Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre

Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre is a tourism office in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England. Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre is situated nearby to Branders Bank, as well as near the beach White Pits.

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

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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

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Stocks are a feet restraining device that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation. The use of stocks is seen as early as Classical Athens, 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

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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.