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The Beaulieu River in the New Forest near Lyndhurst, Hampshire

New Forest The New Forest fills much of the south-western part of Hampshire, and trespasses too into neighbouring Wiltshire. It includes one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in the heavily populated south-east of Great Britain. The forest was created by William the Conqueror as a royal hunting forest, and it was while hunting here that his son and heir, William Rufus, was slain by an arrow. The forest is still maintained by a Court of Verderers for the benefit of the commoners of the forest. (Read more)