New Forest District

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 (mid-2014 est.)
• Total	178,907
• Rank	99th (of 326)
• Density	620/sq mi (240/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

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