Pokesdown

Pokesdown is a suburb of , in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole districts, in the ceremonial county of , England. It lies just east of and west of .
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England
  • Also known as: “Pokesdown, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dean Court and Pokesdown railway station.

Stadium
Photo: Matjax87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, currently known as Vitality Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in , a suburb of , , England, and is the home ground of AFC Bournemouth. The stadium has a capacity of 11,307.

Railway station
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serves the Pokesdown, and areas of the town of in , . It is on the South West Main Line, 106 miles 24 chains down the line from .

Church
Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Littledown and Boscombe.

Suburb
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of , in , England. Originally it was a small settlement to the south of the much more important , and for centuries it existed as a huddle of farm buildings on the edge of heathland.

Suburb
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is a suburb in England. Historically in , but today in , it is located to the east of Bournemouth town centre and west of .

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

Pokesdown

Latitude
50.73188° or 50° 43′ 55″ north
Longitude
-1.82314° or 1° 49′ 23″ west
Open location code
9C2WP5JG+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 742420216
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q7208629
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Pokesdown” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Pokesdown”
  • French: “Pokesdown”
  • German: “Pokesdown”
  • Japanese: “ポークスダウン”
  • Polish: “Pokesdown”
  • Spanish: “Pokesdown”
  • Swedish: “Pokesdown”
  • Welsh: “Pokesdown”

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