Canford Magna
Canford Magna is a village in the civil parish of Poole, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England.
Canford Magna is a village in the civil parish of Poole, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. The village is situated just south of the River Stour and lies between the towns of Wimborne Minster and Poole. The village was significantly developed by the Guest family of Canford Manor, featuring a mixture of thatch and brick buildings, now mostly serving as residences for teaching staff. The western edge of the village merges with the residential suburb of Merley and the village community of Oakley.
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Worth seeing in and around Canford Magna
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.
- 01Canford Magna Parish Church
The Canford Magna Parish Church in Canford Magna, Dorset, England – possibly dedicated to St Augustine – is a mixture of Saxon, Norman and Mid Gothic architecture. English Heritage have designated it a Grade I listed building.
400 m · church in Poole, UK · Wikipedia - 02Tivoli Theatre
The Tivoli Theatre in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, was built in 1936 as a theatre and cinema. It has a variety of Art Deco features, including original chrome and Bakelite door handles.
3 km · theatre in Wimborne Minster, England · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Andrew
St. Andrew's Church is a Grade II* listed historic parish church in Kinson, Bournemouth, Dorset.
3.7 km · church in Kinson, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 0437, West Borough
Wimborne Minster Town Hall is a municipal building in West Borough in Wimborne Minster, a town in Dorset, in England. The building, which currently accommodates the offices and meeting place of Wimborne Minster Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
3.1 km · building in Wimborne Minster, East Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Wimborne Minster astronomical clock
Wimborne Minster astronomical clock is a fourteenth-century astronomical clock in Wimborne Minster in Dorset, regarded as "one of the most ancient working clocks in Europe."
2.9 km · 14th century astronomical clock in Wimborne Minster, England · Wikipedia - 06Merley House
Merley House in Ashington, Wimborne, Dorset, England, is a building of historical significance and is Grade I listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in 1752 by the bibliophile Ralph Willett and remained in the Willett family until about 1875.
2.6 km · Grade I listed building in Poole, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Lady Wimborne Bridge
The Lady Wimborne Bridge is a former railway bridge built in 1853, and now a listed building. Its highly ornate design reflects the power of landowners over British railway companies in the mid-nineteenth century.
1.6 km · bridge in Poole, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Museum of East Dorset
The Museum of East Dorset is a local museum in the town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, England. It is located on the high street, opposite the Church of Wimborne Minster.
2.9 km · museum in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Longham United Reform Church
Longham United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed United Reformed church near Longham near Ferndown in Dorset, England.
3.1 km · church building in Ferndown Town, East Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10All Saints Church, Hampreston
All Saints Church is the Church of England parish church of Hampreston, Dorset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2 km · church in Hampreston, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Canford Magna
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 85 km · Cardiff (CWL), 118 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 129 km
- Bristol → Canford Magna87 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · £10–13
- London → Canford Magna151 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £16–21
- Cardiff → Canford Magna115 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £16–21
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Canford Magna
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Canford Magna. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inDaily ferry services from Poole Harbour run to Cherbourg in France as well as Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
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Next door to Canford Magna
- Wimborne Minstertown and civil parish in Dorset, England2.6 km
- Colehillvillage and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom1.8 km
- Hamprestonvillage in Dorset, England, UK1.9 km
- Merleyvillage in Dorset, England, UK1.3 km
- Oakleyvillage in Dorset, England1.4 km
- Ashingtonhamlet in Dorset, England, UK3.4 km