Welcome to Ringwood

One of England's oldest market towns, set on the western edge of the New Forest,

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Ringwood is in the heart of the beautiful Hampshire and Dorset countryside, but close to Southampton to the east, Bournemouth to the south west and Salisbury to the north.

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The History of Ringwood

Ringwood  was a settlement founded in the Anglo-Saxon period on the River Avon. Its existence was first recorded in 961 when King Edgar gave 22 hides of land in “Rimecuda” (Ringwood) to Abingdon Abbey. A hide of land was approximately 120 acres (49 Hectares).

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