Great Britain is often associated with green meadows, plains, and ancient forests. Such landscapes still survive in the New Forest National Park, located in the southeast of England.

Back in the Bronze Age, the local forests were cut down for grazing, but the land was not fertile and the fields were abandoned. Here and there the woods grew back, and in some places picturesque heaths and meadows were created. As a result, a characteristic landscape was formed. As early as the late eleventh century King William the Conqueror declared the New Forest a reserved royal domain.

Since then these lands have belonged to the English crown. In 2004, these places were granted official national park status. As a result, today the New Forest National Park stretches over 571 square kilometers and is home to 38,000 people. Attractions include the old nobleman’s estate of Bewley with the National Engine Museum and the small harbor town of Lymington.

In addition to people, New Forest is home to several species of ungulates, including fallow deer and red deer, their diversity due to the absence of large predators. Cute ponies roam free. Badgers and foxes roam free in New Forest.

The flora of New Forest displays all the traditionally understated beauty of English nature: dim flowers and century-old trees form a picturesque landscape.