Purewell

Purewell is a bike rental in Christchurch, England. Purewell is situated nearby to the sports venue East Dorset Indoor Bowls Club, as well as near Two Riversmeet Pitch.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stocks and Christchurch Castle.

Stocks

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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 Ancient Greece, where they are described as being in use in Solon's law code. Stocks is situated 2,200 feet west of Purewell.

Christchurch Castle

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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. Christchurch Castle is situated 2,300 feet southwest of Purewell.

St John’s Church, Purewell

Church

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St John's Church is a Church of England mission church in Purewell, Dorset, England. It was built in 1880–81. St John’s Church, Purewell is situated 1,300 feet east of Purewell.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stanpit and Wick.

Stanpit

Suburb

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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

Village

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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.

Mudeford

Suburb

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Mudeford is a harbourside and beachside parish based on a former fishing village in the east of Christchurch, Dorset, England, fronting water on two sides: Christchurch Harbour and the sands of Avon Beach.