Totton & Eling is a town of about 28,000 population in the New Forest District and County of Hampshire.

Situated on the River Test, the area has a long history of shipbuilding but also maintains strong links with the Forest. Until the 1950's New Forest ponies used to roam freely around the town.

In 1974 Eling Parish Council became Totton & Eling Town Council due to the increase in size of Totton town.

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In AD850 the West Saxon King Aethelfulf gave land for a burial ground and church at Eling Hill. The Saxon church built on the site in the 9th Century was replaced with a simple stone church by the Normans and part of this original building can still be seen today.

In the Doomsday Survey Eling was recorded as Edlinges and Totton as Totintone. One of the two mills recorded in the survey still survives today as the Eling Tide Mill. The History of this area can be followed at the Totton & Eling Heritage Centre which takes you back to the Bronze Age when people lived just north of the town.

Nowadays the town has many modern amenities and is the starting point of the Test Way, a 46 mile walk to Inkpen Beacon that passes the old mill cottage on the River Test and the lower Test Nature Reserve.