Boldre, Lymington, SO41 8PT

Boldre is a village and civil parish in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It is in the south of the New Forest National Park, above the broadening (estuary) of the Lymington River, two miles (3 km) north of Lymington. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,931, and in the 2011 census, 2,003. The parish has a few campsites and a tourist caravan site, along with visitor parking around its mixed woodland and heath hamlet of Norley Wood. The setting offers a peaceful rural environment with woodland and heathland, and the proximity to the Lymington River estuary provides a natural water feature nearby. The village’s modest size and location within the New Forest National Park suggest a quiet, community-oriented lifestyle for residents and visitors alike.