"groups, and businesses, making this one of the biggest Christmas festivals in England. In the west of the island, this is a major event and many locals contribute. The churches are decorated, and banners put up across the Back of the Wight. Many organizations, such as the National Health Service, RSPCA, and local charities, use their trees to give information, appeal for money, or raise awareness. Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival is a local event occurring in various venues around Brighstone and Mottistone on the Isle of Wight in England for the winter tourist season. This charitable"
"Lyndhurst, Hampshire Lyndhurst is a large village and civil parish situated in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England. Serving as the administrative capital of the New Forest, it is a popular tourist attraction, with many independent shops, art galleries, cafés, museums, pubs and hotels. The nearest city is Southampton, about nine miles () to the north-east. As of 2001 Lyndhurst had a population of 2,973, increasing to 3,029 at the 2011 Census. The name derives from an Old English name, comprising the words ""lind"" (lime tree) and ""hyrst"" (wooded hill). Known as the ""Capital of the New Forest"","
"Fort Brockhurst Fort Brockhurst is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. It is now an English Heritage property. Fort Brockhurst was designed by William Crossman in the 19th century to protect Portsmouth. Built between 1858 and 1862, it was one of a chain of five similar forts known as the Gosport Advanced Line. The other forts are Fort Elson to the north and Fort Grange, Fort Rowner and Fort Gomer to the south. With their formidable firepower, their main purpose was to guard the harbour from potential landing areas on the south Hampshire"
"Bracknell Forest Bracknell Forest is one of six unitary authority areas within Berkshire in southern England. It covers the three towns of Bracknell, Sandhurst and Crowthorne and also includes the areas of North Ascot, Warfield and Winkfield. Parts of the borough border neighbouring boroughs such as Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead. The south of the borough also borders parts of Surrey and Hampshire. Bracknell Forest was formed on 1 April 1974, as the non-metropolitan district of Bracknell. The district took on the territory of the former Easthampstead Rural District (in which the Bracknell new"
"anchor of BBC South Today, led the lighting of the “Tree of Joy” at the Brighstone Methodist Church and more recently Alan Titchmarsh was a guest of honour too. The annual festival is held at St. Mary’s Church, the Methodist Church, the Wilberforce Hall, the Social Club and the Three Bishops Pub in Brighstone, The Isle of Wight Pearl on the Military Rd and at St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church in nearby Mottistone. A Park & Ride system is in place and operates from the Isle of Wight Pearl bringing people into Brighstone where a further shuttle service conveys"
"Brockenhurst Brockenhurst is the largest village by population within the New Forest in Hampshire, England. The nearest city is Southampton some to the North East, while Bournemouth is also nearby, South West. Surrounding towns and villages include Beaulieu, Lymington, Lyndhurst, and Sway. The earliest signs of habitation in Brockenhurst date back 4,000 years to the Bronze Age: the area is dotted with burial mounds – called tumuli. Beyond that, few signs remain of other habitation during the subsequent 3,000 years. The Saxon period was brought to an end by the events of 1066. William the Conqueror created his Nova Foresta"
"name to the New Forest district of Hampshire, and the National Park area, of which it forms the core. The Forest itself is dominated by three large villages, Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst and Burley, with several smaller villages such as Beaulieu, Godshill, Blissford, Fritham, Nomansland, Minstead and Sway also lying within or immediately adjacent. Outside of the National Park in New Forest District, several clusters of larger towns frame the area - Totton and the Waterside settlements (Marchwood, Dibden, Hythe, Fawley) to the East, Christchurch, New Milton, Milford on Sea, and Lymington to the South, and Fordingbridge and Ringwood to the West."
