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 in England.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 3,460 residents
  • Description: town in Christchurch, Dorset, England
  • Also known as: “Highcliffe-on-Sea” and “Highcliffe, Hampshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Highcliffe Castle and Hinton Admiral railway station.

Castle
Photo: Davepape, Public domain.
, 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.

Railway station
Photo: Mike Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a station serving the villages of and Hinton and the seaside town of Highcliffe on the / border in southern .

School
is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Highcliffe-on-Sea in the English county of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barton on Sea and Beckley.

Village
Photo: Peter Jordan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a cliff-top village in the civil parish of , in the New Forest district, in , England close to the town of New Milton to the north.

Hamlet
Photo: Stuart Buchan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in , England. It lies in the civil parish of . is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was held by "Nigel the doctor" from Earl Roger of Shrewsbury. is situated 2 miles north of Highcliffe.

Town
Photo: Singinglemon, CC0.
is a market town and civil parish in the New Forest district, in southwest , England. To the north is in the and to the south the coast at . is situated 2 miles east of Highcliffe.

Highcliffe

Latitude
50.74221° or 50° 44′ 32″ north
Longitude
-1.69676° or 1° 41′ 48″ west
Population
3,460
Elevation
98 feet (30 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB HCF
Open location code
9C2WP8R3+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4347624800
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3211309
Wiki­data ID
Q1240972
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Highcliffe” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Highcliffe”
  • Basque: “Highcliffe”
  • Chinese: “海克利夫”
  • Dutch: “Highcliffe”
  • Korean: “하이클리프온시”
  • Ladin: “Highcliffe”
  • Latin: “Highcliffe”
  • Polish: “Highcliffe”
  • Swedish: “Highcliffe”
  • Welsh: “Highcliffe-on-Sea”
  • Welsh: “Highcliffe”

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