Bournemouth Town Centre is an area of Bournemouth, Dorset. [1] [2] The town centre is the central business district and is located near the coast between West Cliff and East Cliff.
Bournemouth Town Centre is an area of Bournemouth, Dorset. [1] [2] The town centre is the central business district and is located near the coast between West Cliff and East Cliff.
In 1908 a tramway accident killed 7 people in the Town Centre.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom has affected business in the town centre. [3] The New Look store in the town centre will close in February 2022 after 21 years. [4] The Wilko will close the same month. [5] A shift from retail towards entertainment and eating out is predicted to be the future of the town centre. [6] On 13 March 2022, the towns House of Fraser, closed for the final time. [7] The store, which first opened in 1873, was Bournemouth's last remaining department store after the flagship Beales closed in 2020, and Debenhams closed in 2021. [8] Despite this Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council are reportedly optimistic about the future of the town centre. [9]
The town centre is where The Square is. [10]
Areas include Richmond Hill and Lansdowne.
Bournemouth Town Centre is part of the Bournemouth Central ward for elections to the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. The same ward elected councillors to the former Bournemouth Borough Council.
The town centre is also part of the Bournemouth West parliamentary constituency for elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The current MP, since 2010, is the Conservative Conor Burns.
Bournemouth is a coastal resort town on the south coast in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole borough of Dorset, England. The town's urban subdivision had a population of 187,503 at the 2011 census making it the largest town in the county; the town is part of the South East Dorset conurbation, which has a population of 465,000.
Christchurch is a town and civil parish on the south coast of Dorset, England. The parish had a population of 31,372 in 2021. It adjoins Bournemouth to the west, with the New Forest to the east. Part of the historic county of Hampshire, Christchurch was a borough within the administrative county of Dorset from 1974 until 2019, when it became part of the new Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority.
Poole is a coastal town and seaport on the south coast of England in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area in Dorset, England. The town is 21 miles (34 km) east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east. Since 1 April 2019, the local authority is Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. The town had an estimated population of 151,500 making it the second-largest town in the ceremonial county of Dorset. Together with Bournemouth and Christchurch, the conurbation has a total population of nearly 400,000.
Boscombe is a suburb of Bournemouth, England. Historically in Hampshire, but today in Dorset, it is located to the east of Bournemouth town centre and west of Southbourne.
Highcliffe-on-Sea is a seaside town in Dorset in England, administered since April 2019 as part of the unitary authority of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. It forms part of the South East Dorset conurbation along the English Channel coast. The town lies on a picturesque stretch of Solent coastline with views of the Isle of Wight and its 'Needles' rocks. It is part of the historic county of Hampshire.
Beales is an English department store chain, which currently operates 2 branches, in Poole and Southport. The former flagship store, Beales in Bournemouth, was established as The Fancy Fair by John Elmes Beale in 1881 and was the biggest department store in Dorset. The chain expanded through acquiring other department stores and continued to run two stores branded as Palmers in Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft until its closure.
The Square is a public square in Bournemouth Town Centre that marks the centre of Bournemouth, England. The Square separates the Central Gardens from the Lower Gardens.
Parkstone is an area of Poole, Dorset. It is divided into 'Lower' and 'Upper' Parkstone. Upper Parkstone - "Up-on-'ill" as it used to be known in local parlance - is so-called because it is largely on higher ground slightly to the north of the lower-lying area of Lower Parkstone - "The Village" - which includes areas adjacent to Poole Harbour.
The history of Bournemouth and human settlement in the surrounding area goes back for thousands of years. Bournemouth is a coastal town on the island of Great Britain in Dorset, England, United Kingdom.
Talbot Village is located on the boundary of Bournemouth and Poole in Dorset, England.
The Dolphin Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Poole, Dorset, England, formerly known as the Arndale Centre.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council is a unitary local authority for the district of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in England that came into being on 1 April 2019. It was created from the areas that were previously administered by the unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole and the non-metropolitan district of Christchurch.
East Cliff is a suburb and ward in Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
Meyrick Park is a suburb and area of Bournemouth, Dorset. The park itself features a main field with rugby pitches, surrounded by elevated woodland on both sides and a golf course around the western side. Dog-walking is permitted on both, and the paved path along the main field is often used to get to the town centre.
There are many Grade II listed buildings in the county of Dorset. This is a list of them.
Poole Town Centre is an area of Poole, Dorset. It is just to the west of Poole Park. Poole Old Town is home to many historic buildings like the 15th-century Scaplen's Court, the 18th-century Custom House and the Victorian St James' Church.
Friars Cliff is a neighborhood and beach in Christchurch, Dorset. It is east of Mudeford and west of Highcliffe.
Christchurch Town Centre is the town centre of Christchurch, a town in Dorset. The town centre is a major shopping district in East Dorset.
Richmond Hill is an area of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. Just to the north of Bournemouth Town Centre, south of Richmond Park and west of Lansdowne. The area is around a road of the same name.
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