Burton

Burton is a village in the civil parish of Burton and Winkton in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district of , England. The village is elevated above the Avon Valley on a gravel plateau.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Burton and Winkton, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England
  • Also known as: Burton, Dorset

Places of Interest

Highlights include Christchurch Hospital and Christchurch railway station.

Hospital
Photo: Ykraps, Public domain.
is run by the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. It is located in Fairmile in , , England. The hospital was managed by The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust until the merger with Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on 1 October 2020.

Railway station
serves the town of in , England. The station is a stop on the South West Main Line between London Waterloo and .

Church
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stanpit and Wick.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority in the ceremonial county of , England. is within parish, and is situated on the shore of , 1 mile east of town centre. is situated 2 miles southeast of Burton.

Village
is a village on the south bank of the River Stour in , , just short of the Stour's entry into . Along with the nearby village of , it originally formed a tithing in the Hundred of , before becoming part of the Civil Parish of in 1894. is situated 2 miles south of Burton.

Suburb
is a harbourside and beachside parish based on a former fishing village in the east of , , England, fronting water on two sides: and the sands of Avon Beach. is situated 2 miles southeast of Burton.

Burton

Latitude
50.7521° or 50° 45′ 8″ north
Longitude
-1.76912° or 1° 46′ 9″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
9C2WQ62J+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6545010445
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2654219
Wiki­data ID
Q2080049
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Burton” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Burton
  • Chinese: Burton
  • Dutch: Burton
  • French: Burton
  • Irish: Burton
  • Italian: Burton
  • Min Nan Chinese: Burton (Dorset)
  • Persian: برتون، دورست
  • Polish: Burton
  • Swedish: Burton
  • Turkish: Burton, Dorset
  • Welsh: Burton, Dorset
  • Welsh: Burton

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Burton”. Photo: Stuart Buchan, CC BY-SA 2.0.