List of churches in Bournemouth

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The following is a list of churches in Bournemouth, a coastal resort town on the south coast of England.

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NameCivil parish (settlement)ImageDedicationWebFoundedDenominationArchitectureNotes
Bournemouth Central Christadelphian Church Town Centre Bournemouth, Central Christadelphian Church - geograph.org.uk - 635970.jpg 20th century Christadelphians
Bournemouth First Church of Christ Scientist East Cliff Bournemouth, First Church of Christ Scientist - geograph.org.uk - 646428.jpg Church of Christ, Scientist [1] 1926 The First Church of Christ, Scientist
Bournemouth Spiritualist Church Town Centre Bournemouth Spiritualist Church (01).jpg N/A [2] 20th century Spiritualist church
Breath of Life Church (St. Mary's Church) Springbourne Springbourne, former parish church of St. Mary - geograph.org.uk - 455744.jpg Mary [3] [4] 1926-34Non-denominationalGrade II listed, deconsecrated circa 2003, returned to being used as a church in 2018 [5]
Chapel of the Resurrection (now Bournemouth Unitarian Church) Town Centre Bournemouth, Unitarian Church - geograph.org.uk - 1194148.jpg N/A1925–26 Unitarian Churchyard of St Peter's
Christ Church Westbourne Westbourne, Christ Church - geograph.org.uk - 950137.jpg Jesus [6] 1913Evangelical
Church of All Saints Southbourne West Southbourne, parish church of All Saints - geograph.org.uk - 456372.jpg All Saints [7] 1913-14 Anglican Grade II listed
Church of the Annunciation Charminster Charminster, Catholic church of the Annunciation - geograph.org.uk - 455754.jpg Annunciation [8] 1905-6Catholic Grade II* listed
Cornerstone Church West Howe Dorset BOURNEMOUTH Cornerstone Church (Baptist) (32775210163).jpg N/A [9] [10] 1956Baptist
Corpus Christi Church Boscombe Corpus Christi, Boscombe - geograph.org.uk - 1514413.jpg Body of Christ [11] 1895Catholic Grade II listed
East Cliff Church East Cliff East Cliff United Reform Church, Bournemouth (01).jpg N/A [12] 1879 United Reform Grade II listed
Elim Church Springbourne Springbourne Christian Centre - geograph.org.uk - 1562603.jpg N/A [13] 1909Evangelical
Elim Church Winton, Dorset Winton, Elim Church - geograph.org.uk - 702533.jpg N/AEvangelical
Holy Epiphany Church Muscliff Bournemouth , Muscliff - Parish Church of the Holy Epiphany - geograph.org.uk - 1289618.jpg Epiphany [14] 20th century Anglican
Howeth Road Evangelical Church Ensbury Park Ensbury Park, Howeth Road Evangelical Church - geograph.org.uk - 702397.jpg N/A [15] 20th centuryEvangelical
Immanuel Church Southbourne Immanuel United Reformed Church, Southbourne - geograph.org.uk - 2646837.jpg Francis Immanuel [16] 1930 United Reformed Church
Liberal Catholic Church of St. Raphael Lansdowne Bournemouth, Liberal Catholic Church of St. Raphael - geograph.org.uk - 729348.jpg Saint Raphael the Archangel [17] 20th century Liberal Catholic Church
New Life Christian Fellowship Church Northbourne Northbourne, New Life Christian Fellowship - geograph.org.uk - 1182684.jpg N/A [18] 20th century New Life Christian Fellowship
Redeemed Christian Church of God (formerly Pokesdown United Reformed Church) Pokesdown Pokesdown United Reformed Church - geograph.org.uk - 2740681.jpg N/A [19] 1820 Redeemed Christian Church of God
Richmond Park Church (former Salvation Army Citadel) Richmond Park Richmond Park Evangelical Church, Boscombe - geograph.org.uk - 2740646.jpg N/A [20] Late 1800sEvangelical
Rosebery Park Baptist ChurchPokesdown Rosebery Park Baptist Church - geograph.org.uk - 1857278.jpg N/A [21] 1891Baptist
Sacred Heart Church Richmond Hill Sacred Heart Church, Bournemouth.jpg N/A [22] 1874Catholic English Gothic Grade II listed
Strouden Park Chapel Strouden Park Strouden Park Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 1156980.jpg N/A [23] 1950sNon-denominational Brutalist
St Alban's Church Charminster Charminster, parish church of St. Alban - geograph.org.uk - 503839.jpg Alban [24] 1907-09 Anglican Grade II listed
St Andrew's Church Boscombe St Andrew, Boscombe - geograph.org.uk - 1526860.jpg Andrew [25] 1907-08 Anglican Grade II listed
St Andrew's Church

(Bennett Road)

