--- title: "Barton on Sea – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Barton on Sea, United Kingdom: Barton on Sea is a cliff-top village in the civil parish of New Milton, in the New Forest district, in Hampshire, England…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/barton-on-sea" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/barton-on-sea.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Seafront_at_Barton-on-Sea%2C_Hampshire%2C_England.jpg/1920px-Seafront_at_Barton-on-Sea%2C_Hampshire%2C_England.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Village in Hampshire, England · United Kingdom # 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](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Seafront_at_Barton-on-Sea%2C_Hampshire%2C_England.jpg/1920px-Seafront_at_Barton-on-Sea%2C_Hampshire%2C_England.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Barton on Sea · ITookSomePhotos 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. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barton_on_Sea), CC BY-SA 4.0. 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. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Milton_Town_Hall) 2. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Miller_Motorcycle_Museum) 3. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highcliffe_to_Milford_Cliffs) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## 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 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-barton-on-sea) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Barton+on+Sea) - Bristol → Barton on Sea 102 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £12–15 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-barton-on-sea) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Barton+on+Sea) - Cardiff → Barton on Sea 133 km · quickest by road, 3h 16m · £18–24 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-barton-on-sea) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Barton+on+Sea) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Barton%20on%20Sea) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. 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 around Nonetheless, 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](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/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. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 25 km 2. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 217 km 3. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 534 km 4. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 585 km 5. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 613 km If you know how people move in Barton on Sea – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cbarton-on-sea&title=Barton+on+Sea&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fbarton-on-sea), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Barton on Sea - [New Milton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/new-milton) town in Hampshire, England, UK 2 km - [Hordle](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hordle) village in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom 3.1 km - [Highcliffe](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/highcliffe) town in Christchurch, Dorset, England 2.9 km - [Bashley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bashley) village in Hampshire, England, UK 3.5 km - [Ashley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ashley) village in New Forest, Hampshire, UK 2.1 km - [Highcliffe and Walkford](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/highcliffe-and-walkford) civil parish in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England 3.2 km [The place page for Barton on Sea](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/barton-on-sea) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United Kingdom](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-GB) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/barton-on-sea, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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