Beaches · South East England
Hurst Beach
Hurst Beach — Beach (pebblestone).
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Summer (Jun–Aug)
- Nearest railway station
- Lymington Pier · 5.8 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Hurst Beach is a named beach on the United Kingdom coastline. Wikidata describes it as: "Beach (pebblestone).". Coordinates: 50.7112°, -1.5660°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Hurst Castle and Lymington River Estuary SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Isle Of Wight
- Ramsar wetland: Solent & Southampton Water
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Hurst Spit is a one-mile-long (1.6 km) 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. At the end of the spit is Hurst Castle, an artillery fortress originally built on the orders of King Henry VIII, and much enlarged in the 19th century. Hurst Point Lighthouse was built on the end of Hurst Spit in the 1860s.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The name "hurst" is thought to be a Middle English dialect word meaning "sandbank", which is derived from Old English "hyrst" indicating a hillock or eminence. Little is known about Hurst before the castle was built, although it seems to be mentioned in a document dated 1434 which refers to a wreck off "Hurst".
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 50.7112, -1.5660
- County
- Hampshire
- District
- New Forest
- Parish
- Milford-on-sea
- Postcode
- SO41 0TQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- New Forest West
- Nearest railway station
- Lymington Pier — 5.8 km
Sources
- osm: w238186863 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Hurst Spit (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The Shingle Spit at Hurst Beach - geograph.org.uk - 178625.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hurst Beach?
- Hurst Beach is in Hampshire, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SO41 0TQ), in the parish of Milford-on-sea.
- Is Hurst Beach a protected site?
- Yes — Hurst Beach is part of the Hurst Castle and Lymington River Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Isle Of Wight National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Hurst Beach free to visit?
- Yes, Hurst Beach is free to enter.
- How do I get to Hurst Beach?
- The nearest railway station is Lymington Pier, about 5.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SO41 0TQ.