"can mean either a wood or a hill, or a wooded hill or even a sandbank in a river. As there are no streams, hills or sandbanks here it might be fair to interpret the name 'Brockhurst' as meaning 'the wood (or clearing in the wood) which has a badger sett'. Brockhurst, Staffordshire Brockhurst is a small hamlet in Staffordshire, England, 1 mile sorth-west of Blymhill. Today it consists of Brockhurst farm, a red brick 18th farmhouse, and two blocks of semi-detached houses built in 1954. The buildings rest on the site of a much earlier settlement, as evidenced by"
"used as a filming location for a number of films including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 & 2. Bracknell Forest Bracknell Forest is one of six unitary authority areas within Berkshire in southern England. It covers the three towns of Bracknell, Sandhurst and Crowthorne and also includes the areas of North Ascot, Warfield and Winkfield. Parts of the borough border neighbouring boroughs such as Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead. The south of the borough also borders parts of Surrey and Hampshire. Bracknell Forest was formed on 1 April 1974, as the"
"in Mount Bures, as he bequeathed sums to the poor there but not Bergholt. The manor then passed to John Sackville's son, Sir Richard ""Fill-Sack"" Sackville, MP for Chichester, nicknamed by reason of his great wealth and the vast patrimony which he left to his son, created Baron Buckhurst in 1557. It is believed that Richard's brother John Sackville (also MP for East Grinstead) intended to set up residence in the village, following in his father's footsteps by living in Essex, as he bought the ‘Almarye' in Bergholt from Richard Duke, a fellow MP. After his death in 1566 the"
"Barkston Barkston is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 497 at the 2001 census and 493 at the 2011 census. The village lies about north of the market town of Grantham, on the A607, just south of the junction with the A153 to Ancaster. The village is named in the Domesday Book as """"Barchestune"""", and the name probably means ""the farmstead of a man called Barkr."" The Deserted Medieval Village of Ringsthorpe was located just to the west of Barkston, on the other side of the"
"St Mary's Church, Brighstone St. Mary's Church, Brighstone, is a parish church in the Church of England located in Brighstone, Isle of Wight. The churchyard contains a memorial stone to George Albert Cairns VC. The church is medieval dating from the twelfth century. The short tower contains a ring of 8 bells all cast by Whitechapel Bell Foundry: six in 1961 with two more added in 2017. The largest weighs 7cwt. The spire was added in the 17th century. The church holds an annual Christmas tree festival (the Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival) in conjunction with the one at Mottistone that"
"British Isles (TROBI) is at Brahan in the Scottish Highlands; it has a girth of 703 cm (2.23 m d.b.h.) and a height of 24 m . The oldest specimen in Edinburgh (2016) is believed to be the tree (girth 5.2 m) in the former grounds of Duddingston House, now Duddingston Golf Course. Other notable specimens in Edinburgh are to be found in Learmonth Gardens and The Meadows. In Europe, a large tree planted 1620 grows at Bergemolo, 5 km south of Demonte in Piedmont, Italy (bole-girth 6.2 m, 2.0 m d.b.h., height 26 m., 2008). Other ancient specimens grow"
"of Runfold, the road joins the A31 - which is a dual carriageway, the route therefore diverts south to cross the River Wey at SU861466 and go through Compton, and hence into Farnham. Farnham | Liss | Petersfield Petersfield | Havant | Portsmouth Ryde | Newport | Yarmouth Lymington | The New Forest | Brockenhurst National Cycle Route 22 National Cycle Route 22 (NCR22) runs from Banstead to Brockenhurst in the New Forest via Dorking, Guildford, Farnham, Petersfield, Havant, Portsmouth, Ryde, Yarmouth and Lymington. Due to the route going over the Isle of Wight, ferry connections are required from Portsmouth"
"Picket Post Picket Post is a road junction and service area in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It lies on the A31 road. Picket Post is located on the A31 dual carriageway which passes through the New Forest. It is situated 2.5 miles from the A338 at Ringwood and 8 miles from Junction 1 of the M27 at Cadnam. A minor road to the village of Burley joins with the A31 at Picket Post. There is a roadside service area on both sides of the dual carriageway. Picket Post is the location of a cricket ground for"
"in 1678, when Stoneland was in the possession of Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset. The writer A. A. Milne, who lived nearby at Cotchford Farm, Hartfield, made the Hundred Acre Wood famous as the setting of the Winnie-the-Pooh stories. Buckhurst Park, Sussex Buckhurst Park is an English country house and landscaped park near Withyham, East Sussex. It is the seat of William Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr. The house is a Grade II listed building, and is open to the public. The park, landscaped by Humphry Repton, is Grade II* listed in the National Register of Historic Parks"
