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The busy port on the River Liffey, showing several steamers with smoking funnels waiting to depart and, on the right, a forest of masts of sailing ships.

The ironmonger across the road offers all that a Forest dweller might need.

A couple in their sporty little number admire the verdant countryside, looking across to Epping Forest from near Waltham Holy Cross, now unfortunately spoiled by the M25.

A thatched farmhouse in the New Forest - an unlikely setting for a ranch dedicated to the memory and horse-riding style of the Wild West.

It is a delightful village on the northern edge of Ashdown Forest above the River Medway.

This final view over Emery Down shows the extent to which the deep woodlands of the New Forest cluster around this ancient settlement. This wildness has survived into the 21st century.

Once a lonely hamlet in the Forest, beloved of smugglers and witches, Burley's residents were once said to depend on the annual crop of 'akermast' - acorns and mast.

Epping Forest's pleasant vistas and the opportunities it offers for a quiet escape from the busy troubles of London are the attractions that brought people here – and no doubt the romantic name of

Many of the present buildings in Burley are Victorian and 20th-century, but the village itself is an ancient Forest settlement.

Emery Down, like many old Forest settlements, has seen its share of England's history.

Today it is popular with tourists who wish to explore the New Forest and the downlands of Dorset.

The elaborate stone and marble reredos is by J D Wyatt, 1875, and the window is by Forest and Bradley of Liverpool, 1886.

The Crown Hotel, formerly one of Lyndhurst's inns, was rebuilt in the Tudor style late in Victoria's reign to cater for those who came to delight in the beauties of the New Forest.

The pine-clad promontory of Friar's Crag near Keswick on Derwent Water is backed by the forested slopes of Walla Crag.

Travelling north along the straight road from Brockenhurst brings the traveller to Lyndhurst, an ideal centre for exploring the northern edges of the great forest.

He acquired fame and affection for the mouth-watering tea-parties he gave for local villagers, children and New Forest gypsies.

This part of the coast makes a perfect touring centre for anyone wishing to explore both the New Forest and the Dorset countryside.

Amid this forest of masts and spars are the three-masted barque 'Warden Law', the three-masted barquentine 'Violet', and the two-masted schooner 'Pride of Anglesey'.

The popularity of Western books, films and television programmes in the 1950s and 1960s lured many would-be cowboys to this Wild West of the New Forest.

In Roman times a road ran west from here across the present ground of the New Forest to Ringwood.

Emery Down stands on the frontier of some of the wildest scenery in the New Forest. Badgers live deep in the woods, deer can be seen by the patient watcher, and buzzards circle overhead.

to expand during the second half of the 19th century and continued to develop in the 20th century, establishing itself as a convenient and pop- ular inland resort within the boundaries of the New Forest

Despite its increase in size, Burley is still a good centre for exploring the southwestern corner of the New Forest, with lonely woodlands and heaths within easy walking distance.

Bransgore, a few miles from Bournemouth, is a beautiful village of considerable antiquity, just outside the present boundary of the New Forest.