St Dunstan of Canterbury Orthodox Church, Poole

Name: St Dunstan of Canterbury Orthodox Church
Address: 94A Bournemouth Rd, Poole, BH14 9HY, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1202 602628

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St Dunstan of Canterbury Orthodox Church, Poole

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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. A Grade II* listed building, the church was built in the early 20th century in Neo-Byzantine style by the architects G. A. B. Livesay, Edward Schroeder Prior and Arthur Grove as the Anglican Church of St Osmund. Its west front has been called Prior's final tour de force of church architecture. ()

Completed: 1927 (97 years ago)Architectural style: Byzantine revivalCoordinates: 50°43'28"N, 1°56'19"W

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94A Bournemouth RdPenn HillPoole BH14 9HY United Kingdom

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+44 1202 602628

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St Dunstan of Canterbury Orthodox Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Compton Acres, Parkstone Bay Marina, Alexandra Park, Brownsea Open Air Theatre.

1.3 miSE
Park, Garden
Compton Acres, Poole
34 min walk • 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. The gardens are a popular tourist attraction.
1.2 miSW
50°42'49"N • 1°57'33"W
Parkstone Bay Marina, Poole
30 min walk • Sailing, Marina
~1640 ftNE
Park
Alexandra Park, Poole
8 min walk • Alexandra Park is a small public open space set within the densely urbanised area of Parkstone in Poole, on the south coast of England. Its former bowling green and pavilion was home to Alexandra Park Lawn Bowls Club, established in the 1920s.
1.5 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Brownsea Open Air Theatre, Bournemouth
39 min walk • Brownsea Open Air Theatre is an open-air Shakespearian theatre company based in Poole, Dorset that have performed large theatrical productions since 1964.
1.1 miNW
50°44'0"N • 1°57'29"W
Prevail Skatehouse, Poole
27 min walk • Park, Sport complex
0.5 miE
Neighbourhood
Penn Hill, Poole
14 min walk • Penn Hill is an electoral ward of Poole in Dorset, England, bordering on Branksome Park, Canford Cliffs, Sandbanks, Lilliput and Parkstone. It is effectively part of Parkstone.
1 miW
Universities and schools
Bournemouth and Poole College, Bournemouth
25 min walk • The Bournemouth and Poole College is a well established educational provider which delivers further education, higher education and community based courses in Bournemouth and in Poole on the south coast of England. It is one of the larger British colleges with thousands of learners each year.