THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT MAKE THE BEAULIEU PARK ESTATE SPECIAL - IT'S ARCHITECTURE, IT'S BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPE SETTING, THE GRAND VISTA, THE GREAT PARK, BOLEYN GARDENS, OPEN SPACES, THE RAILWAY STATION AND IT'S REMARKABLE CONNECTION WITH THE HISTORY OF NEW HALL AND THE FORMER ROYAL PALACE OF BEAULIEU.

BUT PERHAPS WHAT MAKES THE BEAULIEU PARK ESTATE REALLY SPECIAL IS SOMETHING PHOTOGRAPHS CANNOT QUITE CAPTURE - THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.

BEAULIEU PARK HAS A REMARKABLY FRIENDLY AND SOCIABLE COMMUNITY, NEIGHBOURS KNOW ONE ANOTHER, PEOPLE STOP TO TALK AND THERE IS A GENUINE SENSE THAT THIS IS A COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST A COLLECTION OF HOUSES.

THAT IS SOMETHING RATHER PRECIOUS AND, SADLY, NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DESIGNED INTO EVERY NEW HOUSING DEVELOPEMENT. FOR ALL THE BEAUTY OF THE BUILDINGS AND THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE, IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO GIVE BEAULIEU PARK IT'S CHARACTER AND SENSE OF BELONGING, THERE IS A SHARED APPRECIATION OF THE PLACE WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO CALL HOME.

PERHAPS THAT'S WHY THE BEAULIEU PARK ESTATE FEELS SO DIFFERENT FROM A CONVENTIONAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, IT DOESN'T FEEL SOULLESS OR ANONYMOUS, IT FEELS LIVED IN , CARED FOR AND LOVED.

WE ARE LUCKY TO LIVE HERE.