Hurst Point Lighthouse

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

Photo: Hertzsprung, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Lighthouse
Description: lighthouse on the Solent, in Hampshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Hurst Point High Light” and “Hurst Point High Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hurst Spit and Fort Victoria.

Hurst Spit

Beach

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Hurst Spit is situated 3,800 feet west of Hurst Point Lighthouse.

Fort Victoria

Castle

Photo: Ranger Steve, Public domain.

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. Fort Victoria is situated 1¼ miles east of Hurst Point Lighthouse.

Yarmouth Castle

Castle

Photo: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Yarmouth Castle is an artillery fort built by Henry VIII in 1547 to protect Yarmouth Harbour on the Isle of Wight from the threat of French attack. Just under 100 feet across, the square castle was initially equipped with 15 artillery guns and a garrison of 20 men. Yarmouth Castle is situated 2 miles east of Hurst Point Lighthouse.

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

Photo: Debnigo, CC BY 3.0.

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.

Totland

Village

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Totland is a village, civil parish and electoral ward on the Isle of Wight. Besides the village of Totland, the civil parish comprises the western tip of the Isle of Wight, and includes The Needles, Tennyson Down and the hamlet of Middleton. Totland is situated 1½ miles south of Hurst Point Lighthouse.

Hurst Point Lighthouse

Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Milford-on-Sea, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.70795° or 50° 42′ 29″ north

Longitude

-1.55033° or 1° 33′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C2WPC5X+5V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 128637893

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

Wikidata ID

Q2752732

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Hurst Point Lighthouse” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Hurst Point Lighthouse”
Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Hurst Point”
French: “phare de Hurst Point”
French: “Phare de Hurst Point”
German: “Hurst Point Lighthouse”
Italian: “Faro di Hurst Point”
Polish: “Latarnia morska Hurst Point”
Russian: “Маяк Харст-Пойнт”
Spanish: “Faro de Punta de Hurst”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hurst Castle and Fort Albert.

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