Christchurch District
Christchurch is a town in Dorset, famed for its millennium-old priory, from which the town derives its name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stocks and Christchurch Hospital.
Stocks
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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. Stocks is situated 2 miles south of Christchurch District.
Christchurch Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Ykraps, Public domain.
Christchurch Hospital is run by the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. It is located in Fairmile in Christchurch, Dorset, 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.
St Catherine’s Hill
Peak
St Catherine's Hill is a 53-metre hill in the borough of Christchurch which, together with Ramsdown and Blackwater hills, forms a ridge between the Avon and Stour valleys.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bransgore and Littledown.
Bransgore
Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bransgore is a village in the New Forest that developed in the 19th century when a church and a school were built. It has the picturesque character of a rural English village.
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. Littledown is situated 3 miles southwest of Christchurch District.
Christchurch District
- Type: Locality with 49,500 residents
- Location: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.7645° or 50° 45′ 52″ northLongitude
-1.7764° or 1° 46′ 35″ westPopulation
49,500Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9C2WQ67F+RCGeoNames ID
7290680
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