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| IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) | |
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| Location | Hampshire, England |
| Nearest city | Southampton |
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| Area | 571 km² (141,097 acres) |
| Established | 1079 |
| Visitors | 7. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Southampton ( IPA /ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən/ is the largest city in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England 5 million (in 1992) |
| Governing body | New Forest National Park Authority |
The New Forest is an area of southern England which includes the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and old-growth forest in the heavily-populated south east of England, and has National Park status. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Heaths are Shrubland habitats characterised by open low growing woody Vegetation, found on mainly infertile Acidic soils A forest is an area with a high density of Trees There are many definitions of a forest based on various criteria South East England is one of the nine official Regions of England. The national parks of England and Wales are areas of relatively undeveloped and scenic landscape that are designated under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 The contiguous New Forest habitat covers south west Hampshire and some of south Wiltshire. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain Etymology The county formerly 'Wiltonshire' or 'Wiltunscir' (9th century is named after the former county town of Wilton (itself named after the River Wylye Additionally the New Forest local government district is a subdivision of Hampshire which covers most of the forest, and some nearby areas. There are many small villages dotted around the area.
The highest point in the New Forest is Piper's Wait, just west of Bramshaw. Bramshaw is a small village in Hampshire, England. It lies just inside the New Forest. Its summit is at 125 m (410 ft) above mean sea level. The term above mean sea level ( AMSL) refers to the Elevation (on the ground or Altitude (in the Air) of any object relative to the
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History of the New Forest
Like much of England, the New Forest was originally woodland, but parts were cleared for cultivation from the Stone Age and into the Bronze Age. The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric time period during which Humans widely used stone for toolmaking The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for However, the poor quality of the soil in the new forest meant that the cleared areas turned into heathland "waste". There are around 250 round barrows[1] within its boundaries, and scattered boiling mounds, and it also includes about 150 scheduled ancient monuments. Round barrows are one of the most common types of archaeological Monuments Although concentrated in Europe they are found in many parts of the world because A burnt mound is a mound of shattered stones and charcoal normally with an adjacent hearth and trough In the United Kingdom, a Scheduled Monument is a 'nationally important' Archaeological site or historic building given protection against unauthorised change [2]
The New Forest was created as a royal forest around 1080[3] by William the Conqueror for the hunting of (mainly) deer. A royal forest is an area of land where certain rights are reserved for a Monarch or the Aristocracy, usually set aside for Hunting (see Medieval hunting William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages A deer is a Ruminant Mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. It was first recorded as "Nova Foresta" in the Domesday Book in 1086. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey The story that the inhabitants of thirty-six parishes were evicted is one of the many myths surrounding the forest's history. Two of William's sons died in the forest, Prince Richard in 1081 and William Rufus in 1100. Richard was born in 1054 in Normandy, France, the second legitimate son of William the Conqueror, King of England and Duke of Normandy. William II (c 1056 &ndash 2 August 1100) the third son of William I of England (William the Conqueror was King of England from 1087 The reputed spot of the Rufus' death is marked with a stone known as the Rufus Stone. William II (c 1056 &ndash 2 August 1100) the third son of William I of England (William the Conqueror was King of England from 1087
As of 2005, roughly ninety per cent of the New Forest is still owned by the Crown. Throughout the Commonwealth realms The Crown is an abstract metonymic concept which represents the legal authority for the existence of any government The Crown lands have been managed by the Forestry Commission since 1923. The Forestry Commission (established in 1919 is a Non-ministerial government department responsible for Forestry in Great Britain. Around half of the Crown lands fall inside the new National Park.
Formal commons rights were confirmed by statute in 1698. Common land (a common) is a piece of land owned by one person but over which other people can exercise certain traditional rights such as allowing their livestock to graze Over time, the New Forest became a source of timber for the Royal Navy, and plantations were deliberately created in the 18th century for this specific purpose. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) In the Great Storm of 1703, about four thousand oak trees were lost in the New Forest. The Great Storm of 1703 is arguably the most severe storm or Natural disaster ever recorded in the southern part of Britain.
