Welcome to Milford-on-sea
CLICK FOR 2021 CENSUS DATAIntroduction
Milford on Sea, often hyphenated, is a large village or small town and a civil parish on the Hampshire coast. The parish had a population of 4,660 at the 2011 census and is centred about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Lymington. Tourism and businesses for quite prosperous retirees as well as the care sector make up large parts of its economy. Businesses include restaurants, cafés, tea rooms, small shops, garden centres, pubs and camping/lodge/caravan parks, bed-and-breakfasts and a few luxury hotels. Shops cluster on its small high street, which fronts a village green. The western cliffs are accessed by flights of steps. In common with the flatter coast by the more commercial and eastern part of Milford, they have car parks with some facilities, which, along with many apartment blocks and houses – many in attractive modern designs – have close views of The Needles, which are the main, large chalk rocks immediately next to the Isle of Wight. Its western coast is a large bank of shingle below green cliffs. Bathing, when seas are calm, is favourable as tides are relatively muted for the coast at this point and thin sandbanks are nearby at lower water. The eastern part of the place culminates in Hurst Castle, Hurst Point which is a 16th-century defensive fort with later modifications, which has a museum, visitor tour rides and amenities for tourists. Much of the land of the parish has been recognised and protected from dense habitation by a surrounding green belt buffer zone of land, recognising its heath soil associated with the New Forest, its biodiverse wet woodland in the west (a local nature reserve which hosts badgers, fish and many bird species) and various water type marshes including an RSPB reserve in the east.
Parish Information
Parish statistics
Area |
1,213 hectares |
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Population |
4,731 (2021) |
Density |
390 people/km2 |
Mean age |
55.5 |
Ward |
Milford |
District |
New Forest |
Postcodes |
SO41 |
ONS ID |
E04004578 |
Council
Contact details for Milford-on-sea Parish Council, including current councillors, precept data and election results.
Education
View educational establishments in Milford-on-sea Parish. Data includes OFSTED rating and current appointed governors.
Business
Business directory listing local businesses operating within Milford-on-sea Parish.
Planning
View recent planning applications submitted for Milford-on-sea Parish.
Property
Price paid data for all property sold in Milford-on-sea Parish since 2018. Includes average prices for each property type.
Heritage
Local heritage sites, historic churches, heritage pubs plus local heritage initiatives for Milford-on-sea Parish.
Local News
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Have your say on beachfront facilities
Published: 19th Jan 2024
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No 64 Biscuit House: interior designer in Milford on Sea
Published: 23rd Apr 2024
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Doubts over if beach huts will be rebuilt at Milford
Published: 23rd Apr 2024