Pokesdown railway station
Pokesdown railway station serves the Pokesdown, Boscombe and Southbourne areas of the town of Bournemouth in Dorset, England. It is on the South West Main Line, 106 miles 24 chains down the line from London Waterloo.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Pokesdown, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “POK”, “Pokesdown (Boscombe)”, “Pokesdown for Boscombe”, “Pokesdown for Eastern Bournemouth”, and “Pokesdown Railway Station”
- Address: Bournemouth
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dean Court and St James’s Church, Pokesdown.
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 Bournemouth. The stadium has a capacity of 11,307. Dean Court is situated 3,100 feet northwest of Pokesdown railway station.
St James’s Church, Pokesdown
Church
Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St James's Church is a Grade II listed church in the Pokesdown area of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. St James’s Church, Pokesdown is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Pokesdown railway station.
Corpus Christi Church, Boscombe
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corpus Christi Church is a Roman Catholic church in Boscombe, on the outskirts of Bournemouth in Dorset. It was founded by Baroness Pauline von Hügel and the Jesuits, and is currently served by the Diocese of Portsmouth. Corpus Christi Church, Boscombe is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Pokesdown railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pokesdown and Boscombe.
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.
Boscombe
Suburb
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Pokesdown railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.73119° or 50° 43′ 52″ northLongitude
-1.82673° or 1° 49′ 36″ westElevation
108 feet (33 metres)Operator
South Western RailwayNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“POK”Open location code
9C2WP5JF+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 19404192OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noGeoNames ID
6953346Wikidata ID
Q12066077
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Venetian—“Pokesdown railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Pokesdown”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة پوكيسدون”
- French: “gare de Pokesdown”
- French: “Pokesdown”
- Portuguese: “Estação Ferroviária de Pokesdown (Boscombe)”
- Portuguese: “Estação Ferroviária de Pokesdown”
- Urdu: “پوکس ڈاؤن ریلوے اسٹیشن”
- Venetian: “stasion Ferroviària de Pokesdown (Boscombe)”
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