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Bournemouth Town Centre
Bournemouth Town Centre is an area of Bournemouth, Dorset. The town centre is the central business district and is located near the coast between West Cliff and East Cliff. History 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. The New Look store in the town centre will close in February 2022 after 21 years. The Wilko will close the same month. A shift from retail towards entertainment and eating out is predicted to be the future of the town centre. On 13 March 2022, the towns House of Fraser, closed for the final time. 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. Despite this Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council are reportedly optimistic about the future of the town centre. Areas The town centre is where The Square is. Areas include Richmon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bournemouth Town Centre From West Cliff
Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the English south coast, equidistant () from Dorchester and Southampton. Bournemouth is part of the South East Dorset conurbation, which has a population of 465,000. Before it was founded in 1810 by Lewis Tregonwell, the area was a deserted heathland occasionally visited by fishermen and smugglers. Initially marketed as a health resort, the town received a boost when it appeared in Augustus Granville's 1841 book, ''The Spas of England''. Bournemouth's growth accelerated with the arrival of the railway, and it became a town in 1870. Part of the historic county of Hampshire, Bournemouth joined Dorset for administrative purposes following the reorganisation of local government in 1974. Through local government changes in 1997, the town began to be adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Exeter Hotel
The Royal Exeter Hotel is a Grade II listed building in Bournemouth, Dorset. It stands opposite the Bournemouth International Centre. History A wing of the hotel was originally built as a house for Lewis Tregonwell, the founder of Bournemouth Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern .... References {{Coord, 50.71744, -1.8793, display=title Hotels in Dorset Buildings and structures in Bournemouth Buildings and structures completed in 1812 Regency architecture in England Grade II listed buildings in Dorset Hotel buildings completed in 1812 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bournemouth West (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bournemouth West is a parliamentary constituency in Dorset represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Conor Burns, a Conservative Constituency profile The seat covers Bournemouth Town Centre and the northern suburbs. Residents are younger and slightly less wealthy than in neighbouring Bournemouth East. Boundaries 1950–1974: The County Borough of Bournemouth wards of Central, East Cliff, Kinson, Moordown North, Moordown South, Redhill Park, Westbourne, West Cliff, and Winton. 1974–1983: The County Borough of Bournemouth wards of Central, East Cliff, Kinson North, Kinson South, Redhill Park, Westbourne, West Cliff, and Winton. 1983–1997: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Ensbury Park, Kinson, Redhill Park, Talbot Woods, Wallisdown, Westbourne, West Cliff, and Winton, and the Borough of Poole wards of Alderney, Bourne Valley, and Canford Magna. 1997–2010: The Borough of Bournemouth wards of Central, East Cliff, Ensbury Park, Kinson, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bournemouth Borough Council
Bournemouth Borough Council was the local authority of Bournemouth in Dorset, England and ceased to exist on 1 April 2019. It was a unitary authority, although between 1974 and 1997 it was an administrative district council with Dorset. Previously most of the borough was part of Hampshire. The Borough can trace its history back to 27 August 1890 when the Municipal Borough of Bournemouth was created by Royal Charter. On 1 April 1900 it received County Borough status which lasted until 1974. In February 2018 the 'Future Dorset' plan was approved by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole borough councils merged on 1 April 2019 into Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. Government and politics The borough was administered by Bournemouth Borough Council. Wards The council had 18 wards covering the borough. * Boscombe East * Boscom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bournemouth Central (ward)
Bournemouth Central or Central Bournemouth is a ward in Bournemouth, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. History The ward was formerly used for elections to Bournemouth Borough Council, which it elected three councillors. Geography The ward includes Bournemouth Town Centre and Richmond Hill. Demographics Bournemouth is the most ethnically diverse wards in Bournemouth. There are significant percentages of residents working in the wholesale and retail trade and hotels and catering and financial and insurance industries. Councillors Election results 2015 Bournemouth Central reelected the 3 conservative councillors at the 2015 Bournemouth Borough Council election The 2015 Bournemouth Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Bournemouth Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections In many parts of the world, local elections take place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bournemouth International Centre
The Bournemouth International Centre (commonly known as the BIC ) in Bournemouth, Dorset, was opened in September 1984. It is one of the largest venues for conferences, exhibitions, entertainment and events in southern England. Additionally, it is well known for hosting Party conference season, national conferences of major British political parties and trade unions. In June 2022, it was announced that the building would undergo a £1.8 million refurbishment. Conferences The BIC has hosted Party conference season, national conferences of political parties and trade unions. Neil Kinnock attacked the militant tendency in 1985 and Margaret Thatcher made her last conference speech in 1990. In 2019, the BIC hosted the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats conference. Venues At opening, it comprised two halls, the Windsor Hall and the Tregonwell Hall as well as a leisure swimming pool which has since been closed to provide further conference and exhibition space. The venue's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth
The Pavilion Theatre and Ballroom is a concert hall in Bournemouth. It opened in 1929 and has been redesigned several times since. History The area around Bournemouth Gardens was granted permission by the owners in 1859 to incorporate a public pleasure ground. Discussions for a fixed entertainment venue took place during the 1880s, and as part of the 1892 Bournemouth Improvement Act, the council were granted £20,000 for constructing a pavilion in the gardens, which could accommodate a municipal orchestra. These plans were continually blocked by local residents who felt that licensed premises for drinking were immoral. A fixed plan for a venue in the gardens was approved in 1908, but saw further delays and was consequently postponed until after World War I. By the 1920s, the orchestra felt that the Bournemouth Winter Gardens was no longer a suitable venue and requested a more accommodating hall be built. In 1923, a competition was held to design the concert room, chaired by E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bournemouth And Poole College
The Bournemouth and Poole College (BPC) is a well established educational provider which delivers further education, higher education and community based courses in Bournemouth and in Poole on the south coast of England. It is one of the larger British colleges with thousands of learners each year. Campuses The college is based at three sites in Bournemouth and Poole. It's based at Lansdowne (in Bournemouth), North Road (in Poole) and The Fulcrum (Poole). Lansdowne The Lansdowne campus is located on the eastern side of Bournemouth town centre on the roundabout linking Bath Road, Meyrick Road, Christchurch Road and Holdenhurst Road. The main building has a large clocktower facing the roundabout. It is close to the East Cliff and Bournemouth University's Lansdowne Campus and a short distance from both the Bournemouth Station travel Interchange and from Bournemouth University's Talbot Campus. Lansdowne is where the sixth form centre, beauty and holistic therapies, digital and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bournemouth Town Hall
Bournemouth Town Hall (formerly known as Mont Dore Hotel) is a municipal facility in Bourne Road, Bournemouth, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, is a Grade II listed building. The town hall stands opposite Bournemouth Gardens and the Bournemouth War Memorial and is adjacent to St. Andrew's Church, Richmond Hill. History The site had once formed part of a large wooded area known as "Bruce's Wood" named after the early 19th century owner of the land, Patrick Craufurd Bruce MP, who also planted vast forests in Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Hampshire. It was acquired by a solicitor, George Durrant, who renamed it the Branksome Estate, in the 1850s. Durrant started selling parts of the estate and the site was initially used for a boarding use known as The Glen. The site was then acquired by Dr Alfred Meadow who had ambitions to establish a spa hotel offering treatment for tuberculosis, bronchitis, asthma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Peter's Church, Bournemouth
St Peter's Church is a Church of England parish church located in the Bournemouth Town Centre, centre of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is a Grade I listed building classed as a 'major parish church', and was completed in 1879 to a design by George Edmund Street as the founding mother church of Bournemouth. The building incorporates work by some of the finest Gothic Revival architects and artists, including Street, George Frederick Bodley, Ninian Comper, Arthur Blomfield and Edward Burne-Jones, with stained glass and frescoes by Clayton and Bell. The chancel has been described as 'one of the richest Gothic Revival interiors in England'. The -high spire is a landmark in Bournemouth Town Centre, where it is the Town Centre Parish Church, together with the churches of St Stephen's Church, Bournemouth, St Stephen and St Augustin's Church, Bournemouth, St Augustine. Mary Shelley, author of ''Frankenstein'', is interred here, reputedly along with the heart of her husband, the poet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Swithun's Church, Bournemouth
St Swithun's Church is a Grade II listed church in the town of Bournemouth, England. History St Swithuns is a work of Richard Norman Shaw constructed in the 1870s, and was one of the towns two central churches with St Michael's Church, Bournemouth, St Michael's Church. In 2014, St Swithun's became an Anglicanism, Anglican church. In 2020, the church received a government grant. Gallery File:Bournemouth, former parish church of St. Swithun - geograph.org.uk - 631215.jpg, The church seen from the northeast from Manor Road. File:Bournemouth, St. Swithun's church in snow - geograph.org.uk - 1150571.jpg, St. Swithun's church in snow. File:South Face of the Church of Saint Swithun, Bournemouth (Detail).jpg, South Face of the Church. File:Southwest View of the Church of Saint Swithun, Bournemouth.jpg, Southwest View of the Church. File:East Face of the Church of Saint Swithun, Bournemouth.jpg, East Face of the Church of Saint Swithun. File:Northeast View of the Church of Saint Swith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Michael's Church, Bournemouth
St Michael's Church is a Grade II* listed Gothic Victorian church in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. History The church was built in 1875 and was consecrated on 20 January 1876. Together with St Swithun's Church, St Michael's was one of the town's two central churches to be designed by Richard Norman Shaw. In 2021, the church was renamed St Mike's to attract younger generations. Gallery File:Logo of St Michael's Church, Bournemouth.jpg, Symbol on the church gate. File:Clock on the Church of St Michael in Bournemouth.jpg, Church clock. File:Entrance to the Church of Saint Michael in Bournemouth.jpg, Church entrance. File:Tower of the Church of Saint Michael, Bournemouth.jpg, Church tower. File:Bournemouth, towards St. Michael’s along Terrace Road - geograph.org.uk - 2831652.jpg, The church from a distance way. References {{Reflist External links Church website See also * List of churches in Bournemouth The following is a list of churches in Bournemouth, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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