Iford Lane Playing Fields

Iford Lane Playing Fields is a recreation area in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England which is located on Iford Lane. Iford Lane Playing Fields is situated nearby to the public building Iford Scout Centre, as well as near Southbourne Tennis Club.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stocks and Christchurch railway station.

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 1 mile east of Iford Lane Playing Fields.

Christchurch railway station

Railway station

Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Christchurch railway station serves the town of Christchurch in Dorset, England. The station is a stop on the South West Main Line between London Waterloo and Weymouth. Christchurch railway station is situated 3,000 feet northeast of Iford Lane Playing Fields.

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 1 mile east of Iford Lane Playing Fields.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Iford and Christchurch.

Iford

Suburb

Iford is a suburb of Bournemouth, situated in the eastern part of the borough. It is also known as a bridging point over the River Stour, connecting Bournemouth with Christchurch. The parish church of St Saviour's was built in 1935–36.

Christchurch

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

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.

Iford Lane Playing Fields

Type: Recreation area
Address: Iford Lane, Bournemouth, BH6 5NF
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.73415° or 50° 44′ 3″ north

Longitude

-1.79573° or 1° 47′ 45″ west

Open location code

9C2WP6M3+MP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 100827944

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Iford Scout Centre and Southbourne Tennis Club.

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