List of churches in Bournemouth

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

Active

Name	Civil parish (settlement)	Image	Dedication	Web	Founded	Denomination	Architecture	Notes
Bournemouth First Church of Christ Scientist	East Cliff		Church of Christ, Scientist	[1]	1926	The First Church of Christ, Scientist
Bournemouth Spiritualist Church	Town Centre		N/A	[2]	20th century	Spiritualist church
Breath of Life Church (St. Mary's Church)	Springbourne		Mary	[3] [4]	1926-34	Non-denominational		Grade 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		N/A		1925–26	Unitarian		Churchyard of St Peter's
Christ Church	Westbourne		Jesus	[6]	1913	Evangelical
Church of All Saints	Southbourne		All Saints	[7]	1913-14	Anglican		Grade II listed
Church of the Annunciation	Charminster		Annunciation	[8]	1905-6	Catholic		Grade II* listed
Cornerstone Church	West Howe		N/A	[9] [10]	1956	Baptist
Corpus Christi Church	Boscombe		Body of Christ	[11]	1895	Catholic		Grade II listed
East Cliff Church	East Cliff		N/A	[12]	1879	United Reform		Grade II listed
Elim Church	Springbourne		N/A	[13]	1909	Evangelical
Elim Church	Winton, Dorset		N/A			Evangelical
Holy Epiphany Church	Muscliff		Epiphany	[14]	20th century	Anglican
Howeth Road Evangelical Church	Ensbury Park		N/A	[15]	20th century	Evangelical
Immanuel Church	Southbourne		Francis Immanuel	[16]	1930	United Reformed Church
Liberal Catholic Church of St. Raphael	Lansdowne		Saint Raphael the Archangel	[17]	20th century	Liberal Catholic Church
New Life Christian Fellowship Church	Northbourne		N/A	[18]	20th century	New Life Christian Fellowship
Redeemed Christian Church of God (formerly Pokesdown United Reformed Church)	Pokesdown		N/A	[19]	1820	Redeemed Christian Church of God
Richmond Park Church (former Salvation Army Citadel)	Richmond Park		N/A	[20]	Late 1800s	Evangelical
Rosebery Park Baptist Church	Pokesdown		N/A	[21]	1891	Baptist
Sacred Heart Church	Richmond Hill		N/A	[22]	1874	Catholic	English Gothic	Grade II listed
Strouden Park Chapel	Strouden Park		N/A	[23]	1950s	Non-denominational	Brutalist
St Alban's Church	Charminster		Alban	[24]	1907-09	Anglican		Grade II listed
St Andrew's Church	Boscombe		Andrew	[25]	1907-08	Anglican		Grade II listed
St Andrew's Church (Bennett Road)	Malmesbury Park		Andrew	[26]	1891-1900	Anglican		Grade II listed
St. Andrew's Church	Kinson		Andrew	[27]	13th century	Anglican	Middle Ages	Grade II* listed
St. Andrew's Church	Richmond Hill		Andrew	[28]	1891	United Reformed Church		Grade II listed
St Augustin's Church	Charminster		Augustin	[29]	1891-92	Anglican		Grade II listed
St Clement's Church	Boscombe		Clement	[30]	1871-73	Anglican		Grade I listed
St Edmund Campion Church	Strouden Park		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		Francis of Assisi	[31]	1930	Anglican	Romanesque Revival	Grade II listed
St James's Church, Pokesdown	Pokesdown		James	[32]	1858	Anglican	English Gothic	Grade II listed
St John the Baptist's Church, Moordown	Moordown		St John the Baptist	[33]	1874	Anglican	English Gothic	Grade II listed
St John the Evangelist's Church, Boscombe	Boscombe		John the Evangelist	[34]	1893-95	Anglican	English Gothic	Grade II* listed
St Katharine's Church, Southbourne	Southbourne		Katherine	[35]	1881-82; 1899-1900	Anglican	English Gothic	Grade II listed
St Michael's Church, Bournemouth	Town Centre		Michael	[36]	1875-76	Anglican	English Gothic	Grade II* listed
St Saviour's Church, Iford	Iford		Jesus as Saviour	[37]	1936	Anglican	Romanesque Revival
St Stephen's Church, Bournemouth	Town Centre		Stephen	[38]	1881	Anglican	Gothic Revival	Grade II listed
St Ambrose Church, Westbourne	Westbourne		Ambrose	[39]	1898	Anglican	Gothic Revival	Grade II* listed
St Swithun's Church, Bournemouth	East Cliff		Swithun	[40]	1876	Anglican	Gothic Revival	Grade II listed
Turning Point Church and Bournemouth Deaf Centre	Pokesdown		N/A	[41]	1995	Gospel		Deconsecrated in 1995 but still used for Christian worship
West Cliff Baptist Church	Westbourne		N/A	[42]	1879	Baptist	English Gothic	Grade II listed

• Moordown Baptist
• Moordown, Church of the Nazarene
• Northbourne, New Life Christian Fellowship
• St Christopher's Church, Southbourne
• St Nicholas' Church, Southbourne
• Church of St Francis of Assisi, Charminster
• St Ambrose Church, Westbourne
• St Barnabas' Church, Bournemouth
• St Luke's Church, Winton
• St Mark's Church, Bournemouth
• St Peter's Church, Bournemouth ^[43]
• St Thomas's Church, Bournemouth
• Church of St Thomas More, Iford
• Church of Our Lady of Victories and St Bernadette, Bournemouth
• Victoria Park Methodist Church
• Winton, Christadelphian Church
• Winton Baptist Church
• Winton, Church of Christ the Saviour
• Winton Methodist Church
• Winton, Bournemouth Community Church Centre
• Winton, United Reformed church

Former

Name	Civil parish (settlement)	Image	Dedication	Built	Closed	Denomination	Architecture	Notes
Bournemouth Central Christadelphian Church	Town Centre			20th century	~2013	Christadelphians		Demolished and replaced with student housing
Bournemouth Unitarian Church	Town Centre		N/A	20th-century	21st-century	Unitarian	English Gothic	Grade II listed; used as offices
East Howe Methodist Church	East Howe		N/A	20th-century	2013	Methodist	Vernacular	Demolished and replaced with a Co-op [44]
Ensbury Park Methodist Church	Ensbury Park		N/A	1926	2008	Methodist	English Gothic	Demolished and replaced with flats
Lansdowne Baptist Church	Lansdowne		N/A	1892	2015	Baptist	English Gothic	Demolished and rebuilt. [45] [46]
Moordown Congregational Church	Moordown		N/A	1860	2002	Non-denominational	English Gothic	Disused
Mount Zion Baptist Chapel	Town Centre		N/A	20th-century	2007	Baptist	English Gothic	Demolished
Punshon Memorial Methodist Church, Exeter Road	Town Centre		N/A	1958	2008	Methodist	Brutalist	Demolished pending redevelopment [47]
Saint Andrews, Exeter Road	Town Centre		St Andrew	19th-century				Pending redevelopment
St John's Mission Church	Moordown		St John	1853	21st-century			Redeveloped into commercial and later residential use
Wallisdown Road Methodist Church	Wallisdown		N/A	20th-century	2009	Methodist	Brutalist	Used as a pre-school nursery

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