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The History of Brockenhurst

Brockenhurst lies within the Heritage Area of the New Forest - William the Conqueror's hunting forest is a unique landscape of international renown. The European Union is funding work to restore and preserve this. Europe's largest surviving area of ancient pasture woodland.

The New Forest is all around you and wild ponies, deer and cows roam at will. The North and South Weirs streams join and as one flow through Brockenhurst. In Brookley Road and in the warmer months of the year the stream flows across the road, commonly referred to as The Splash. This is fine in summer and autumn but when the weather is colder, with possibility of the road icing over the pipes under the road are opened to take the flow. There is a second ford in the Waters Green area of the village and this flows continuously throughout the year. From beyond this the Weirs stream meets the river formed by the Blackwater and Ober Water to become the Lymington River.

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