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The '''New Forest''' is over 900 years old. It is a mainly wooded area in southern [[Hampshire]] developed as a hunting reserve by the [[Norman]] kings in the 11th century. It occupies about 336 sq. km. (130 sq. miles) between the [[River Avon]] and [[Southampton]] Water. The towns of Lyndhurst and Brockenhurst are within its boundaries.

The '''New Forest''' is over 900 years old, so it's not really new anymore is it. It is a mainly wooded area in southern [[Hampshire]] developed as a hunting reserve by the [[Norman]] kings in the 11th century. It occupies about 336 sq. km. (130 sq. miles) between the [[River Avon]] and [[Southampton]] Water. The towns of Lyndhurst and Brockenhurst are within its boundaries.

It was an ancient wooded area used for hunting but much of it was cleared for agriculture in [[Anglo-Saxon]] times. In 1079 [[William I]] declared it a game reserve and brought the whole brutal weight of the law into developing and preserving it for royal use alone.  

It was an ancient wooded area used for hunting but much of it was cleared for agriculture in [[Anglo-Saxon]] times. In 1079 [[William I]] declared it a game reserve and brought the whole brutal weight of the law into developing and preserving it for royal use alone.