Branksome Park

Worth seeing in and around Branksome Park

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
   Bournemouth University

   Bournemouth University is a public university in Bournemouth, England, with its main campus situated in neighbouring Poole. The university was founded in 1992; however, the origins of its predecessor date back to the early 1900s.

   3.1 km · university in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, UK · 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.

   3.3 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.

   3.4 km · cricket ground in Bournemouth, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Arts University Bournemouth

   Arts University Bournemouth is a public university in Poole, England, specialising in art, architecture, film, performance, and design. Established in 1880, the university has been ranked Silver and Gold by the Teaching Excellence Framework in 2017, and was rated Outstanding by Ofsted, having retained this highest ranking since 2018.

   2.9 km · further and higher education university college based in Poole, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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.

   2.9 km · church in Bournemouth, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Compton Acres

   Compton Acres is a large privately owned garden in Poole, Dorset, England. It was founded in 1920 by Thomas William Simpson, an entrepreneur who had become wealthy through the manufacture of margarine.

   1.4 km · garden in Poole, 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.

   3.2 km · synagogue in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St Dunstan of Canterbury Orthodox Church

   St Dunstan of Canterbury Orthodox Church is an Antiochian Orthodox church in Parkstone, Poole, Dorset. It is the parish church for Bournemouth and Poole within the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of The British Isles and Ireland.

   1.7 km · Grade II* listed church in Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Mary's Church, Longfleet

   St Mary's, Longfleet is a Church of England parish church in Longfleet, a district of Poole, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. It is part of the New Wine network and describes itself as an evangelical charismatic church.

   3.9 km · church in Poole, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    The Lighthouse

    Lighthouse is an arts centre in Poole, Dorset, England. According to Arts Council England it is the largest arts centre in the United Kingdom outside London.

    3.9 km · arts centre (concert hall, theatre and cinema) in Poole, Dorset, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Branksome Park

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 93 km · Cardiff (CWL), 125 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 130 km

Stations

Bournemouth railway station, 3.9 km · Branksome railway station, 1.1 km · Parkstone railway station, 2.3 km · Bournemouth West railway station, 1.7 km · Meyrick Park Halt railway station, 3.1 km

• Bristol → Branksome Park

  95 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · £11–14
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• London → Branksome Park

  39 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · £4–5
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• Cardiff → Branksome Park

  123 km · quickest by road, 3h 38m · £17–22
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