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# Mudeford

Mudeford is a harbourside and beachside parish based on a former fishing village in the east of Christchurch, Dorset, England, fronting water on two sides: Christchurch Harbour and the sands of Avon Beach.

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## Every way there

- London → Mudeford 142 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £15–20 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-mudeford) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Mudeford)
- Bristol → Mudeford 100 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £12–15 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-mudeford) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Mudeford)
- Cardiff → Mudeford 130 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · £18–24 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-mudeford) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Mudeford)

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 Mudeford, 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 Mudeford has

- Y Scheduled flights Bristol (BRS), 100 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- Y Ferries Mudeford Ferry, 0 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, 10 km.

50.728°, -1.743°

Get in

## Getting to Mudeford

Christchurch is next to Bournemouth and on the edge of the New Forest. Via the M3 and M25 Motorways.

See

## Worth seeing

1. Norman Castle Ruins Consists of earthworks and a couple of surviving walls.
2. Constable's House Built within the original Norman castle bailey in 1160, it is a Grade I listed heritage building.
3. Chrischurch Priory Dating back more than 1000 years, it is very large (Cathedral-sized) and was very important in ecclesiastical terms back in the day.
4. Red House Museum
5. Mayor's Parlour and Saxon Square
6. Place Mill A Grade II\* listed Anglo-Saxon watermill located a short distance to the south of the Priory.

Do

## Things to do

Take a boat or ferry on the river, visit the harbour with great views of the Isle of Wight.

1. Avon Beach A large beach with several shops and a restaurant The Noisy Lobster.

Eat

## Where to eat

A number of good restaurants in the middle of town near the Priory. Noisy Lobster on Avon Beach serves good seafood M-Th 11:30-23:00, F-Su 09:00-23:00.

How locals move

## Getting around Mudeford 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/Mudeford) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Christchurch_(England%29), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: benjgibbs (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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