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Throop and Holdenhurst

Throop and Holdenhurst is a civil parish in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in Dorset, England.

The place

Throop and Holdenhurst is a civil parish in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in Dorset, England.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Throop and 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.

  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 AFC Bournemouth. The stadium has a capacity of 12,357.

    2.6 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    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.

    2.7 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    2.1 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Bournemouth 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 km · aviation museum · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    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.

    3.5 km · grade II listed church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Adventure Wonderland

    Adventure Wonderland was a family theme park situated in the village of Hurn, near Bournemouth, United Kingdom. The park offered rides and attractions aimed at families with children up to the age of 10.

    2.1 km · Theme park in Hurn, Dorset, England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of St Clement, Boscombe

    St Clement's Church is one of three Grade I listed churches in Bournemouth; along with St Stephen's and St Peter's. The church stands on St Clements Road and is recorded by Historic England as being in poor condition.

    3.5 km · church in Bournemouth, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Roman 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 km · church in Charminster, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Wimborne Road Cemetery

    The Wimborne Road Cemetery is located at Wimborne Road, Bournemouth. It is grade II listed with Historic England.

    3.8 km · cemetery in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Bournemouth Reform Synagogue

    The Bournemouth Reform Synagogue, also known as BRS, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, in the United Kingdom. The congregation acts as a "mother congregation" to the Isle of Wight Jewish Society.

    4 km · synagogue in the UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Throop and Holdenhurst

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 93 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 123 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 124 km
Stations
Bournemouth Airport, 2.4 km · Pokesdown railway station, 3.1 km · Boscombe railway station, 3.1 km · Hurn railway station, 2.8 km
  • London → Throop and Holdenhurst
    146 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £15–21
  • Bristol → Throop and Holdenhurst
    93 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · £11–14
  • Cardiff → Throop and Holdenhurst
    122 km · quickest by road, 3h 40m · £17–22
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Throop and 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 Throop and Holdenhurst. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextGood location for day trips to the New Forest, Lymington and Beaulieu.

From Wikivoyage: Christchurch (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    38 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    204 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    543 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    579 km
  5. 05
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    601 km

If you know how people move in Throop and Holdenhurst – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Throop and Holdenhurst

  • Hurnvillage in Dorset, England, UK1.8 km
  • Holdenhurstvillage in Dorset, England1.1 km
  • Boscombesuburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK3.7 km
  • Blackwatervillage in Dorset, England, UK2.2 km
  • Pokesdownsuburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England3.3 km
  • Throopvillage in Dorset, England, UK1 km