- What also is very well known and enjoyable about Hurst Castle is its ferries, there are regular journeys from Keyhaven to the Castle daily.
- A circular walk to Hurst Castle, Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire, starting on Hurst Spit, returning on the passenger ferry and crabbing at Keyhaven.
- Hurst castle, Milford on sea is a grand and imposing tudor castle housing both a refurbished theater and a museum.
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- Hurst Castle is an artillery fort established by Henry VIII on the Hurst Spit between 1541 and 1544.
- Hurst Castle Hurst Castle is situated on a spit of land that extends out from Milford-on-Sea.
- Within the west wing of the Hurst Castle enclosure are a pair of historic lighthouses, Low Light (built in the 1860s) and an adjacent iron lighthouse built in 1911.
- Hurst Castle was built in the 1540's, it was designed in a series of low cylindrical towers arranged in trefoil pattern around a central tower.
- Hurst Castle was sited at the narrow entrance to the Solent where the ebb and flow of the tides creates strong currents, putting would-be invaders at its mercy.