Boscombe

Worth seeing in and around Boscombe

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Dean Court

   Dean Court, currently known as Vitality Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England, and is the home ground of Bournemouth. The stadium has a capacity of 12,357.

   1.1 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

   The Russell-Cotes Museum is an art gallery and museum in Bournemouth, England. A Grade II* listed building originally known as East Cliff Hall, it is located on the top of the East Cliff, next to the Royal Bath Hotel.

   2.3 km · art museum in Bournemouth, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Dean Park Cricket Ground

   Dean Park is a cricket ground in Bournemouth, England. It was formerly used by Hampshire and Dorset County Cricket Clubs.

   2.2 km · cricket ground in Bournemouth, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St Peter's Church, Bournemouth

   St Peter's Church is a Church of England parish church located in the 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.

   2.5 km · church in Bournemouth, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Kings Park, Boscombe

   Kings Park is one of the largest parks that is in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset. It is home to Dean Court, where AFC Bournemouth play.

   1.1 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Queen's Park, Bournemouth

   Queen's Park is one of the largest parks that is in Bournemouth, Dorset. It is home to Queen's Park Golf course.

   1.7 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Bournemouth Hebrew Congregation

   The Bournemouth Community Hebrew Congregation is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Wootton Gardens, Lansdowne, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, in the United Kingdom. The congregation was formed in 1905 and worships in the Ashkenazi rite.

   2.3 km · synagogue in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Pavilion Theatre

   The Pavilion Theatre and Ballroom is a concert hall in Bournemouth. It opened in 1929 and has been redesigned several times since.

   2.6 km · theatre in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Corpus Christi Church, Boscombe

   Corpus Christi Church is a Roman Catholic church in Boscombe, on the outskirts of Bournemouth in Dorset. It was founded by Baroness Pauline von Hügel and the Jesuits, and is currently served by the Diocese of Portsmouth.

   700 m · grade II listed church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Bournemouth Town Hall

    Bournemouth Town Hall, also known as the Civic Centre and formerly the Mont Dore Hotel, is a municipal facility in Bourne Avenue, Bournemouth, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, is a Grade II listed building.

    3 km · town hall in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Boscombe

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 95 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 125 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 127 km

Stations

Bournemouth railway station, 1.7 km · Pokesdown railway station, 1.2 km · Boscombe railway station, 600 m · Bournemouth West railway station, 3.8 km · Meyrick Park Halt railway station, 2.9 km

• London → Boscombe

  16 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £1.5–2.5
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• Bristol → Boscombe

  4 km · quickest by road, 17 min · £0.5
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• Cardiff → Boscombe

  41 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £6–8
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