Some pictures of Highcliffe and the immediate area
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Click on this thumbnail to see a stunning aerial photo of Highcliffe Castle.
Photograph courtesy of the Daily Echo, Bournemouth with the help of Bournemouth Helicopters.
Visit www.bournemouthecho.co.uk to purchase the full size version.
Highcliffe Castle entrance from across the lawn Highcliffe Castle Stormy day in November.
Thanks to Kay Ellis (and for the Mudeford Quay photos below)
The beach, looking East from Steamer Point Highcliffe Castle Beach, from
Steamer Point
Another view of the Castle from across the lawns The Castle again
The South face of the Castle, on another lovely sunny day And again - the South face this time.
Thanks to Geoff Franklin for this one		 A normal day in November
The Castle in 1980, makes you realise
how much they've done over the years		 A stormy day - December 2, from Barrie Taylor. (This was shown on South Today.)
A slightly older view. Photo courtesy of
the excellent Hampshire Cam website		 Photo courtesy of Bob at
Dorset World Photographic
Photo courtesy of Bob at
Dorset World Photographic 		Photo courtesy of Bob at
Dorset World Photographic
The market on a sunny day, viewed from the car park It's the covered market, now closed,
fenced off. and soon to be developed 		Romeo and Juliet being filmed in the Castle grounds. (These photos by Kay Ellis.)
Thumbnail picture of old school house. Link to bigger picture The old school house - one of the oldest
buildings in the village. Thanks to Shirley Millie
(from New Forest Villages website) for this photo
Thumbnail picture of Globe Inn. Link to bigger picture The Globe - another of the original village
buildings. It was already a pub in 1872.
Thanks again to Shirley
Thanks to Jenny Taylor for sending this in. It is an interesting shot of Windmill Cottage, from circa 1900.
This was the house of Mr James Frampton (1815-1914) a builder and wheelwright/carpenter, who was the father of John Frampton, who donated the land for the Methodist Church.
There's much more about the history on the
Berties website - history page		 looking east from the Crows Nest across Chewton Bunney Looking East along the Naish cliffs
This and the next two courtesy of Andrew Stacey, His website has excellent pictures of the cliffs at Highcliffe, Naish, and Barton
Date unknown, but it's the waterfall by the
bridge near Naish Holiday Park entrance.
(Thanks to the guys at SaxonSquare.com
for this one.)		 looking down to the Highcliffe beach from the clifftop
footpath through Chewton Bunney Here's one of the path down through
Chewton Bunny. Thanks to Shirley Millie.
See her New Forest Villages website		 looking down to the Highcliffe beach from the clifftop
hazel coppice at Chewton Bunney This one of a hazel coppice at Chewton
Bunney, and the following four photos, are
from the Christchurch Wildlife Service website,
courtesy of Peter Holloway
 The Harbour - a November sunset.
Thanks to Barrie Taylor.
peaceful lake at Lakeside This one is of Lakeside, a wildlife site in the
middle of a big residential area		 January 29 - Avon Beach
the lake at Nea Meadows Nea Meadows this time, another
haven surrounded by houses		 January 29 - Avon Beach
the lake at Nea Meadows Another of the lake at Nea Meadows Thanks to Barrie Taylor for this lovely photo - as seen on BBC South weather report
looking down a footpath through Roeshot Wood A path through Roeshot These next two are also by Barrie - early January 2007.
Friars Cliff beach huts
Sunset towards Mudeford
A sunny December day on the beach below Naish A typical December day. On the shingle below the
fossil bearing cliffs to the East of the village.
The beaches to the South and West are sandy,
with little shingle.
Thanks to Dr Ian West from Southampton University
for the picture. It's from his extremely interesting
website describing the fossils and geology of the area.
Boats - thanks to Kay Ellis for this Another of Kay's lovely photos
Still quiet - even in Summer.
(Want to see more of my dog - go HERE)		 This one of the Zig Zag path, and the ones below, were all taken on July 06 - RLNI Funday
Looking down onto the beach from Steamer Point Nature Reserve Another hectic day at Steamer Point.
Thanks to Geoff Franklin for this one
A lovely scene of the lily covered lake in the Steamer Point Nature Reserve Another one from Geoff. This is the lily
covered lake at Steamer Point
Looking West along the beach from the open cliff top in Steamer Point Nature Reserve Another lovely picture from Geoff. Looking
West from Steamer Point Nature Reserve
view from Crows Nest along the coast below Naish A super picture of the coast below Naish.
Thanks to Shirley Millie for letting me use
another from her New Forest Villages website
A couple of pictures of Naish in days gone by.
It's interesting to see where the cliff line was then.
Thanks to Jenny Taylor for these.
A lovely photo of Friars Cliff - thanks to Barrie Taylor.
A lovely August day in 2007 - thanks to regular visitor Eileen Darbon
Interesting one of the original Crows Nest cafe. Looking across to Highcliffe from Mudeford - thanks to another regular visitor, David MacLannan
Looking East along the beach towards Barton, taken from the clif top car park. Barton cliffs across Chewton Bunny from the
Waterford Road car park. Our very own Jurassic Coast!
(Eocene actually, but fossil rich anyway,
and we won't worry about a few million years.) 		The Cliffhanger - thanks to another regular visitor, David MacLannan
Lovely sunny day, looking West along the beach, taken from the footpath down from the car park. Yet another lovely Winter's day in Highcliffe. The Ferry - thanks to another regular visitor, David MacLannan
Boats returning up The Run. Photo courtesy
of the excellent Hampshire Cam website.
the lobster pots piled high on Mudeford Quay Pots on the Quay (this and the following two
are courtesy of John Michael Smith)
the Vicar of Christchurch, standing in a rowing boat, blessing the waters of the Run The annual tradition of blessing the waters to
keep the fishermen safe
Lots of small tachts on the beach, just before racing Race day - could be just about any weekend
The Needles, taken from Castle Beach. Looking at the Needles from the Castle Beach
Looking towards Hengistbury across the top of the Steamer Point beach huts. The nearest thing to commercialisation we
have on our beaches