[The word "Forest" in "The New Forest" does not refer to what you'd call a forest today, at that time it would be understood similar to "Nature Reserve" today and its actual purpose was somewhere for the King to hunt deer as recreation. So there are a lot of trees, but not as many as the word "forest" might cause you to expect]
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[The word "Forest" in "The New Forest" does not refer to what you'd call a forest today, at that time it would be understood similar to "Nature Reserve" today and its actual purpose was somewhere for the King to hunt deer as recreation. So there are a lot of trees, but not as many as the word "forest" might cause you to expect]