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