Brockenhurst is the largest village by population within the New Forest in Hampshire, England. The local city is Southampton some 13 miles (21 km) to the North East, while Bournemouth is likewise close by, 15 miles (24 km) South West. Surrounding towns as well as towns consist of Beaulieu, Lymington, Lyndhurst, and also Sway. The western part of the town substantially broadened in the 1970s and, in the early 1990s, Berkeley Homes constructed Ober Park, which is now known as The Coppice, this despite having actually been called Staffs (or variations thereof) from the 13th to 19th centuries. Extra building of the town still continues today by Pennyfarthing Homes. Brockenhurst is twinned with Pont St Martin, in Loire-Atlantique, France and also has a population of 3,552 individuals (at 2011).