Fordingbridge
Fordingbridge is a small town in Hampshire, on the northwestern edge of the New Forest National Park. The town itself is mostly known for its 13th-century bridge over the River Avon, but the nearby villages of Breamore and Rockbourne each have sights of their own, from the remains of a 2000-year old mansion, to a fascinating agricultural museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 6,000 residents
- Description: town in the New Forest District of Hampshire, England
- Also known as: “Fordingbridge, Hampshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fordingbridge Hospital and St Mary’s Church, Fordingbridge.
Fordingbridge Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fordingbridge Hospital is a small community hospital in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England. The hospital closed to admissions in September 2023.
St Mary’s Church, Fordingbridge
Church
Photo: Stuart Buchan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church, Fordingbridge is a 12th–13th-century church in Hampshire, England. A Grade I listed building, it was restored in the 19th century.
The Burgate School and Sixth Form
School
The Burgate School and Sixth Form is an 11–18 academy school. The school is situated in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, and at the current time has approximately 1000 students.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Godshill and Bickton.
Godshill
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Godshill is a village and civil parish and in New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England. It is about 1+1⁄2 miles east of the town of Fordingbridge and 10 miles south of the city of Salisbury.
Bickton
Hamlet
Photo: Stuart Buchan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bickton is a hamlet in the New Forest District of Hampshire, England. It is within the civil parish of Fordingbridge and is situated by the River Avon.
Frogham
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Frogham is a small village in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Hyde. Its nearest town is Fordingbridge, which lies approximately 1.8 miles north-west from the village.
Fordingbridge
- Categories: civil parish, market town, and locality
- Location: New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.9268° or 50° 55′ 37″ northLongitude
-1.7917° or 1° 47′ 30″ westPopulation
6,000Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB FGBOpen location code
9C2WW6G5+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 266822OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Fordingbridge” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Fordingbridge”
- Basque: “Fordingbridge”
- Bengali: “ফোর্ডিংব্রিজ”
- Catalan: “Fordingbridge”
- Cebuano: “Fordingbridge”
- Chinese: “佛丁桥”
- Chinese: “佛丁橋”
- Chinese: “福丁布里奇”
- Dutch: “Fordingbridge”
- French: “Fordingbridge”
- German: “Fordingbridge”
- Gujarati: “ફોર્ડીંગબ્રિજ”
- Hebrew: “פורדינגברידג‘”
- Irish: “Fordingbridge”
- Italian: “Fordingbridge”
- Japanese: “フォーディングブリッジ”
- Kannada: “ಫೋರ್ಡಿಂಗ್ಬ್ರಿಡ್ಜ್”
- Korean: “포딩그리지”
- Ladin: “Fordingbridge”
- Latin: “Fordingbridge”
- Lithuanian: “Fordingbridžas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fordingbridge”
- Persian: “فوردینگبریج”
- Polish: “Fordingbridge”
- Portuguese: “Fordingbridge”
- Romanian: “Fordingbridge”
- Russian: “Фордингбридж”
- South Azerbaijani: “فوردینقبریج”
- Spanish: “Fordingbridge”
- Swedish: “Fordingbridge”
- Tamil: “போர்டிங்பிரிட்ஜ்”
- Telugu: “ఫోర్డింగ్ బ్రిడ్జి”
- Turkish: “Fordingbridge”
- Urdu: “فورڈینجبرج”
- Welsh: “Fordingbridge”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Fordingbridge”. Photo: Wulfrunian1, CC BY-SA 3.0.