Hale is a small village in the north west of the district with a part of its boundary being the River Avon and another part the Hampshire/Wiltshire border. It is a scattered community with the centre of the Village being Hatchet Green, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a Conservation Area. There are some thatched cottages around the Green, a Village Hall, a Victorian school building which houses a flourishing and very successful Primary School and a modern sculpture that was erected to mark the Millennium. Other notable landmarks in the Village are Hale Park House which was rebuilt about 1715 and has been added to over the years, St Mary's Church and The National Trust common Hale Purlieu. There are 227 properties within the Parish boundary and in 2003 an estimated population of 553.

Hale Parish Council

A meeting of Parishioners of Hale took place on 4 December 1894 where it was proposed that a meeting be called on 20 December 1894 to determine whether an application should be made for a Parish Council. At the meeting on the 20 December it was resolved that an application be made to the County Council for a Parish Council in Hale. The first Parish Councillors were elected on 27 May 1895.

The present Parish Council meets 11 times a year on the first Tuesday in the month except in August. The Annual Parish Assembly is held in April. All the meetings are in Hale Village Hall and start at 7.30pm.

The Councillors are as follows;

Chairman

Mr Timothy Orchard Dilkusha Hatchet Close Hale SP6 2NF 01725 512634

Vice Chairman

Mrs Amanda Ansell Purlieu Dene Forest Road Hale SP6 2NP 01725 512817

Mrs Eve Gillmon Woodriding  Hale Purlieu Hale SP6 2QZ 01725 512279

Mr Steve Whitmarsh Birchgrove Tethering Drove Hale SP6 2NH 01725 510250

Mr Eric Greenall  Forest  Acre Forest Road Hale SP6 2NR  01725 510832

Mr Peter Guard Greenheyes Mays Firs Forest Road Hale SP6 2NS 01725 510225

Clerk to Hale Parish Council

Mrs V A Marlow Briar Patch Hale Purlieu Hale SP6 2NN

Office hours 9am to 5pm weekdays 01725 510971

Committees that the Parish Councillors are on or organisations they attend as representatives of the Council

• Hale Parish Council Planning Committee - Councillors Gillmon, Orchard & Whitmarsh
• Hale Village Hall Committee - Councillor Whitmarsh
• New Forest District Council Liaison Meetings - Councillor Orchard
• New Forest District Association of Parish & Town Councils - available Councillor 
• New Forest Consultative Panel - Councillor Guard
• Police Liaison/local meetings - Councillor Ansell
• Rights of Way - Councillor Whitmarsh
• Transport - any Councillor that is available
• Downton Link

Any Councillor to step in when delegated Councillor unable to attend their allocated meeting.