Knighton Heath is an area 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 ...

Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. Knighton Heath is south of Bearwood, west of

Wallisdown Wallisdown is a residential and commercial area situated partly in Bournemouth and partly in Poole, in southern England. The appropriate ward is called Wallisdown and Winton West. Geography Wallisdown is situated on the border between Bournemo ...

and

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, and north of

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Facilities

Knighton Heath is home to a golf club, an industrial estate and

Bournemouth Water Bournemouth Water provides drinking water to approximately 500,000 people from the port town of Poole to Beaulieu in the New Forest and from Bournemouth to Salisbury in Wiltshire, an area of over 1000 square kilometres. History Bournemouth Wat ...

. In May 2020, the golf course was set on fire.

Politics

Knighton Heath is part of the Bournemouth West parliamentary constituency.

References

External links

Knighton Heath Industrial Estate
Areas of Bournemouth Heaths of the United Kingdom {{Dorset-geo-stub