Holdenhurst
Holdenhurst is a village in the civil parish of Throop and Holdenhurst, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in Dorset, England, situated in the green belt land of the north-east suburbs of Bournemouth.

Holdenhurst is a village in the civil parish of Throop and Holdenhurst, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in Dorset, England, situated in the green belt land of the north-east suburbs of Bournemouth. The village comprises fewer than 30 dwellings, two farms and the parish church. There are no shops and few local facilities in the village.
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Worth seeing in and around Holdenhurst
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.
- 01Dean 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 AFC Bournemouth. The stadium has a capacity of 12,357.
2.7 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Kings 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.
2.7 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Queen'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.
2.5 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Corpus 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.
3.4 km · grade II listed church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Bournemouth Aviation Museum
The Bournemouth Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located next to Bournemouth International Airport, near the village of Hurn in Christchurch, England. It houses a number of aircraft, aero engines, cockpits, and a limited number of ground vehicles.
2.7 km · aviation museum · Wikipedia - 06Bournemouth North Cemetery and Bournemouth Crematorium
Bournemouth North Cemetery and Bournemouth Crematorium is a municipal cemetery in Bournemouth, England. The cemetery is located between the suburbs of Charminster, Strouden Park and Queen's Park and is owned by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
2.8 km · historic cemetery in Dorset, England · Wikipedia - 07Bournemouth Combined Court Centre
The Bournemouth Combined Court Centre, also known as Bournemouth Courts of Justice, is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Deansleigh Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
1 km · Judicial Building in Dorset · Wikipedia - 08Roman Catholic Church of the Annunciation
The Church of the Annunciation is a Grade II* listed Gothic Revival Catholic church in the Charminster area of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The church stands across Charminster Road from St Alban's Church.
3.7 km · church in Charminster, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Church of St Alban
St Alban's Church is a Grade II* listed Gothic Revival Anglican church in the Charminster area of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The church stands across Charminster Road from the Church of the Annunciation.
3.8 km · church in Bournemouth, UK · Wikipedia - 10Old St John's Buildings
Old St John's Buildings, formerly known as St John's Mission Church, is a historic building in the Moordown area of Bournemouth, England.
3.9 km · building in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Holdenhurst
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 94 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 122 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 124 km
- Stations
- Bournemouth Airport, 3.1 km · Pokesdown railway station, 2.9 km · Boscombe railway station, 3.2 km · Christchurch railway station, 3.2 km · Hurn railway station, 2.5 km
- London → Holdenhurst145 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £15–20
- Bristol → Holdenhurst95 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · £11–15
- Cardiff → Holdenhurst124 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · £17–23
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Holdenhurst
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 Holdenhurst. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextGood location for day trips to the New Forest, Lymington and Beaulieu.
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Next door to Holdenhurst
- Hurnvillage in Dorset, England, UK1.8 km
- Sopleyvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, England, UK3.4 km
- Burtonvillage in Burton and Winkton, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England3.8 km
- Boscombesuburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK3.8 km
- Throop and Holdenhurstcivil parish in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England1.1 km
- Pokesdownsuburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England2.9 km