Highcliffe Castle
Highcliffe Castle, 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.Photo: Davepape, Public domain.
- Email: enquiries@highcliffecastle.co.uk
- Type: Castle
- Description: Grade I listed historic house museum in Highcliffe and Walkford, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England, UK
- Address: Rothesay Drive, Highcliffe, BH23 4LE
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parish Church of St Mark and Hinton Admiral railway station.
Parish Church of St Mark
Church
Photo: Mike Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of St Mark is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Highcliffe Castle.
Hinton Admiral railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mike Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hinton Admiral railway station is a station serving the villages of Bransgore and Hinton and the seaside town of Highcliffe on the Hampshire/Dorset border in southern England. Hinton Admiral railway station is situated 1 mile north of Highcliffe Castle.
Highcliffe School
School
Highcliffe School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Highcliffe-on-Sea in the English county of Dorset. Highcliffe School is situated 3,600 feet northwest of Highcliffe Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Highcliffe and Mudeford.
Highcliffe
Town
Photo: Stephen Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 Dorset in England.
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.
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. Stanpit is situated 2 miles west of Highcliffe Castle.
Highcliffe Castle
Latitude
50.73802° or 50° 44′ 17″ northLongitude
-1.71366° or 1° 42′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C2WP7QP+6GOpenStreetMap ID
way 188283032OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q5757915
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Highcliffe Castle” goes by many names.
- French: “château de Highcliffe”
- French: “Château de Highcliffe”
- German: “Highcliffe Castle”
- Persian: “دژ هایکلیف”
- Turkish: “Highcliffe Kalesi”
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