The Top 20 Natural Monuments in Hampshire
Hampshire’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 20
beautiful natural monuments in Hampshire. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments in Hampshire. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: October 31, 2025
Butser Hill
Highlight • Natural Monument
Standing at 889 feet (271 m) tall, Butser Hill is the highest point on the South Downs and affords breathtaking views over Hampshire and the Channel. The chalk grassland has …
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St Catherine's Hill
Highlight • Historical Site
This wonderful lookout point is the site of an Iron Age hillfort as well as a thriving nature reserve. The summit stands 230 feet (70 m) above the River Itchen …
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Bolderwood Deer Sanctuary
Highlight • Forest
With picturesque scenery, leisurely trails and herds of deer and ponies roaming freely, Bolderwood Deer Sanctuary is a fantastic place to visit for all the family. There’s even a purpose-built …
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Old Winchester Hill National Nature Reserve
Highlight • Trail
This chalk grassland is home to myriad plant, bird and animal species. In the summer months, the reserve erupts into life with wild thyme, squinancywort, clustered bellflower, salad burnet, horseshoe …
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Hurst Spit
Highlight • Beach
Not unlike Chesil Beach at Portland to the west, Hurst Spit is a shingle bank that stretches out into the sea. The spit extends towards the Isle of Wight, creating …
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Pondhead Inclosure Dragon Sculpture
Highlight • Natural Monument
A modern-day wood carving resembling the Bisterne Dragon, that supposedly expired and became Bolton’s Bench (another Komoot highlight!), just E of Lyndhurst, about a quarter of a mile distant.
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Bolton's Bench
Highlight • Viewpoint
Bolton's Bench commemorates the 18th century New Forest Master Keeper, the Duke of Bolton. It's a great place to stop and take in the views from under the giant yew …
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St Catherine's Hill
Highlight • Viewpoint
The pathway up is unclear from this point. Note however that there is an easy to follow route up with mostly steps on the south west side of the hill
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The New Forest
Highlight • Historical Site
"[...] one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. It was proclaimed a royal forest by …
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Bokerley Dyke
Highlight • Trail
3.5 mile long (prehistoric) boundary ditch
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