Hurst Point

Hurst Point is a cape in Milford-on-Sea, New Forest, England. Hurst Point is situated nearby to the locality North Point, as well as near Cliff End.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hurst Point Lighthouse and Hurst Spit.

Hurst Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Hurst Point Lighthouse is located at Hurst Point in the English county of Hampshire, and guides vessels through the western approaches to the Solent.

Hurst Spit is a one-mile-long shingle bank near the village of Keyhaven, at the western end of the Solent, on the south coast of England. The spit shelters an area of saltmarsh and mudflats known as Keyhaven and Pennington marshes.

Fort Victoria

Castle

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Fort Victoria is a former military fort on the Isle of Wight, England, built to guard the Solent. The earliest fort on the site was a coastal fort known as Sharpenode Bulwark built in 1545–1547 by Henry VIII, but these defences had fallen into disrepair by the 17th century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Keyhaven and Colwell Bay.

Keyhaven

Village

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Keyhaven is a hamlet on the south coast of England in the county of Hampshire. It is a fishing village, but the trade has been in decline for a period of years and its main draw now is tourism, especially sailing.

Colwell Bay

Village

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Colwell Bay is a bay in the west of the Isle of Wight. It is located between the towns of Totland and Yarmouth. The bay's northernmost point is Cliff's End the closest point of the Island to the British mainland, with Hurst Castle situated at the end of a long peninsula just under a mile to the northwest.