The naval plantations encroached on the rights of the Commoners, but the Forest gained new protection under an Act of Parliament in 1877. An Act of Parliament is a Law enacted as Primary legislation by a national or sub-national Parliament. The New Forest Act 1877 confirmed the historic rights of the Commoners and prohibited the enclosure of more than 16,000 acres (65 km²) at any time. The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U It also reconstituted the Court of Verderers as representatives of the Commoners (rather than the Crown).
Felling of broadleaf trees, and replacement by conifers, began during the First World War to meet the wartime demand for wood. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Further encroachments were made in the Second World War. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including This process is today being reversed in places, with some plantations being returned to heathland or broadleaf woodland.
Further New Forest Acts followed in 1949, 1964 and 1970. 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. A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a Conservation designation denoting a Protected area in the United Kingdom. The New Forest was proposed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 1999,[4] and it became a National Park in 2005. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex [5]
Edward Rutherfurd's work of historical fiction, The Forest, is based in the New Forest in the time period from 1099 through 2000. Edward Rutherfurd (born 1948 in Salisbury, England) is primarily known as a writer of epic Historical novels His debut novel Sarum set the Historical fiction is a sub-genre of Fiction that often portrays alternate accounts or dramatization of historical figures or events
Common rights
Forest Laws were enacted to preserve the New Forest as a location for royal deer hunting, and interference with the King's deer and its forage was punished. Deer hunting is the activity or sport of pursuing deer which began as early as 7000 BC However the inhabitants of the area("Commoners") had pre-existing "rights of common": to turn horses and cattle (but only rarely sheep) out into the Forest to graze ("common pasture"), to gather wood ("estovers"), to cut peat for fuel ("turbary"), to dig clay ("marl"), and to turn out pigs between September and November to eat fallen acorns and beechnuts ("pannage" or "mast"). In former English law, estovers is wood that a Tenant is allowed to take for life or a period of years from the land he holds for the repair of his House A turbary is a piece of peatland from which turf may be cut for fuel Marl or Marlstone is a Calcium carbonate or lime -rich mud or Mudstone which contains variable amounts of Clays and Aragonite Pannage is an English legal term for the practice of turning out Domestic pigs in a wood or Forest, in order that they may feed on fallen Acorns There were also licences granted to gather bracken after 29 September as litter for animals ("fern"), Along with grazing, pannage is still an important part of the forest ecology. Brackens ( Pteridium) are a genus of about ten species of large coarse Ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Pigs can eat acorns without a problem, whereas to ponies and cattle large numbers of acorns can be poisonous. The acorn is the nut of the Oak tree (genera Quercus, Lithocarpus and Cyclobalanopsis, in the Pannage always lasts 60 days but the start date varies according to the weather — and when the acorns fall. The Verderers decide when pannage will start each year. Verderers are officials in Britain who deal with judicial afairs in certain forests which are the property of the British Royal Family. Pannage is an English legal term for the practice of turning out Domestic pigs in a wood or Forest, in order that they may feed on fallen Acorns At other times the pigs must be taken in and kept on the owner's land with the exception that pregnant sows, known as "privileged sows", are always allowed out providing they are not a nuisance and return to the Commoner's holding at night (they must be "levant" and "couchant" there). This last is not a true Right, however, so much as an established practice. The principle of levancy and couchancy applied generally to the right of pasture as it was unstinted but commoners must have backup land, outside the Forest, to accommodate these depastured animals as during the Foot and Mouth epidemic.
Commons rights are attached to particular plots of land (or in the case of turbary, to particular heaths), and different land has different rights — and some of this land is some distance from the Forest itself. Rights to graze ponies and cattle are not for a certain number of animals, as is often the case on other commons. Instead a "marking fee" is paid for each animal each year by the owner. The marked animal's tail is trimmed by the local "agister" (Verderers' official), with each of the four or five Forest agisters using a different trimming pattern. Ponies are branded with the owner's brand-mark; cattle may be branded, or nowadays may have the brand-mark on an ear-tag. The grazing done by the commoners' ponies and cattle is an essential part of the management of the Forest, helping to maintain the internationally important heathland, bog, grassland and wood-pasture habitats and their associated wildlife.
