Christchurch District

Christchurch is a town in Dorset, famed for its millennium-old priory, from which the town derives its name.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stocks and Christchurch Hospital.

Stocks

Stocks are a feet restraining device that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation. The use of stocks is seen as early as Classical Athens, 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 Southbourne.

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.

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. Southbourne is situated 3 miles south 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″ north

Longitude

-1.7764° or 1° 46′ 35″ west

Population

49,500

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

9C2WQ67F+RC

GeoNames ID

7290680

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