Wick
Wick is a village on the south bank of the River Stour in Dorset, England, just short of the Stour's entry into Christchurch Harbour. Along with the nearby village of Tuckton, it originally formed a tithing in the Hundred of Christchurch, before becoming part of the Civil Parish of Southbourne in 1894.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Wick, Bournemouth” and “Wick, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stocks and Christchurch Castle.
Stocks
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stocks are feet restraining devices that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation. The use of stocks is seen as early as Ancient Greece, where they are described as being in use in Solon's law code.
Christchurch Castle
Christchurch Castle is a Norman motte and bailey castle in Christchurch, Dorset, England. The earliest stonework has been dated to 1160. The castle's site is inside the old Saxon burh dominating the River Avon's lowest crossing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Christchurch and Southbourne.
Christchurch
Photo: Ykraps, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Christchurch is a town in Dorset, famed for its millennium-old priory, from which the town derives its name.
Southbourne
Suburb
Southbourne is a suburb of Bournemouth, in the unitary authority area of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England.
Stanpit
Suburb
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanpit is a neighbourhood of Christchurch in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Stanpit is within Mudeford parish, and is situated on the shore of Christchurch Harbour, 1 mile east of Christchurch town centre.
Wick
- Category: locality
- Location: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.72705° or 50° 43′ 37″ northLongitude
-1.77855° or 1° 46′ 43″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9C2WP6GC+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 30133595OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Wick” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Wick, Bournemouth”
- Irish: “Wick”
- Polish: “Wick (Bournemouth)”
- Polish: “Wick”
- Welsh: “Wick, Bournemouth”
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