Geography
The New Forest Heritage Area covers about 580 km² (143321 acres), and the New Forest SSSI covers almost 300 km² (74131 acres), making it the largest contiguous area of un-sown vegetation in lowland Britain. The Beaulieu River (pron /ˈbjuːli/ is a small river flowing south through the New Forest in the county of Hampshire in southern England. Fawley is a Village and Parish in Hampshire, England. It is situated in the New Forest on the western shore of the Solent A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a Conservation designation denoting a Protected area in the United Kingdom. It includes roughly:
- 146 km² (36077 acres) of broadleaf woodland
- 118 km² (29158 acres) of heathland and grassland
- 33 km² (8154 acres) of wet heathland
- 84 km² (20756 acres) of tree plantations ("inclosures") established since the 18th century, including 80 km² (19768 acres) planted by the Forestry Commission since the 1920s. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group
It is drained to the south by two rivers, the Lymington and Beaulieu. The Lymington River is a small river in the south of England, flowing through the New Forest into the Solent at the town of Lymington. The Beaulieu River (pron /ˈbjuːli/ is a small river flowing south through the New Forest in the county of Hampshire in southern England.
Wildlife
As well as providing a visually remarkable and historic landscape, the ecological value of the New Forest is particularly great because of the relatively large areas of lowland habitats, lost elsewhere, which have survived. The area contains several kinds of important lowland habitat including valley bogs, wet heaths, dry heaths and deciduous woodland. Ecologically a woodland is an area covered in trees differentiated from a Forest. The area contains a profusion of rare wildlife, including the New Forest cicada Cicadetta montana, the only cicada native to Great Britain. A cicada is an Insect of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha, in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with large eyes wide apart on the See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands The wet heaths are important for rare plants, such as marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe and marsh clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata. Lycopodiella is a Genus in the Clubmoss family Lycopodiaceae. Several species of sundew may be found in the Forest, and the area is also the habitat of many unusual insect species, including the Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale, and the mole cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (both rare in Britain). The Sundews ( Drosera) comprise one of the largest genera of Carnivorous plants with over 170 Species. Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. UserPolbot. --> Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale is a species of Damselfly in family Coenagrionidae The mole crickets compose family Gryllotalpidae, of thick-bodied Insects about 3-5 cm (1-2 inches long with large beady eyes and shovel-like Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa is the European mole cricket found in Europe the UK and places where it has been introduced such as the eastern US
Three species of snake inhabit the Forest. The adder is the most common being found on open heath and grassland. Common names common European adder common European viper ( more) The grass snake prefers the damper environment of the valley mires. This article is about the European Grass Snake or Ringed Snake Natrix natrix The rare smooth snake can be found on sandy hillsides with heather and gorse. Common names Smooth snake Coronella austriaca is a harmless colubrid Species found in northern and central Calluna vulgaris (also known as Ling is the sole species in the Genus Calluna in the family Ericaceae. Gorse ( Ulex) comprises a Genus of about 20 species of Evergreen Shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family
A program to reintroduce the sand lizard started in 1989 and the great crested newt already breeds in many locations. The Sand Lizard ( Lacerta agilis) is a Lizard. It is distributed across most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia, although it does not occur The great crested newt, northern crested newt or warty newt ( Triturus cristatus) is a Newt in the family Salamandridae, found
Numerous deer live in the Forest but are usually rather shy and tend to stay out of sight when people are around, but are surprisingly bold at night, even when a car drives past. Fallow deer are the most common followed by roe deer and red deer. The Fallow Deer ( Dama dama) is a Ruminant Mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. The European Roe Deer ( Capreolus capreolus) is a Deer species of Europe, Asia Minor, and Caspian coastal regions The Red Deer ( Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest Deer species There are also smaller populations of sika deer and muntjac. The Sika Deer ( Cervus nippon) is a member of the deer family Cervidae that inhabits much of East Asia. The semi-wild ponies mentioned earlier are possibly the New Forest's most famous common animals, however.
