Sport and Leisure
Ringwood has a Non-League football club Ringwood Town F.C., which plays at Long Lane.
Speedway has been staged at nearby Matchams Park. The team, known as the Ringwood Turfs, featured in the Southern Area League in the mid 1950s.
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