Boscombe
Boscombe is a suburb in Bournemouth England. Historically in Hampshire, but today in Dorset, it is located to the east of Bournemouth town centre and west of Southbourne.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb with 20,700 residents
- Description: suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Boscombe, Dorset” and “Boscombe, Hampshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dean Court and Boscombe Library.
Dean Court
Stadium
Photo: Matjax87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dean Court, currently known as Vitality Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England, and is the home ground of AFC Bournemouth. The stadium has a capacity of 11,307.
O2 Academy Bournemouth
Nightclub
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
O2 Academy Bournemouth is a live entertainment venue in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is a grade-II listed building. The building at 568–578 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, was opened as a theatre on 27 May 1895, named the Grand Pavilion Theatre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Springbourne and Pokesdown.
Springbourne
Suburb
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Springbourne is a suburb of Bournemouth in Dorset, England. It occupies the north-east part of the main built-up area, north of Boscombe. Its formal boundaries are Northcote Road to the west, the Wessex Way to the north, Ashley Road to the east, and the railway line to the south.
Pokesdown
Suburb
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pokesdown is a suburb of Bournemouth, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole districts, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. It lies just east of Boscombe and west of Southbourne.
Littledown
Suburb
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littledown is a suburb of Bournemouth, in Dorset, England. Originally it was a small settlement to the south of the much more important Holdenhurst Village, and for centuries it existed as a huddle of farm buildings on the edge of heathland.
Boscombe
- Category: locality
- Location: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.72682° or 50° 43′ 37″ northLongitude
-1.83862° or 1° 50′ 19″ westPopulation
20,700Elevation
125 feet (38 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BODOpen location code
9C2WP5G6+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 30131843OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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