Beaulieu (Hampshire)

Beaulieu [ bju ː li ː ] is a small village in Hampshire, England, near the south coast and south-west of Southampton.

The property Palace House (not to be confused with the Palace of Beaulieu in Essex ), which overlooks the town from the other side of the Beaulieu River, began in 1204 as the gatehouse to Beaulieu Abbey and the estate was the family of the respective Baron Montagu of Beaulieu since 1538 than it has by King Henry the Eighth of England acquired in the wake of the dissolution of the monasteries by the Crown.

The house was enlarged in the 16th century and again in the 19th century, and nowadays it is a good example of a Gothic country house. Although it still serves as the residence of Lord Montagu, parts of the house to the public are accessible. It is a member of the consortium Treasure Houses of England.

The place is also home to the British National Motor Museum. The museum, which was opened as The Montagu Motor Museum in 1952, privately owned, was established in 1972 converted into a foundation. The museum contains an important collection of historic motor vehicles, including a world record of four vehicles. For 40 years, takes place every year in September, launched by Lord Montagu Autojumble. It was originally intended as an auto parts market to attract more museum visitors. In 2010, he was with 2,200 exhibitors on three premises belonging to the meadows of the largest car market in England.

The picturesque yard of Bucklers Hard, with its Georgian architecture along the Beaulieu River part of the 9000 Ar (36 km ²) comprehensive community Beaulieu. She was the cradle of many British ships, including vessels of the fleet of Admiral Nelson, and used the wood from the New Forest. The industry declined in the 19th century, and today is the old shipyard as a tourist attraction with a small naval museum and a modern yacht marina. In Bucklers Hard began and ended Sir Francis Chichester in his single-handed circumnavigation of the Gipsy Moth IV

The village of Beaulieu has remained far mostly untouched by progress, is a preferred tourist stop for visitors to the New Forest and also for vacationers who are looking for local features such as Dartford Warbler and Honey Buzzard.

The nearest railway station is the Beaulieu Road Railway Station, which is a few miles away on the main railway route London- Weymouth, and the one known to lean train frequency has (usually three trains daily). Visitors should instead use the stations Brockenhurst or Ashurst.

In the late 1950s, Beaulieu was the Beaulieu Jazz Festival, surprisingly, the location of the first British experiments of pop culture, which quickly developed into one of the most significant events in the annual calendar of jazz and pop scene in England. Camping nights, an invasion of young people in the country, eccentric clothes, wild music, and occasionally even wilder behavior, these now familiar elements of pop festivals happening now in Beaulieu each summer. They culminated in the so-called Battle of Beaulieu ( Beaulieu battle of ) the 1960 Festival, fought as a rival supporter of modern and traditional jazz music is a kind of competition the subculture.