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Lyndhurst / l ɪ n d h ər s t / is a large village and civil parish situated in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England, about nine miles (14 km) south-west of Southampton. Known as the "Capital of the New Forest", [ 2 ] Lyndhurst houses the New Forest District Council and Court of Verderers .
It heads south through the New Forest to the large village of Lyndhurst. On account of the A337 being one of only a few main roads into the New Forest, it is frequently congested . In Lyndhurst the A337 meets the A35 road , and rings Lyndhurst village centre as a large roundabout .
This is a list of settlements in Hampshire by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021 . In 2011, there were 42 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Hampshire , shown in the table below.
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Minstead is a small village and civil parish in the New Forest, Hampshire, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Lyndhurst. There is a shop and a pub, the Trusty Servant . Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's grave is under a large tree at the back of the 13th-century All Saints' church.
The Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue were naval battles fought off Barfleur and Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue in the 17th century.. The Normandy coast was the location, during World War II, of the main Allied landings in France; the unavailability of significant harbours caused the Allies to construct artificial harbours at Arromanches and Omaha Beach.
Asnelles is a beach resort located on the Côte de Nacre. It has a beautiful sandy beach which is adjacent to the Arromanches beach. It also has a land sailing club. Asnelle is located on the Circuit of the landing beaches in Normandy. The commune has created a hiking trail called La Sente au Bâtard in honour of William the Conqueror.
Gold, commonly known as Gold Beach, was the code name for one of the five areas of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during the Second World War. Gold, the central of the five areas, was located between Port-en-Bessin on the west and the Lieu-dit La Rivière in Ver-sur-Mer on the east.