Fordingbridge is a community as well as wider civil parish with a population of 6,000 on the River Avon in the New Forest District of Hampshire, England, close to the Dorset and also Wiltshire boundaries and also on the edge of the New Forest, with gallery as well as a late middle ages 7-arch bridge. It is 81 miles (130 kilometres) southwest of London, as well as 10 miles (16 kilometres) south of the city of Salisbury. Fordingbridge is a previous market community. The Avon Valley Path travels through the community. The community leaving out linear settlement Sandleheath (included in its headline population with various other peripheral houses, totalling 1,526 locals) has a density of 30.2 individuals per hectare. Fordingbridge is a town and civil parish in Hampshire on the banks of the River Avon. The very first Great Bridge, from which the town got its existing name, was built in mediaeval times, as well as is upstream from the ford. The bridge is a significant function of the town with its seven elegant arches, which can be seen extremely quickly from the town's huge waterfront park where one can walk along the shore curtained with willows and also waterside plants. Nearby is a youngsters's backyard, secluded memorial yards, parks and sports playing areas. A bronze sculpture of the painter Augustus John depends on the banks of the Avon near the Great Bridge.