A Brief History About The New Forest...

It’s been discovered that settlers to the New Forest can be traced back to the Bronze age, where they cut through woodland to cultivate crops. This is one of the reasons for the distinctive and varied landscapes – where you can see woodland on one side of the road and heathland on the other. The heavy farming conducted by these bronze age settlers resulted in the heaths so devoid of any trees to this day.

The actual “New Forest” was created in the late 10^th century when William The Conqueror wished to create a hunting area (hunting being highly prevalent at the time as a royal sport).

Later on, around the 17^th century, the Bucklers Hard village was founded in order to use timber in nearby areas in order to produce naval battle ships. This placed a tremendous strain on the timber reserves and woodland in the New Forest and it wasn’t until 1877 that the New Forest Act was introduced to preserve timber in the forest.

It wasn’t until 2005 that New Forest officially became an official National Park – and the number of visitors to this beautiful natural place of beauty is increasing year on year.

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