"Brighstone, the coast is wild and there are only four access points inland, Whale, Walpen and Ladder Chine and the greatest of them all, Blackgang Chine, which was once a home of smugglers and experienced a massive landslide during the early-20th century, leaving a much larger chine in its place. Blackgang Chine is home to a theme park of the same name, which was the first theme park to be constructed in the United Kingdom. The most obvious natural features on land are the downs that enclose the area and cut it off from the rest of the island; parts"
"Express coach departures to London Victoria. The New Forest Tour, an open-top bus tour run in the summer, starts and finishes in Lyndhurst. Lyndhurst is twinned with: Lyndhurst, Hampshire Lyndhurst is a large village and civil parish situated in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England. Serving as the administrative capital of the New Forest, it is a popular tourist attraction, with many independent shops, art galleries, cafés, museums, pubs and hotels. The nearest city is Southampton, about nine miles () to the north-east. As of 2001 Lyndhurst had a population of 2,973, increasing to 3,029 at the 2011"
"Argyll Forest Park Argyll Forest Park is a forest park located on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. Established in 1935, it was the first forest park to be created in the United Kingdom. The park is managed by the Forestry Commission Scotland, and covers 211 km<sup>2</sub> in total. From the Holy Loch in the south to the Arrochar Alps in the north, the park includes a variety of landscapes, from high peaks to freshwater and seawater lochs. Much of the forest park lies within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, which was established in"
"Deerhurst Deerhurst is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, about southwest of Tewkesbury. The village is on the east bank of the River Severn. The parish includes the village of Apperley and the hamlet of Deerhurst Walton. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 906, the majority of whom live in Apperley. The place-name is derived from Old English and means ""deer-wood"". It was spelt ""Deorhyrst"" in AD 804, ""Dorhirst"" in about 1050 and ""Derherste"" in the Domesday Book in 1086. The parish has an area of about , bounded by the Severn to the west, the"
"Gayhurst Gayhurst is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes, ceremonial Buckinghamshire in England. It is about two and a half miles NNW of Newport Pagnell. The village name is an Old English language word meaning 'wooded hill where goats are kept'. In the Domesday Book in 1086 it was recorded as ""Gateherst"". At that time the manor was owned by Bishop Odo of Bayeux. Gayhurst had an outstation from the Bletchley Park codebreaking establishment, where some of the Bombes used to decode German Enigma messages in World War Two were housed. Gayhurst House is reputed"
"Brockhurst, Staffordshire Brockhurst is a small hamlet in Staffordshire, England, 1 mile sorth-west of Blymhill. Today it consists of Brockhurst farm, a red brick 18th farmhouse, and two blocks of semi-detached houses built in 1954. The buildings rest on the site of a much earlier settlement, as evidenced by medieval earthworks. These include a square moat to the south-eastern side of the farmhouse, with raised mound within, and the line of a second moat seventy-five yards to the south-west. Raven speculates on the origin of the name 'Brockhurst': 'Broc' in a place name usually means either stream or badger. 'Hurst'"
"instead of Gunville Road. Towards the North, on the far side of Forest Road is Parkhurst Forest. To the West is farmland, although in 2016, two separate planning applications for new housing estates have been approved by the Isle of Wight Council on parts of this farmland adjacent to Alvington Manor View and Ash Lane. There has also been interest in submitting a third application for housing on the farmland in between these two development sites, adjacent to Forest Hills. This will extend the boundary of Newport and Gunville even further out to the West. To the South, Gunville Road"
"Stert Island Stert Island is a low-lying uninhabited island in the Bristol Channel, off the coast of Somerset, England. It lies opposite Burnham-on-Sea, and is part of the Bridgwater Bay Nature Reserve. Stert Island was formed in about 1798, when it broke off from the Steart Peninsula. The island is noted for its birds, including spotted redshank and whimbrel, which have a major night roost on the island. Each year a 2.4 km swim is organised from Burnham-on-Sea to the island. Administratively the island is in the civil parish of Otterhampton. Until 1885 it was in the parish of Stogursey,"
"of these are protected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and large stretches owned by the National Trust. Brighstone Forest, which covers the top of Brighstone Down, is the largest on the island. At St. Catherine's Point, the Back of the Wight ends and the Undercliff of Ventnor begins. Like the Geology of the Isle of Wight as a whole the geology of the area is varied; at Freshwater the Upper Cretaceous Chalk is exposed resulting in substantial cliffs until Compton, at this point other geological types begin to occur including clays, these formations are unique for the way"
