view across open forest at Pig Bush

Numbers 30,000 to 120m

  • 31,000 hectares of national or international importance for nature conservation – over half of the Park and a higher proportion than in any other English National Park
  • 34,000 people living with the boundary of the New Forest National Park, making it the most densely-populated in England, more than 30 times more densely-populated than Northumberland National Park
  • 38,000 hectares covered by the historic ‘Perambulation’ in which commoners’ rights apply and their animals can roam freely
  • 56,651 hectares (or just under 219 square miles) – the area of the New Forest National Park, making it England’s smallest
  • 200,000 – the amount in pounds available in grants from the New Forest National Park Authority’s Sustainable Development Fund
  • 13.5 million day-visits a year (South East Tourism research 2005) of which 3 million are by holiday-makers and 10.5m by people travelling from home
  • Over £120m – the estimated amount in pounds generated each year by visits

Numbers 0 - 1,000 | 1,000 - 30,000

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