The New Forest is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), EU Special Area of Conservation (SAC),[6] a Special Protection Area for birds (SPA)[7] and a Ramsar Site,[8] it also has its own Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP)
Settlements
Among the towns and villages lying in or adjacent to the Forest are Lyndhurst (which claims to be the 'capital' of the New Forest), Hythe, Totton, Burley, Brockenhurst, Fordingbridge, Ringwood, Beaulieu, Bransgore Lymington and New Milton. Lyndhurst is the largest village within the New Forest, Hampshire, England. Hythe is a Village near Southampton, Hampshire, England. It has a small shopping area clustered around its High Street which includes a Totton and Eling is a Town and Civil parish in Hampshire, UK, with a Population of around 28000 people Burley may refer to Place names Places in England Burley Hampshire Burley Herefordshire Brockenhurst is a Village situated in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. Fordingbridge is a former Market town with a population of six thousand on the River Avon and the A338 road in the west of Hampshire, Ringwood is a Town in Hampshire, England, which is located on the River Avon, west of the New Forest and north of Bournemouth For other uses of the name Lymington see Lymington (disambiguation. New Milton is a Market town in south west Hampshire, England. It is bounded to the west by Bournemouth and to the east by the city of Southampton. Bournemouth ( is a large coastal resort town in the Borough of Bournemouth in Dorset, England. Southampton ( IPA /ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən/ is the largest city in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England The forest gives its name to the New Forest district of Hampshire. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain
See also List of locations in the New Forest. The following is a list of locations in the New Forest, England Ashurst Bartley Beaulieu
New Forest National Park
Consultations on the possible designation of a National Park in the New Forest were commenced by the Countryside Agency in 1999. The national parks of England and Wales are areas of relatively undeveloped and scenic landscape that are designated under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 The Countryside Agency in England was a statutory body set up in 1999 with the task of improving the quality of the rural environment and the lives of those living An order to create the park was made by the Agency on 24 January 2002 and submitted to the Secretary of State for confirmation in February 2002. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs is a UK cabinet-level position in charge of the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Following objections from seven local authorities and others, a Public Inquiry was held from 8 October 2002 to 10 April 2003, concluding with that the proposal should be endorsed with some detailed changes to the boundary of the area to be designated. A public inquiry is an official Review of events or actions ordered by a country's state's or province's government Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
On 28 June 2004, Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael confirmed the government's intention to designate the area as a National Park, with further detailed boundary adjustments. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Alun Edward Michael JP MP (born 22 August 1943 is a Welsh politician The area was formally designated as such on 1 March 2005. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A National Park Authority for the New Forest was established on 1 April 2005 and assumed its full statutory powers on 1 April 2006. A National Park Authority is a special term used in the United Kingdom for the legal body in charge of a National park. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [9] The Forestry Commission retain their powers to manage the Crown land within the Park, and the Verderers under the New Forest Acts also retain their responsibilities, and the Park Authority is expected to co-operate with these bodies, the local authorities, English Nature and other interested parties. The Forestry Commission (established in 1919 is a Non-ministerial government department responsible for Forestry in Great Britain. English Nature was the United Kingdom government agency that promoted the conservation of Wildlife, Geology and wild places throughout England
The designated area of the National Park covers 571 km² (141097 acres) and includes many existing SSSIs. A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a Conservation designation denoting a Protected area in the United Kingdom. It has a population of approximately 38,000 (excluding most of the 170,256 people who live in the New Forest local government district). As well as most of the New Forest district of Hampshire, it takes in the South Hampshire Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a small corner of Test Valley district around the village of Canada and part of the Salisbury district in Wiltshire south-east of Redlynch. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain The South Hampshire Coast is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB in Hampshire, England, UK that was subsumed into the New An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB is an area of countryside with significant landscape value in England, Wales or Northern Ireland Towns and villages Abbotswood Abbotts Ann Ampfield Amport Andover Political control Control of the authority shifted in the elections of May 2007 from Conservative to no overall control the current administration being formed by a coalition Etymology The county formerly 'Wiltonshire' or 'Wiltunscir' (9th century is named after the former county town of Wilton (itself named after the River Wylye Redlynch is an agricultural Village located in the southeast of Wiltshire, England, in the Salisbury district.
