--- title: "Highcliffe – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Highcliffe, United Kingdom: Highcliffe or Highcliffe-on-Sea is a seaside town in the civil parish of Highcliffe and Walkford, in the unitary authority…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/highcliffe" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/highcliffe.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Beach_at_Highcliffe%2C_Dorset%2C_England.jpg/1920px-Beach_at_Highcliffe%2C_Dorset%2C_England.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Town in Dorset, England · United Kingdom # Highcliffe Highcliffe or Highcliffe-on-Sea is a seaside town in the civil parish of Highcliffe and Walkford, in the unitary authority area of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, in the ceremonial county of Dorset in England. ![Highcliffe](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Beach_at_Highcliffe%2C_Dorset%2C_England.jpg/1920px-Beach_at_Highcliffe%2C_Dorset%2C_England.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Highcliffe · ITookSomePhotos The place Highcliffe or Highcliffe-on-Sea is a seaside town in the civil parish of Highcliffe and Walkford, in the unitary authority area of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, in the ceremonial county of Dorset in England. It forms part of the South East Dorset conurbation along the English Channel coast. The town lies on a picturesque stretch of Solent coastline with views of the Isle of Wight and its 'Needles' rocks. It is part of the historic county of Hampshire. From 1974 to 2019 it was in the Christchurch district. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highcliffe), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Highcliffe 10 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. Christchurch Castle Christchurch Castle is a Norman motte and bailey castle in Christchurch, Dorset, England. The earliest stonework has been dated to 1160. 5.6 km · castle, now ruinous, in Christchurch, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_Castle) 2. Christchurch Priory Christchurch Priory is an ecclesiastical parish and former priory church in Christchurch in the English county of Dorset. It is one of the longest parish churches in the country and is as large as many of the Church of England Cathedrals. 5.6 km · Grade I listed church in Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_Priory) 3. Highcliffe Castle Highcliffe Castle, situated on the cliffs at Highcliffe, Dorset, was built between 1831 and 1835 by Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay in a Romantic and Picturesque, Gothic Revival style near the site of High Cliff House, a Georgian Mansion designed for the 3rd Earl of Bute with the gardens laid out by Capability Brown. The design, by William Donthorne, a founder member of RIBA, incorporated large quantities of carved Medieval stonework salvaged from the ruined Benedictine Abbey of St Peter at Jumieges and the Grand' Maison des Andelys, both situated in Normandy, France. 1.3 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Highcliffe and Walkford, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highcliffe_Castle) 4. Hinton Admiral Hinton Admiral is the estate and ancestral home of the Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick family and located in the settlement of Hinton, near Bransgore in Hampshire, England. It is a Grade I Listed building. 1.8 km · Grade I listed English country house in New Forest District, United Kingdom · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinton_Admiral) 5. Red House Museum and Gardens The Red House Museum and Gardens is a museum of local history located in Christchurch, Dorset. The red-brick Georgian building was constructed in 1764 as the parish workhouse. 5.7 km · Museum in Christchurch, United Kingdom · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_House_Museum_and_Gardens,_Christchurch) 6. Warren Hill Warren Hill is the elevated part of Hengistbury Head in Dorset, England, overlooking Christchurch to the North and dominating Poole Bay to the West. With finds stretching back over 10,000 years, it is a site of international importance in terms of its archaeology and is scheduled both as an Ancient Monument, and a Local Nature Reserve. 5.1 km · archaeological site by Christchurch · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Hill,_Bournemouth) 7. 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. 3.2 km · municipal building in England · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Milton_Town_Hall) 8. 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. 3.1 km · motorcycle museum in New Milton, Hampshire · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Miller_Motorcycle_Museum) 9. St John's Church, Purewell St John's Church is a Church of England mission church in Purewell, Dorset, England. It was built in 1880–81. 4.6 km · church in Purewell, Dorset · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John%27s_Church,_Purewell) 10. Parish Church of St Luke St. Luke's Church is a Church of England parish church in Burton, Dorset, England. 5 km · church building in Burton, Christchurch, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Luke%27s_Church,_Burton) 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 Highcliffe **Airports:** Bristol (BRS), 101 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 115 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 118 km\ **Stations:** New Milton railway station, 3.1 km · Hinton Admiral railway station, 1.8 km · Christchurch Harbour, 4.6 km\ - London → Highcliffe 139 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £15–20 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-highcliffe) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Highcliffe) - Bristol → Highcliffe 101 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · £12–16 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-highcliffe) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Highcliffe) - Cardiff → Highcliffe 132 km · quickest by road, 3h 13m · £18–24 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-highcliffe) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Highcliffe) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Highcliffe) 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 Highcliffe 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 Highcliffe. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Go next Good location for day trips to the New Forest, Lymington and Beaulieu. From [Wikivoyage: Christchurch (England)](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Christchurch_(England%29), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03. 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 28 km 2. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 214 km 3. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 536 km 4. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 584 km 5. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 611 km If you know how people move in Highcliffe – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Chighcliffe&title=Highcliffe&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fhighcliffe), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Highcliffe - [New Milton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/new-milton) town in Hampshire, England, UK 2.7 km - [Bransgore](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bransgore) village and civil parish in Hampshire, UK 5 km - [Hordle](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hordle) village in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom 5.7 km - [Burton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/burton) village in Burton and Winkton, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England 5 km - [Barton on Sea](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/barton-on-sea) village in Hampshire, England 2.9 km - [Mudeford](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mudeford) village in Dorset, England, UK 4.2 km [The place page for Highcliffe](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/highcliffe) [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/highcliffe, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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