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-demoninationalGrade 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
Redeemed Christian Church of God (formerly Pokesdown United Reformed Church) Pokesdown Pokesdown United Reformed Church - geograph.org.uk - 2740681.jpg N/A [17] 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 [18] Late 1800sEvangelical
Sacred Heart Church Richmond Hill Sacred Heart Church, Bournemouth.jpg N/A [19] 1874Catholic Grade II listed
Strouden Park Chapel Strouden Park Strouden Park Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 1156980.jpg N/A [20] 1950sNon-demoninational Brutalist
St Alban's Church Charminster Charminster, parish church of St. Alban - geograph.org.uk - 503839.jpg Alban [21] 1907-09 Anglican Grade II listed
St Andrew's Church Boscombe St Andrew, Boscombe - geograph.org.uk - 1526860.jpg Andrew [22] 1907-08 Anglican Grade II listed
St Andrew's Church Malmesbury Park St Andrews Church - geograph.org.uk - 3571228.jpg Andrew [23] 1891-1900 Grade II listed
St. Andrew's Church Kinson St Andrew, Kinson - geograph.org.uk - 1514192.jpg Andrew [24] 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 [25] 1891 United Reformed Church Grade II listed
St Augustin's Church Charminster St Augustine, Bournemouth (geograph 6295514).jpg Augustin [26] 1891-92 Anglican Grade II listed
St Clement's Church Boscombe St Clement church, Boscombe, from north-east.jpg Clement [27] 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 Katharine's Church Southbourne Southbourne, parish church of St. Katharine - geograph.org.uk - 456389.jpg Katherine [28] 1881-82; 1899-1900 Anglican Grade II listed
St John the Evangelist's Church, Boscombe Boscombe St John the Evangelist's Church, Boscombe (Northwest View).jpg John the Evangelist [29] 1893-95 Anglican Grade II* listed
Turning Point Church and Bournemouth Deaf Centre Pokesdown Bournemouth Deaf Centre - geograph.org.uk - 1177150.jpg N/A [30] 1995 Gospel Deconsecrated in 1995 but still used for Christian worship
Parish church of St. Michael, Bournemouth Town Centre Bournemouth, parish church of St. Michael - geograph.org.uk - 2124950.jpg
Parish church of St. Michael, Bournemouth Town Centre

Former

NameCivil parish (settlement)ImageDedicationBuiltClosedDenominationArchitectureNotes
Lansdowne Baptist Church Lansdowne Bournemouth, Lansdowne Baptist Church - geograph.org.uk - 658230.jpg N/A18922015 Baptist Demolished and rebuilt. [34] [35]
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 Demolished
The Ensbury Park Methodist Church was demolished in 2008 and replaced with flats. Ensbury Park, Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 638664.jpg
The Ensbury Park Methodist Church was demolished in 2008 and replaced with flats.
East Howe Congregational Church, demolished in the 2010s and has been replaced with a COOP. East Howe, Methodist church - geograph.org.uk - 870135.jpg
East Howe Congregational Church, demolished in the 2010s and has been replaced with a COOP.

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