Hengistbury Head hillfort
Hengistbury Head hillfort is a locality in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England. Hengistbury Head hillfort is situated nearby to the suburb Stanpit, as well as near Mudeford.- Type: Locality
- Description: hillfort in Dorset, England
- Also known as: “Hengistbury Head”
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 hillfort
- Category: promontory fort
- Location: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.71436° or 50° 42′ 52″ northLongitude
-1.75074° or 1° 45′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C2WP67X+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 4354669430OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q12059867
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hengistbury Head hillfort” 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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