The pretty UK village locals say is 'perfect' - but most houses sell for £1m

Brockenhurst is successful the bosom of the New Forest (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)

There is simply a beauteous colony successful confederate England wherever galore radical would privation to unrecorded fixed fractional a chance.

In the bosom of the New Forest, Brockenhurst is betwixt the bustling metropolis of Southampton and the celebrated seaside municipality of Bournemouth.

The colony is location to astir 3,500 radical and has a thriving precocious thoroughfare implicit with the award-winning Bakehouse bakery, The Buttery beverage room, Village Veg greengrocer's and Commoners restaurant.

Brockenhurst is besides fashionable with visitors to the New Forest, drawn to its colony charms and free-roaming New Forest ponies which, on with cattle, tin beryllium seen grazing the colony greenish and holding up the traffic.

Chris Hayward, Managing Director of property cause Hayward Fox, told Express.co.uk: "'Brock' is arguably the champion colony successful the New Forest.

"It's got bully shops for a village, bully pubs and eateries, and you're successful the forest. It's conscionable cleanable really. A batch of radical fixed a accidental would unrecorded down here."

'Brock' is location to astir 3,500 radical (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)

Brockenhurst's main buying thoroughfare boasts plentifulness of independents (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)

Visitors are drawn to Brockenhurst's New Forest ponies (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)

But anyone wishing to bargain volition request heavy pockets, with the bulk of income successful Brockenhurst selling for an mean terms of £1,283,882, according to Rightmove.

It reported that properties successful the colony had an wide mean terms of £995,923 implicit the past year.

Mr Hayward said: "It's not truly a first-time buyers country due to the fact that of the prices. A batch of radical person been present their full lives and are present successful retirement, but there's a batch of families arsenic good due to the fact that of the facilities and location."

On the enactment betwixt London Waterloo and Weymouth stations, Brockenhurst is fashionable with metropolis commuters. It is besides easy wrong scope of Bournemouth Airport and Southampton Airport.

Eighteen-hole Brockenhurst Manor Golf Club, named among the apical 100 courses successful 2022, is said to beryllium perfect for enthusiasts, portion Brockenhurst FC - the Badgers - has elder teams and a "thriving" younker program.

Brockenhurst College is simply a "leading force" successful acquisition successful the area, offering A-Level and equivalent courses to immoderate 3,000 students aged 16-19 and older.

Chris Hayward says Brockenhurst is arguably the champion colony successful the New Forest (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)

Villagers stock their streets with cows and New Forest ponies (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)

The New Forest is connected your doorstep successful Brockenhurst (Image: Getty)

Mr Hayward explained that the spot marketplace successful Brockenhurst has settled since the Covid pandemic unreserved and is present overmuch steadier.

He said: "Prices person dropped backmost since Covid... It's a dependable marketplace present which is amended successful immoderate respects due to the fact that it gives radical moving much accidental to spot worldly earlier it's sold. There's been a correction price-wise. They've recovered their level again now.

"Properties coming connected present are coming connected astatine sensible levels. It's conscionable specified a fashionable area."

There is besides request from buyers looking for 2nd homes, with Hayward Fox precocious selling a location for much than £2million arsenic a 3rd home. People are besides scouring the country for properties to fto arsenic abbreviated word vacation accommodation.

But according to Mr Hayward that's accepted locally, arsenic specified lets aren't dominating the colony wherever prices scope from £90,000 for a status level to £3m to £4m.