Towns & cities · South East England
Boldre
Boldre — village and civil parish in the New Forest district of Hampshire, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Lymington Town · 2.6 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Boldre is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 1,931 people. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in the New Forest district of Hampshire, UK". Coordinates: 50.7821°, -1.5533°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Lymington River SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: The New Forest SSSI
- Ramsar wetland: New Forest
- Ramsar wetland: Solent & Southampton Water
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Boldre is a village and civil parish in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It is in the south of the New Forest National Park, above the broadening (estuary) of the Lymington River, two miles (3 km) north of Lymington. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,931, and in the 2011 census, 2,003. The parish has a few campsites and a tourist caravan site, along with visitor parking around its mixed woodland and heath hamlet of Norley Wood.
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Background
Description
The parish covers 7718 acre and include the hamlets of Battramsley, Sandy Down, Pilley, Bull Hill, Norley Wood, Portmore, South Baddesley, and Walhampton. It has a church, St. John the Baptist, a Boldre Club, one of the oldest surviving in the forest, a pub-restaurant (the Red Lion), the Church of England-ethos William Gilpin School on Pilley Hill, named after a local Vicar. The old school house in Boldre Lane has a plaque outside and houses a post office. One hundred years ago, W. H. Hudson, in Hampshire Days, called the countryside north of Lymington, round the villages of Pilley and Boldre, "a land of secret, green, out-of-the-world places." Today, it contains large homes and is more…
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- Coordinates
- 50.7821, -1.5533
- County
- Hampshire
- District
- New Forest
- Parish
- Boldre
- Postcode
- SO41 8NE
- Parliamentary constituency
- New Forest East
- Population
- 1,931
- Nearest railway station
- Lymington Town — 2.6 km
- Official site
- www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q684394 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Boldre (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Boldre.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Boldre?
- Boldre is in Hampshire, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SO41 8NE), in the parish of Boldre.
- Is Boldre a protected site?
- Yes — Boldre is part of the Lymington River SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the The New Forest SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Boldre free to visit?
- Yes, Boldre is free to enter.
- How do I get to Boldre?
- The nearest railway station is Lymington Town, about 2.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SO41 8NE.