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Barton on Sea

Barton on Sea is a cliff-top village in the civil parish of New Milton, in the New Forest district, in Hampshire, England close to the town of New Milton to the north.

Barton on Sea
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The place

Barton on Sea is a cliff-top village in the civil parish of New Milton, in the New Forest district, in Hampshire, England close to the town of New Milton to the north. As a settlement, Barton has a history dating back to Anglo-Saxon times. Barton is notable for the many fossils to be found in the Barton geological beds in the cliffs, as well as for the significant sea defences built to guard the cliffs against coastal erosion. Barton on Sea is a very popular retirement location. Approximately 36% of the population is retired. The population of Barton in the 2001 census was 6,849.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Barton on Sea

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    New Milton Town Hall

    New Milton Town Hall is a municipal building in Ashley Road in New Milton, a town in Hampshire, in England. The building accommodates the offices and meeting place of New Milton Town Council.

    1.2 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum

    The Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum is an independent museum in New Milton, Hampshire, England. It was set up in 1964, after the former championship winning observed trials rider Sammy Miller set up a parts business in New Milton.

    2.8 km · motorcycle museum in New Milton, Hampshire · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Highcliffe to Milford Cliffs

    Highcliffe to Milford Cliffs is a 110.1-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the south coast of England from Christchurch in Dorset to Milford on Sea in Hampshire. It includes several Geological Conservation Review sites.

    1.2 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia

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Getting to Barton on Sea

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 103 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 112 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 116 km
Stations
New Milton railway station, 1.5 km
  • London → Barton on Sea
    138 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £15–20
  • Bristol → Barton on Sea
    102 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £12–15
  • Cardiff → Barton on Sea
    133 km · quickest by road, 3h 16m · £18–24
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Barton on Sea

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Barton on Sea. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundNonetheless, that doesn't stop you from boarding the train at Lymington Town to get down to the pier station for the ferry service, or using the bus services above to get to local areas.
  • Go next— Wightlink offers a 40-minute ferry to Yarmouth.

From Wikivoyage: Lymington, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    25 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    217 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    534 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 36 sources

    585 km
  5. 05
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 21 sources

    613 km

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Around it

Next door to Barton on Sea

  • New Miltontown in Hampshire, England, UK2 km
  • Hordlevillage in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom3.1 km
  • Highcliffetown in Christchurch, Dorset, England2.9 km
  • Bashleyvillage in Hampshire, England, UK3.5 km
  • Ashleyvillage in New Forest, Hampshire, UK2.1 km
  • Highcliffe and Walkfordcivil parish in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England3.2 km