Fordingbridge

Fordingbridge
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Fordingbridge
Fordingbridge is located in Hampshire
Fordingbridge
Fordingbridge
Location within Hampshire
Population5,998 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSU148142
Civil parish
  • Fordingbridge
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFORDINGBRIDGE
Postcode districtSP6
Dialling code01425
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
50°55′39″N 1°47′24″W / 50.9275°N 1.7901°W / 50.9275; -1.7901

Fordingbridge is a town and broader civil parish with a population of 6,000 on the River Avon in the New Forest District of Hampshire, England, near the Dorset and Wiltshire borders and on the edge of the New Forest, famed for its late medieval seven-arch bridge.[2]

It is 81 miles (130 km) southwest of London, and 10 miles (16 km) south of the city of Salisbury. Fordingbridge is a former market town. The Avon Valley Path passes through the town. The town excluding linear settlement Sandleheath (included in its headline population with other outlying houses, totalling 1,526 residents) has a density of 30.2 persons per hectare (7820 per sq. mi.).[3] Since 1982 Fordingbridge has been twinned with Vimoutiers in Normandy, France.[4]

  1. ^ "Town population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : New Forest Retrieved 27 July 2010
  3. ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Towns ready to celebrate". Salisbury Journal. 25 June 2007.