Eastbourne Hastings Lewes Rother Wealden Hampshire Basingstoke and Deane East Hampshire Eastleigh Fareham Gosport Hart Havant New Forest Portsmouth Rushmoor Southampton Test Valley Winchester Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Kent Ashford Canterbury Dartford Dover Gravesham Maidstone Medway Sevenoaks Shepway Swale Thanet Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells Oxfordshire Cherwell Oxford South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse West Oxfordshire Surrey Elmbridge Epsom and Ewell Guildford Mole Valley Reigate and Banstead Runnymede Spelthorne Surrey Heath Tandridge Waverley Woking West Sussex Adur Arun Chichester Crawley Horsham Mid Sussex Worthing