Brockenhurst is the largest town by population within the New Forest in Hampshire, England. The local city is Southampton some 13 miles (21 kilometres) to the North East, while Bournemouth is additionally close by, 15 miles (24 km) South West. Bordering towns as well as towns consist of Beaulieu, Lymington, Lyndhurst, and Guide. The western part of the town considerably broadened in the 1970s and, in the very early 1990s, Berkeley Homes constructed Ober Park, which is now referred to as The Coppice, this in spite of having been called Staffs (or variations thereof) from the 13th to 19th centuries. More construction of the town still proceeds today by Pennyfarthing Homes. Brockenhurst is twinned with Pont St Martin, in Loire-Atlantique, France and also has a population of 3,552 people (at 2011).