Fordingbridge is a town and more comprehensive civil parish with a population of 6,000 on the River Avon in the New Forest District of Hampshire, England, near to the Dorset as well as Wiltshire boundaries as well as on the edge of the New Forest, with museum and a late middle ages 7-arch bridge. It is 81 miles (130 kilometres) southwest of London, and also 10 miles (16 kilometres) south of the city of Salisbury. Fordingbridge is a previous market community. The Avon Valley Path passes through the community. The community leaving out direct negotiation Sandleheath (included in its heading population with other far-flung houses, totalling 1,526 citizens) has a density of 30.2 individuals per hectare. Fordingbridge is a town and civil parish in Hampshire on the banks of the River Avon. The first Great Bridge, from which the community received its present name, was built in mediaeval times, as well as is upstream from the ford. The bridge is a significant feature of the community with its seven graceful arcs, which can be seen really quickly from the town's big riverside park where one can stroll along the riverbank curtained with willows and waterside plants. Nearby is a children's play area, secluded memorial gardens, parks as well as sports playing areas. A bronze sculpture of the painter Augustus John bases on the financial institutions of the Avon near the Great Bridge.