Hengistbury Head
Hengistbury Head, formerly also called Christchurch Head, is a headland jutting into the English Channel between Bournemouth and Mudeford in the English county of Dorset.Photo: Hut 8.5, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Warren Hill and Church of All Saints.
Warren Hill
Peak
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.
Mudeford Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mudeford Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution search and rescue operations at Mudeford, Christchurch, Dorset in England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stanpit and Mudeford.
Stanpit
Suburb
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanpit is a neighbourhood of Christchurch in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Stanpit is within Mudeford parish, and is situated on the shore of Christchurch Harbour, 1 mile east of Christchurch town centre.
Mudeford
Suburb
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Wick
Village
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wick is a village on the south bank of the River Stour in Dorset, England, just short of the Stour's entry into Christchurch Harbour. Along with the nearby village of Tuckton, it originally formed a tithing in the Hundred of Christchurch, before becoming part of the Civil Parish of Southbourne in 1894.
Hengistbury Head
- Type: Protected area with an elevation of 46 feet
- Description: headland in Dorset, England, UK
- Category: headland
- Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.71632° or 50° 42′ 59″ northLongitude
-1.75624° or 1° 45′ 23″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
9C2WP68V+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 242386504GeoNames ID
6544201Wikidata ID
Q139672098
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hengistbury Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hengistbury Head”
- Chinese: “亨吉斯特伯里角”
- French: “Hengistbury Head”
- Japanese: “ヘンギストベリヘッド”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hengistbury Head”
- Portuguese: “Hengistbury Head”
- Swedish: “Hengistbury Head”
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