Christchurch is a borough and town in Dorset on the English Channel coast, adjoining Bournemouth in the west, with the New Forest to the east. Historically in Hampshire, it is the most easterly borough in Dorset. The town has a number of tourist attractions, including the Priory church, and a harbour with important nature reserves of SSSI status.
This article covers the location, geography and history of Christchurch, originally called Twynham an...
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Christchurch is a borough and town in Dorset on the English Channel coast, adjoining Bournemouth in the west, with the New Forest to the east. Historically in Hampshire, it is the most easterly borough in Dorset. The town has a number of tourist attractions, including the Priory church, and a harbour with important nature reserves of SSSI status.
This article covers the location, geography and history of Christchurch, originally called Twynham and some of the places of special interest.
Christchurch is the most easterly coastal town of Dorset. It is effectively a part of the Bournemouth and Poole conurbation, although rather different in character. Although within the historic county boundaries of Hampshire, at the time of the 1974 local government re-organisation it was considered desirable that the whole of what is now called the South East Dorset conurbation, which includes Bournemouth and Poole, should be part of the same county.
The town lies between the rivers Avon (which flows...
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