Beaulieu River

The Beaulieu River is small river flowing south through the New Forest in the county of Hampshire in southern England. The river is some 12 miles long, of which the last 4 miles are tidal. The name is pronounced b-U-lee.

Course

The Beaulieu River rises near Lyndhurst in the centre of the New Forest, and flows south eastwards across the forest heaths to the village of Beaulieu. At Beaulieu the river becomes tidal and once drove a tide mill in the village. Below Beaulieu the tidal river continues to flow through the forest, passing the village of Bucklers Hard and entering the sea through the Solent.

Navigation

The tidal river below Beaulieu is navigable to small craft. Bucklers Hard was once a significant shipbuilding centre, building many wooden sailing ships, both merchant and naval and including Nelson's Agamemnon.