 Malmesbury Park St Andrews Church - geograph.org.uk - 3571228.jpg Andrew [26] 1891-1900Anglican Grade II listed
St. Andrew's Church Kinson St Andrew, Kinson - geograph.org.uk - 1514192.jpg Andrew [27] 13th century Anglican Middle Ages Grade II* listed
St. Andrew's Church Richmond Hill Bournemouth, elevated view of Richmond Hill St. Andrew's - geograph.org.uk - 1702627.jpg Andrew [28] 1891 United Reformed Church Grade II listed
St Augustin's Church Charminster St Augustine, Bournemouth (geograph 6295514).jpg Augustin [29] 1891-92 Anglican Grade II listed
St Clement's Church Boscombe St Clement church, Boscombe, from north-east.jpg Clement [30] 1871-73 Anglican Grade I listed
St Edmund Campion Church Strouden Park Strouden, Catholic church of St. Edmund Campion - geograph.org.uk - 676518.jpg Edmund Campion 20th century Catholic The only original building that survived the construction of the Castlepoint Shopping Centre in 2003
St Francis of Assisi's Church, Bournemouth Charminster Charminster, parish church of St. Francis of Assisi - geograph.org.uk - 455666.jpg Francis of Assisi [31] 1930 Anglican Romanesque Revival Grade II listed
St James's Church, Pokesdown Pokesdown St James the Greater, Pokesdown - geograph.org.uk - 1526879.jpg James [32] 1858 Anglican English Gothic Grade II listed
St John the Baptist's Church, Moordown Moordown Moordown, parish church of St. John the Baptist - geograph.org.uk - 464575.jpg St John the Baptist [33] 1874 Anglican English Gothic Grade II listed
St John the Evangelist's Church, Boscombe Boscombe St John the Evangelist's Church, Boscombe (Northwest View).jpg John the Evangelist [34] 1893-95 Anglican English Gothic Grade II* listed
St Katharine's Church, Southbourne Southbourne Southbourne, parish church of St. Katharine - geograph.org.uk - 456389.jpg Katherine [35] 1881-82; 1899-1900 Anglican English Gothic Grade II listed
St Michael's Church, Bournemouth Town Centre Bournemouth - St Michael's Church - geograph.org.uk - 70160.jpg Michael [36] 1875-76 Anglican English Gothic Grade II* listed
St Saviour's Church, Iford Iford St Saviour, Iford - geograph.org.uk - 1514297.jpg Jesus as Saviour [37] 1936 Anglican Romanesque Revival
St Stephen's Church, Bournemouth Town Centre Church of Saint Stephen, Bournemouth (01).jpg Stephen [38] 1881 Anglican Gothic Revival Grade II listed
St Ambrose Church, Westbourne Westbourne St Ambrose, Westbourne (geograph 6335163).jpg Ambrose [39] 1898 Anglican Gothic Revival Grade II* listed
St Swithun's Church, Bournemouth East Cliff Southwest View of the Church of Saint Swithun, Bournemouth.jpg Swithun [40] 1876 Anglican Gothic Revival Grade II listed
Turning Point Church and Bournemouth Deaf Centre Pokesdown Bournemouth Deaf Centre - geograph.org.uk - 1177150.jpg N/A [41] 1995 Gospel Deconsecrated in 1995 but still used for Christian worship
West Cliff Baptist Church Westbourne West Cliff Baptist Church - Poole Road - geograph.org.uk - 4924765.jpg N/A [42] 1879Baptist English Gothic Grade II listed

Former

NameCivil parish (settlement)ImageDedicationBuiltClosedDenominationArchitectureNotes
Bournemouth Unitarian Church Town Centre Bournemouth, former Unitarian church - geograph.org.uk - 711388.jpg N/A20th-century21st-centuryUnitarian English Gothic Grade II listed; used as offices
East Howe Methodist Church East Howe East Howe, Methodist church - geograph.org.uk - 870135.jpg N/A20th-century2013Methodist Vernacular Demolished and replaced with a Co-op [44]
Ensbury Park Methodist Church Ensbury Park Ensbury Park, Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 638664.jpg

Ensbury Park, half the Methodist church is gone - geograph.org.uk - 871438.jpg

N/A19262008Methodist English Gothic Demolished and replaced with flats
Lansdowne Baptist Church Lansdowne Bournemouth, Lansdowne Baptist Church - geograph.org.uk - 658230.jpg N/A18922015 Baptist English Gothic Demolished and rebuilt. [45] [46]
Moordown Congregational Church Moordown Moordown, former Congregational Church - geograph.org.uk - 702407.jpg N/A18602002Non-denominational English Gothic Disused
Mount Zion Baptist Chapel Town Centre Bournemouth, Mount Zion Baptist Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 617882.jpg
Bournemouth, Mount Zion Baptist Chapel under demolition - geograph.org.uk - 1184125.jpg 		N/A20th-century2007 Baptist English Gothic Demolished
Punshon Memorial Methodist Church, Exeter Road Town Centre Bournemouth, church with imminent demolition due - geograph.org.uk - 1001018.jpg N/A19582008MethodistBrutalistDemolished pending redevelopment [47]
Saint Andrews, Exeter Road Town Centre Church of Saint Andrew, Bournemouth (01).jpg St Andrew19th-centuryPending redevelopment
St John's Mission Church Moordown Moordown, the old school - geograph.org.uk - 702421.jpg St John185321st-centuryRedeveloped into commercial and later residential use
Wallisdown Road Methodist Church Wallisdown Wallisdown, former Methodist church - geograph.org.uk - 658331.jpg
Wallisdown, Little Hen's Nursery - geograph.org.uk - 1142964.jpg 		N/A20th-century2009Methodist Brutalist Used as a pre-school nursery

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