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. The River Avon is a River in the counties of Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset in the south of England, sometimes distinguished Dibden is a parish in Hampshire, England. The main settlement Dibden Purlieu, (pronounced "pur-loo"} has a population of 3300 Two challenges were made to the designation order, by Meyrick Estate Management Ltd in relation to the inclusion of Hinton Admiral Park, and by RWE NPower Plc to the inclusion of Fawley Power Station. Hinton Admiral is the estate and ancestral home of the Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick family The company RWE is not related to Ralph Waldo Emerson. RWE AG (until 1990 Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk npower is a UK based Electricity and Natural gas supply company owned by RWE of Germany. Fawley Power Station is located on the western side of Southampton Water, between the villages of Fawley and Calshot in Hampshire. The second challenge was settled out of court, with the power station being excluded. [10] The High Court upheld the first challenge;[11] but an appeal against the decision was then heard by the Court of Appeal in Autumn 2006. For the Cameroonian court by this name see High Court of Justice (Cameroon, for the Israeli court of this name see Supreme Court of Israel. The Court of Appeal of England and Wales is the second most senior court in the English legal system, with only the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords above The final ruling, published on 15 February 2007, found in favour of the challenge by Meyrick Estate Management Ltd,[12] and the land at Hinton Admiral Park is therefore excluded from the New Forest National Park. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Visitor Attractions and Places
- Buckler's Hard
- Beaulieu
- New Forest Show
The forest has many well kept cycle paths for the use of the large number of cyclists that visit the forest each year. Bucklers Hard is a picturesque hamlet situated on the banks of the Beaulieu river in the English county of Hampshire. The New Forest and Hampshire County Show, or more commonly known as "The New Forest Show" is an annual Agricultural show event held Many outlets are set up to handle the high requirement for bicycle hire, with both Burley and Brockenhurst having facilities. Burley may refer to Place names Places in England Burley Hampshire Burley Herefordshire Brockenhurst is a Village situated in the New Forest, Hampshire, England.
Gallery
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Ponies grazing at Latchmoor bottom New Forest. jpg
Ponies grazing by the Latchmoor Brook |
 New Forest heath and ponies |
 The Beaulieu River at Longwater Lawn |
 New Forest ponies,September 2007. The Beaulieu River (pron /ˈbjuːli/ is a small river flowing south through the New Forest in the county of Hampshire in southern England. |
 Bolton's Bench in Lyndhurst |
 Hatchet Pond near Beaulieu |
See also
References
- ^ Hampshire Treasures
- ^ UNESCO World Heritage
- ^ New Forest National Park History
- ^ Entry on the UNESCO Tentative List. The term English Lowlands beech forests refers to a terrestrial Ecoregion in Northern Europe, as defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF and the
- ^ History of the New Forest National Park.
- ^ UK SAC details
- ^ UK SPA list
- ^ UK and dependencies Ramsar Site list
- ^ Update 6 from DEFRA
- ^ Landscape Protection - New Forest National Park from DEFRA
- ^ Judgment of the High Court in Meyrick Estate Management Ltd v. The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs ( Defra) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for environmental protection The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs ( Defra) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for environmental protection For the Cameroonian court by this name see High Court of Justice (Cameroon, for the Israeli court of this name see Supreme Court of Israel. Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, [2005] EWHC 2618 (Admin), 3 November 2005, from BAILII. The Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs is a UK cabinet-level position in charge of the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Free Access to Law Movement is the umbrella name for the collective of legal projects across several Common law countries to provide free online access to legal information
- ^ New Forest National Park - Frequently asked questions - Boundary Issues.
External links
- The New Forest - Information on the history of the New Forest and what to do in the forest, visitors resources and places to stay in the New Forest
- Where to stay in the New Forest - Information on places to stay in the New Forest
- The Official New Forest Visitors Website, Visitors Resources and Official Information on visiting and enjoying the forest
- New Forest Gateway, Community Resource & Historical Image archive
- New Forest Guide and History
- New Forest National Park Authority
- New Forest Images - Photography of the New Forest, its wildlife and New Forest Ponies
- New Forest Community Media - A not-for-profit media site serving the National Park
- New Forest Equine Directory - Equine Resource for the New Forest & surronding area
- SAC designation including extensive technical description of habitats and species
- Commoning in the New Forest
- Visitor Guide & Forest image gallery
- Guided walks and wildlife courses
- Designation as a national park:
- Minister says yes to New Forest National Park (DEFRA press release, 28 June 2004)
- New Forest National Park becomes a reality (DEFRA press release, 24 February 2004)
- The New Forest National Park (Countryside Agency press release, 1 March 2005)
- New Forest National Park Inquiry from the Planning Inspectorate
- Maps of the boundary
- UK Clearing House Mechanism for Biodiversity
- Big trees in the New Forest
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