Turmer is a small hamlet near

Harbridge Harbridge is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley, in the New Forest district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is located some four kilometres north of Ringwood and a similar dis ...

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, England. It lies within the

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Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley is a civil parish in the New Forest district, in the west of the county of Hampshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 1,171. The civil parish was formed on 1 April 1979 from "El ...

. Turmer is unusual for a settlement in England. No paved roads reach the hamlet and traditional farming techniques, including heavy horses, are still used there. The council describes it as "a village almost lost in time".New Forest District Council website
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and includes an 18th-century farm, a 19th-century school built by the

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and thatched cottages, all grouped around a pond. The Avon Valley Path passes through the hamlet.

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{{New Forest towns New Forest District Hamlets in Hampshire