submerged fenceposts at Keyhaven Lagoon

Numbers 0 - 1,000

  • 18 conservation areas
  • 22 members on the New Forest National Park Authority
  • 37 parishes and towns wholly or partly within the National Park
  • 42 kilometres of coastline (26 miles), including saltmarsh, lagoons and mudflats
  • 90 out of the 120 valley mires in north-western Europe
  • 214 scheduled ancient monuments
  • 310 kilometres (193 miles) of rights of way, including 235 kilometres (146 miles) of public footpaths
  • Between 500 and 600 commoners active in the New Forest
  • Around 614 listed buildings
  • Nearly 1,000 years old - much of the New Forest National Park was originally a royal hunting ground

Numbers 1,000 - 30,000 | 30,000 - 120m

living - working