Hurst Spit

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.

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Beach
Description: shingle bank near the village of Keyhaven
Also known as: “Hurst Beach”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hurst Point Lighthouse and The Gun Public House.

Hurst Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Hurst Point Lighthouse is located at Hurst Point in the English county of Hampshire, and guides vessels through the western approaches to the Solent. Hurst Point Lighthouse is situated 3,800 feet east of Hurst Spit.

The Gun Public House

Pub

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The Gun Public House is situated 4,000 feet north of Hurst Spit.

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 2 miles east of Hurst Spit.

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

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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. Colwell Bay is situated 2 miles southeast of Hurst Spit.

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 2 miles southeast of Hurst Spit.

Hurst Spit

Categories: spit and landform
Location: Milford-on-Sea, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.7112° or 50° 42′ 40″ north

Longitude

-1.56602° or 1° 33′ 58″ west

Open location code

9C2WPC6M+FH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 238186863

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

Wikidata ID

Q24993534

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