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Established long before it appeared in the Domesday Book as *Depedene* - meaning "deep valley" - Dibden sits on the edge of the New Forest within the boundary of the National Park. It is a quiet, largely residential outlier of the larger Hythe and Dibden Purlieu hub, positioned just west of Southampton Water. Life here is defined by its proximity to both the heavy industry of the Fawley refineries and the sprawling ancient woodland of the forest. The original heart of the settlement is centered around the 13th-century All Saints Church, which still bears the scars of the Second World War when it was almost entirely destroyed by a stray incendiary bomb and subsequently rebuilt. For most day-to-day needs, residents look towards the nearby shops and schools in Dibden Purlieu or Hythe, while the Hythe Ferry remains a practical, if scenic, shortcut across the water to the centre of Southampton, avoiding the long drive around the head of the estuary.