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# 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.

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## Every way there

- 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)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Highcliffe, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Highcliffe has

- Y Scheduled flights Bristol (BRS), 101 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- Y Ferries Mudeford Ferry, 4 km; sailings estimated
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Bournemouth, 13 km.

50.741°, -1.696°

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.

How locals move

## Getting around Highcliffe the local way

- 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. Last edited 2026-03.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highcliffe), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: ITookSomePhotos (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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