Branksome
Branksome is a suburb of Poole, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. The area consists of residential properties and also a number of commercial and industrial areas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 13,600 residents
- Description: suburb of Poole in Dorset, England
- Also known as: “Branksome, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Branksome railway station and St Aldhelm’s Church, Poole.
Branksome railway station
Railway station
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Branksome railway station serves the Branksome and Branksome Park areas of Poole in Dorset, England. It is on the South West Main Line, 110 miles 51 chains down the line from London Waterloo.
St Aldhelm’s Church, Poole
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Aldhelm's Church is a Grade II* listed Gothic Revival Anglican church in the Branksome area of Poole, Dorset, England. It is dedicated to Saint Aldhelm, the abbot of Malmesbury Abbey who became first Bishop of Sherborne in the early 8th century.
Alexandra Park
Park
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alexandra Park is a small public open space set within the densely urbanised area of Parkstone in Poole, on the south coast of England. Its former bowling green and pavilion was home to Alexandra Park Lawn Bowls Club, established in the 1920s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penn Hill and Westbourne.
Penn Hill
Suburb
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penn Hill is a suburb and electoral ward of Poole in Dorset, England, bordering on Branksome Park, Canford Cliffs, Sandbanks, Lilliput and Parkstone. It is effectively part of Parkstone.
Westbourne
Suburb
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westbourne is a residential and shopping area of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is located in between Branksome, Poole and the centre of Bournemouth, just off the A338.
Branksome Park
Suburb
Branksome Park is a suburb of Poole in Dorset, which adjoins Branksome, Dorset. The area covers approximately 360 acres, mostly occupied by housing, and includes Branksome Chine which leads to the award-winning blue-flagged beaches of Poole.
Branksome
- Category: locality
- Location: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.72706° or 50° 43′ 37″ northLongitude
-1.9216° or 1° 55′ 18″ westPopulation
13,600Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)Open location code
9C2WP3GH+R9OpenStreetMap ID
node 3839137501OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8063665Wikidata ID
Q4957506
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In Other Languages
From Polish to Swedish—“Branksome” goes by many names.
- Polish: “Branksome”
- Swedish: “Branksome”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Branksome”. Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.