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Christchurch Bay

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Christchurch Bay is an official bathing spot in Hampshire. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. The county has 13 designated bathing waters; this is one.

New Milton Station is 2.4 km away to the north. Nearby bathing waters include Highcliffe and Christchurch Highcliffe Castle.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Christchurch Bay

Photo of the New Forest, a National Park in England.Iconic

New Forest

National Park near Lyndhurst

Ancient wood pasture and heathland where commoners' ponies still roam free.

3.5 km NE

Photo of Keyhaven and Pennington Marshes, a nature reserve near Milford on Sea in the New Forest, Hampshire, south east England.Highlight

Keyhaven and Pennington Marshes

Nature reserve near Milford on Sea

Saltmarsh and lagoons on the Solent Way.

7 km E

Photo of Christchurch Castle and Norman House, a ruined castle near Bournemouth, Dorset, south west England.

Christchurch Castle and Norman House

Castle near Bournemouth

Ruined keep on its mound and a 12th-century stone hall beside the mill stream in Christchurch, with one of England's few surviving Norman chimneys.

7.8 km W

Photo of Christchurch Priory, a church in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Christchurch Priory

Church near Christchurch

One of England's longest parish churches, a Norman and Gothic former priory near the harbour, with its legend of the miraculous beam.

7.9 km W

Photo of Hurst Castle, a ruined castle near Milford on Sea in the New Forest, Hampshire, south east England.Highlight

Hurst Castle

Castle near Milford on Sea

Henry VIII fort at the end of a shingle spit.

8.4 km E

Photo of Lymington, a village in Hampshire, south east England.Highlight

Lymington

Village

Georgian sailing town with a cobbled quay.

8.9 km E · Hampshire