Wickmeads

Wickmeads is a social service facility in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England which is located on Wickmeads Road. Wickmeads is situated nearby to Tuckton Library, as well as near Tuckton Post Office.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stocks and Christchurch Castle.

Stocks

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Stocks are feet restraining devices 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 3,700 feet northeast of Wickmeads.

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 3,500 feet northeast of Wickmeads.

Red House Museum and Gardens

Museum

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Red House Museum and Gardens is situated 3,100 feet northeast of Wickmeads.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wick and Southbourne.

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.

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.