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Hengistbury Head forms part of the Christchurch Harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), and in May 1990 was declared a Local Nature Reserve. [73] The head supports 500 plant species (a quarter of the national flora), including eight red data book species, 14 nationally scarce, and 39 locally rare species.
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, [1] it is a site of international importance in terms of its archaeology and is scheduled both as an Ancient Monument, [2] and a Local Nature Reserve.
Christchurch Rowing Club is situated on the Quomps above Christchurch Quay. Hengistbury Head Activities Centre is situated on the South Shore of the Harbour. There are more than 1,400 small boat moorings in the harbour and rivers. [20] Sailing, rowing, canoeing, windsurfing and kite surfing are all practised in the harbour.
Between Hengistbury Head and Mudeford the path uses a ferry to cross Christchurch Harbour. In winter, when the ferry does not usually run, there is a 3-mile detour through Christchurch . The Bournemouth Coast Path performs an important role by connecting the South West Coast Path (by the Sandbanks Ferry ) in the west and the Solent Way in the east.
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Part of Hengistbury Head Local Nature Reserve and the Christchurch Harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest, [1] the wood has developed immediately north of the archaeologically and environmentally [2] significant Warren Hill, sheltered from the sea breezes coming from the south and west over Poole Bay.
From St Ann's Head around Marloes peninsula and St Bride's Bay to St David's Head: St Ann's Head* Little Castle Point; Short Point; Long Point; Iron Point; Great Castle Head; Hooper's Point; Pitting Gales Point; Wooltack Point* Haven Point; High Point; Tower Point; The Nab Head; Castle Head; Ticklas Point; Borough Head; The Point; Black Point ...
The Druitt family also left a property in the High Street to be used as a library together with all the books and papers they had collected and extensive gardens. James Druitt (five times mayor 1850, 1859, 1867, 1888, 1896) was instrumental in putting a stop to the ironstone mining at Hengistbury Head (see below). [50]