| Winchester is the administrative capital
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| | comes from old English, meaning 'broken
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| of the county of Hampshire. It is without
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| | wooded hill'. The village has a mainline
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| doubt one of the most beautiful towns in
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| | railway station and it is possible to
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| all of England. However, if you tire of
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| | catch a train from London - and
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| town life, you could take a short drive
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| | Winchester - to the village. The local
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| to the New Forest and visit some of the
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| | parish church is called St Nicholas's and
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| most beautiful villages England has to
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| | has a fine Norman doorway in the south
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| offer.The New Forest was set aside as a
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| | porch. Beside the church the visitor may
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| Royal hunting ground at around 1079 by
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| | be surprised to find the 'New Zealand war
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| William the Conqueror. It is now the
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| | cemetery'. Neat rows of tombstones
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| biggest area of largely unspoilt
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| | commemorate over one hundred soldiers who
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| countryside in the lowlands of southern
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| | died in a nearby hospital during World
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| Britain and one of the few medieval
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| | War I. The village also has many fine old
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| forests remaining in Europe. Against all
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| | pubs and it is not unusual to see forest
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| the odds, an ancient landscape of
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| | ponies meandering down the villages
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| majestic woodlands, gorse-covered
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| | roads. The village is also the starting
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| heathland and boggy valleys has survived
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| | point of the New Forest Cycle
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| into the twenty-first century. But the
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| | Experience.As the name suggests,
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| forest is not a desolate place. People
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| | Fordingbridge gets its name from the fact
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| have been living in the forest well
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| | that the village has a bridge that spans
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| before its creation as a Royal hunting
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| | a river, the river Avon. In fact, the
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| ground. Indeed, the original inhabitants
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| | most photographed aspect of the town is
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| were allowed to remain in the forest.
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| | the ancient seven-arch Great Bridge, best
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| Today, the Forest is home to a collection
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| | seen from the recreation ground. Just
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| of some of the most quintessential of
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| | outside the village you can visit the
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| English villages; quaint Norman churches,
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| | Rockbourne Roman Villa. Excavated in the
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| small, cosy pubs, greens and idyllic
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| | 1950s by a local enthusiast, A T
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| thatched cottages.Although a village,
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| | Morley-Hewitt; over fifty rooms were
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| Lyndhurst has always been considered the
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| | discovered. The museum displays some of
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| 'capital of the New Forest'. It is in
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| | the artefacts found in the digs and shows
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| this village that you can find the New
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| | many aspects of life in a Romano-British
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| Forest Museum. It tells the story of the
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| | villa of the second to fourth centuries.
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| New Forest through a seventeen minute
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| | The village of Rockbourne is considered
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| audio-visual show and a series of
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| | by many to be one of Hampshire's
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| well-arranged displays and dioramas.
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| | prettiest villages. Thatched cottages
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| Visiting the museum is recommended as the
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| | line both sides of the village street,
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| first stop for the visitor, in order to
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| | with a clear chalk stream running along
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| gain an oversight of the history of the
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| | one side.Beaulieu is one of the most
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| Forest and what it has to offer. The
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| | visited villages in the New Forest. The
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| village church, St Michael and All
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| | village is extremely picturesque, with
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| Angels, is a modern building, built in
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| | thatched cottages and the scenic backdrop
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| the 1860s. The fine east window contains
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| | of the tidal estuary of the Beaulieu
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| a superb stained glass window, designed
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| | River. It is not unusual to see a group
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| by Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris.
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| | of donkeys walking down the main street,
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| Near the parish church is Queen's House -
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| | where several of the Georgian red-brick
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| always known as King's House when a king
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| | cottages are tastefully adapted as
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| is on the throne. This was formerly the
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| | souvenir shops or tea-rooms. The Palace
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| residence of the Lord Warden of the
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| | House and its grounds form one of the
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| Forest, but now houses the offices of the
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| | most popular sites in the south of
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| Forestry Commission. Lyndhurst has two
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| | England. A single entrance fee covers not
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| cricket pitches. Near the Beaulieu road,
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| | only the House but also the remains of
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| Bolton's Bench cricket pitch has a
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| | Beaulieu Abbey and the National Motor
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| thatched pavilion. It is overlooked by
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| | Museum. If Beautiful cars of the past are
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| Bolton's Bench, a hillock crowned with a
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| | your thing, then the Motor Museum is a
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| distinctive yew, with seats beneath. The
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| | must see.There are many more pretty,
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| other pitch is called Swan Green and gets
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| | smaller villages in the New Forest. Each
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| its name from the Swan Inn which
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| | has its own charms and is worth
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| overlooks it. This green is considered to
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| | exploring. Once a visitor enters the
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| be one of the most picturesque village
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| | Forest he or she is hard pressed to
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| scenes in Hampshire.Lyndhurst may be the
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| | leave. Its gentle, beguiling beauty has
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| 'capital' but Brokenhurst is the largest
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| | been appreciated by visitors for hundreds
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| of the New Forest villages. The name
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| | of years.
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