Walkford Brook is renowned for flooding in this area and a bridge was constructed in 1901 and is thought that it may be the earliest reinforced concrete bridge that was built in England. There use to be some lovely thatched cottages that lined the brook but these were pulled down around about 1958. The common lies behind the Chewton Common Road and this was once just a group of thatched cottages that were mainly built of mud and Slop Pond is said to have been named after a much larger pond that once stood on the common. The mud cottages were reputed to have been home to both farm workers and local fishermen and it is said that they were also involved in smuggling. Some of the cottages can still be seen today with Yew Tree Cottage being about 500 years old.

The centre of the hamlet there is a small shopping area though the Post Office is now closed due to cut backs and this has put the shopping centre in jeopardy as people now have to travel further afield for stamps etc, and this will lead to them doing their normal shopping while visiting the post offices of Christchurch and New Milton.There were about twenty five to thirty cottages on the common with a population of around 150.

When you have passed through the village and over the railway line you will leave both the Borough and the County and then turning towards Christchurch you will pass one of the most famous pubs in the New Forest, The  Cat and Fiddle with Hinton Station on the left you will then be back into the Borough and Dorset again after a short journey.