I didn’t love the Forest when I first moved here. I had hoped to live on the coast but couldn’t find anything suitable. The house search gradually moved inland and my husband and I fell hopelessly in love with a cob cottage (which I later...
American-born Emily Laurence Baker has lived in England for 32 years, dividing her time between London and the New Forest. Her articles on numerous topics have been published in The New York Times, Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal...
I’ve been so impressed with the passion people feel for the Forest and I thank them for sharing their personal views with me. I hope I have conveyed their messages accurately. I dedicate this book to the inspiring people who in turn dedicate...
North Forest: the Northern Commons, Fritham & Fordingbridge 50, North & west borders: weaving in & out of the New Forest 75 Residents of the north Forest are protective of their quiet corner and rightly so. Fewer tourists come here than...
Ringwood & Burley 93, Brockenhurst & around 106, Lymington & its coast 130 The glories of this part of the Forest are not along the main roads. In the suburban and somewhat rushed south central region and southwestern edges of the Forest,...
Lyndhurst & surrounding areas 154, Beaulieu Estate, Buckler’s Hard & East End 173, The Southampton Coast: Exbury, Lepe & Eling 203 From ‘capital’ to coast, the eastern part of the New Forest National Park is wonderfully diverse in landscape...