Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre
Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre is a tourism office in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, England. Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre is situated nearby to Branders Bank, as well as near the beach White Pits.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Opening hours:
Monday—Friday: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM - Type: Tourism office
- Address: Hengistbury Head Nature Reserve, Bournemouth, BH6 4EN
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Warren Hill and Stocks.
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.
Stocks
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stocks are feet restraining devices that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation. The use of stocks is seen as early as Ancient Greece, where they are described as being in use in Solon's law code. Stocks is situated 1 mile north of Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre.
Christchurch Castle
Christchurch Castle is a Norman motte and bailey castle in Christchurch, Dorset, England. The earliest stonework has been dated to 1160. The castle's site is inside the old Saxon burh dominating the River Avon's lowest crossing. Christchurch Castle is situated 1 mile north of Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wick and Stanpit.
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.
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.
Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre
- Categories: information, building, and tourism
- Location: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.7191° or 50° 43′ 9″ northLongitude
-1.76604° or 1° 45′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C2WP69M+JHOpenStreetMap ID
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