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.
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19 Facts About New Forest
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New Forest was first recorded as Nova Foresta in Domesday Book in 1086, where a section devoted to it is interpolated between lands of the king's thegns and the town of Southampton; it is the only forest that the book describes in detail.
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The New Forest became a source of timber for the Royal Navy, and plantations were created in the 18th century for this purpose.
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The New Forest became a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1971, and was granted special status as the New Forest Heritage Area in 1985, with additional planning controls added in 1992.
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The livestock actually grazing the New Forest are therefore considerably fewer than those marked.
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New Forest has been classed as National Character Area No 131 by Natural England.
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Ecological value of the New Forest is enhanced by the relatively large areas of lowland habitats, lost elsewhere, which have survived.
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The New Forest is an important stronghold for a rich variety of fungi, and although these have been heavily gathered in the past, there are control measures now in place to manage this.
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New Forest caught many thousands in his lifetime, sending some to London Zoo as food for their animals.
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The New Forest pony is one of the indigenous horse breeds of the British Isles, and is one of the New Forest's most famous attractions – most of the Forest ponies are of this breed, but there are some Shetlands and their crossbreeds.
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The pigs used for pannage, during the autumn months, are now of various breeds, but the New Forest was the original home of the Wessex Saddleback, now extinct in Britain.
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New Forest is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, an EU Special Area of Conservation, a Special Protection Area for birds, and a Ramsar Site; it has its own Biodiversity Action Plan.
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New Forest itself gives its name to the New Forest district of Hampshire, and the National Park area, of which it forms the core.
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New Forest itself is dominated by four larger 'defined' villages, Sway, Brockenhurst, Lyndhurst and Ashurst, with several smaller villages such as Burley, Beaulieu, Godshill, Fritham, Nomansland, and Minstead lying within or immediately adjacent.
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The Verderers under the New Forest Acts retain their responsibilities, and the park authority is expected to co-operate with these bodies, the local authorities, English Nature and other interested parties.
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The Children of the New Forest is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat, set in the time of the English Civil War.
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New Forest and southeast England, around the 12th century, is a prominent setting in Ken Follett's novel The Pillars of the Earth.
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