"Birkhall Birkhall (BerkHA; from the Scots ""Birk Hauch"": ""Birch River-meadow"") is a 53,000 acre (210 km²) estate on Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located alongside the River Muick to the southwest of Ballater. The property was built in 1715. The property was acquired from the Gordon family (owners of the Abergeldie estate) who had acquired it from the Farquharsone family. Birkhall was acquired by Prince Albert, consort to Queen Victoria, as part of the Balmoral Castle estate in 1849 and given to his eldest son, Edward, Prince of Wales. Victoria bought Birkhall back to provide accommodation for her staff"
"Birchwood Birchwood is a civil parish in north east Warrington, Cheshire, England with a population of 11,395 (as at the 2001 census). Historically part of Lancashire, it was built during the time of much expansion in Warrington as it became a ""new town"". Birchwood is separated into three residential estates: Gorse Covert (grid ref SJ665925, population 2,790), Oakwood (grid ref SJ656914, population 4,381) and Locking Stumps (grid ref SJ645918, population 2,759), with all the main facilities grouped around the centre. The area east of Birchwood is mainly birch forests and Risley Moss, part of the Mersey Forest. Risley Moss is"
"and from then until 1933 it was in the parish of Huntspill. For location, see map referenced (requires satellite view) Stert Island Stert Island is a low-lying uninhabited island in the Bristol Channel, off the coast of Somerset, England. It lies opposite Burnham-on-Sea, and is part of the Bridgwater Bay Nature Reserve. Stert Island was formed in about 1798, when it broke off from the Steart Peninsula. The island is noted for its birds, including spotted redshank and whimbrel, which have a major night roost on the island. Each year a 2.4 km swim is organised from Burnham-on-Sea to the"
"Buddle Brook Buddle Brook a small river on the Isle of Wight, England. The Brook drains water from the southern side of Brighstone Down and as far to the east as the village of Shorwell. Its flow is the greatest of the streams in the South-West of the Island (the Back of the Wight). Near the village of Brighstone its body is split into a series of mill ponds built to power Yafford Mill and Brighstone Mill, and controlled ways passing through the village and under the noted local landmark, the Dragon Tree Brighstone. Beyond the village the stream is"
"Bernwood Forest Bernwood Forest was one of several forests of the ancient Kingdom of England and was a Royal hunting forest. It is thought to have been set aside as Royal hunting land when the Anglo-Saxon kings had a palace at Brill and church in Oakley, in the 10th century and was a particularly favoured place of Edward the Confessor, who was born in nearby Islip. From about 1217 through to the 17th century the forest went through a gradual period of deforestation. King Henry II (reigned 1154–1189) prepared a map of the forest at the time which is an"
"started in 1603, taking the site of Stoneland Lodge, the former hunting lodge in the smaller park. Upon Sackville's death in 1608, his son Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset, reduced the scope of the original plans but continued construction of a substantial mansion, designed as a residence for the steward, with no formal garden. The residence received considerable additions in the mid-18th century by Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, who used Stoneland as an occasional summer retreat. The present house is dated to that period; according to the Sussex Record Society, the ""former Stoneland Lodge, now called Buckhurst"
"Braystones Braystones is a village in Cumbria, England on the Irish Sea coast. Traditionally a scattered community based on agriculture, it has grown considerably during the 20th century by firstly, the construction of holiday cabins on the beach, and latterly by the creation of large caravan parks. It has long been a popular holiday area. In 2009, Braystones was approved by the British government as a site for a new nuclear power station. However, the site was ruled out by Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne in October 2010 for environmental reasons with the former government's"
"declared as a local nature reserve by Bracknell Forest Borough Council. The site has the following flora: Piggy Wood Piggy Wood is a local nature reserve in Priestwood, Berkshire, England. The nature reserve is owned and managed by Bracknell Forest Borough Council. The reserve is in size. This site is ancient woodland, with a stream that feeds The Cut. The name of the site is thought to come from the time of the Reformation, where the term 'pig' was a derogatory term for a priest. To escape from persecution, priests from Hurley Church were said to have hidden in the"