Fordingbridge is a community and more comprehensive civil parish with a population of 6,000 on the River Avon in the New Forest District of Hampshire, England, near to the Dorset and Wiltshire borders as well as on the edge of the New Forest, with museum as well as a late medieval 7-arch bridge. It is 81 miles (130 km) southwest of London, and also 10 miles (16 kilometres) south of the city of Salisbury. Fordingbridge is a previous market town. The Avon Valley Path travels through the community. The community omitting straight settlement Sandleheath (consisted of in its headline population with other outlying houses, amounting to 1,526 citizens) has a thickness of 30.2 individuals per hectare. Fordingbridge is a town and also civil parish in Hampshire on the banks of the River Avon. The initial Great Bridge, from which the town got its existing name, was constructed in mediaeval times, as well as is upstream from the ford. The bridge is a significant function of the community with its 7 stylish arcs, which can be seen really conveniently from the town's large waterfront park where one can walk along the shore draped with willows and also waterside plants. Close by is a children's play area, remote memorial gardens, parks and also sports playing fields. A bronze statuary of the painter Augustus John depends on the financial institutions of the Avon near the Great Bridge.