Everything about Lyndhurst Hampshire totally explained
Lyndhurst is a small
town in the
New Forest,
Hampshire,
England. It is often called the "Capital of the New Forest" and is a popular tourist location with many shops, cafés,
pubs and hotels. Lyndhurst is also home to
the New Forest Museum
. The nearest city is
Southampton located around nine miles (14 km) to the north-east. In 2001 Lyndhurst had a population of 2,973 people
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Alice Liddell, also known as Alice Hargreaves, the inspiration for
Alice in
Lewis Carroll's
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, lived in and around Lyndhurst after her marriage to Reginald Hargreaves, and is buried in the graveyard of the church of St. Michael & All Angels, Lyndhurst.
The church itself is a major landmark, being built of many different colours of brick, on one of the highest points in the village. The church was built in the 1860s, and contains an important
fresco by
Lord Leighton and stained-glass by
Charles Kempe,
William Morris,
Edward Burne-Jones and others. Other major landmarks include Bolton's Bench, a picturesque hill to the east of the village; and a row of much photographed thatched cottages on the road to the neighbouring
hamlet of Emery Down.
The village is the administrative capital of the
New Forest, with the district council based in the village. The Court of
Verderers sits in the Queens House in Lyndhurst. The headquarters of the Forestry Commission, the body that handles the maintenance of the
softwood plantations, forest roads and paths, and controlling the spread of invasive plants, such as
Rhododendrons and
Gorse is based in Queen's House in the Village.
The headquarters of the privately owned
British chemicals company
INEOS are located in the village.
Foxlease, a training and activity centre of
Girlguiding UK since
1922, and scene of several internationally important
Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting events, is near the village.
Transport links
The village itself is the meeting point of the
A35, running east to west from
Southampton to
Bournemouth and the
A337 running north to south from the
M27 to Lymington on the south coast. To deal with the large volume of traffic that's created by this link, a one-way system is used. This in effect turns the major roads of the village into a
traffic circle. During the summer months, the traffic through the village increases hugely because of the tourists who visit the area. This can create queues into the village from all directions. The parish council has suggested that a bypass around the village may reduce the problems caused by traffic in the centre of the village.
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Although Lyndhurst itself doesn't have a railway station, it's only four miles (6 km) from
Brockenhurst and three miles (5 km) from
Ashurst, both stations on the
South Western Main Line to
London and
Weymouth.
Gallery
Image:Boltonsbench.jpg|Boltons Bench
Image:Lyndhurst2.JPG|Lyndhurst High Street
Image:Lyndhurst Church3.JPG|St Michael and all Angels Church
Image:Lyndhurst Church5.JPG|Detail from church fresco;The foolish virgins
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