Municipality

New Forest

Located in Hampshire, England Coordinates: 50°50′00″ N 1°36′00″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Population: 179,236; 179.2K
Elevation: 14 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Places inside: 37; listed under New Forest

About New Forest

New Forest is a municipality. Location: Hampshire, England. Population: 179,236. Elevation: 14 m.

In comparison

Most populous of 11 places in Hampshire
Nearest larger town: Southampton, 16 km NE
2 sights and natural places within 10 km New Forest, Lyndhurst Hill
Listed here: Village: 37

Airports nearest to New Forest

Bournemouth Airport (BOH) Bournemouth 18 km
Southampton Airport (SOU) Southampton 21 km
Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 99 km

Straight-line distance; airports with scheduled flights only. Source: OurAirports (public domain).

Places in New Forest

37 places

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

New Forest Natural site, England
3.9 km N
St Mary's Stadium Landmark, Southampton
17 km NE
Southampton Castle Historic site, Southampton
16 km NE
Yarmouth Castle Historic site, Yarmouth
16 km SE
Fort Victoria Historic site, Freshwater
15 km S
Netley Castle Historic site, Hound
18 km E
Golden Hill Fort Historic site, Freshwater
17 km S
Christchurch Castle Historic site, Christchurch District
17 km SW

New Forest

Sources & licences

GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 3, 2026