The Quomps
The Quomps is a park in Christchurch, England. The Quomps is situated nearby to the miniature golf course mini golf, as well as near The Priory Church of England Primary School.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stocks and Red House Museum and Gardens.
Stocks
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 1,200 feet northeast of The Quomps.
Red House Museum and Gardens
Museum
Photo: Ykraps, Public domain.
The Red House Museum and Gardens is a museum of local history located in Christchurch, Dorset. The red-brick Georgian building was constructed in 1764 as the parish workhouse. Red House Museum and Gardens is situated 660 feet northeast of The Quomps.
Christchurch Castle
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 1,100 feet northeast of The Quomps.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wick and Stanpit.
Wick
Village
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Stanpit
Suburb
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
The Quomps
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.73083° or 50° 43′ 51″ northLongitude
-1.77751° or 1° 46′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C2WP6JC+8XOpenStreetMap ID
way 203999487OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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