List of churches in Bournemouth explained

The following is a list of churches in Bournemouth, a coastal resort town on the south coast of England.

Active

NameCivil parish (settlement)class=unsortableImageDedicationWebFoundedDenominationArchitectureclass=unsortableNotes
Bournemouth Central Christadelphian ChurchTown Centre20th centuryChristadelphians
Bournemouth First Church of Christ ScientistEast CliffChurch of Christ, Scientist[1] 1926The First Church of Christ, Scientist
Bournemouth Spiritualist ChurchTown CentreN/A[2] 20th centurySpiritualist church
Breath of Life Church (St. Mary's Church)SpringbourneMary[3] [4] 1926-34Non-denominationalGrade II listed, deconsecrated circa 2003, returned to being used as a church in 2018[5]
Chapel of the Resurrection (now Bournemouth Unitarian Church)Town CentreN/A1925–26UnitarianChurchyard of St Peter's
Christ ChurchWestbourneJesus[6] 1913Evangelical
Church of All SaintsSouthbourneAll Saints[7] 1913-14AnglicanGrade II listed
Church of the AnnunciationCharminsterAnnunciation[8] 1905-6CatholicGrade II* listed
Cornerstone ChurchWest HoweN/A[9] [10] 1956Baptist
Corpus Christi ChurchBoscombeBody of Christ[11] 1895CatholicGrade II listed
East Cliff ChurchEast CliffN/A[12] 1879United ReformGrade II listed
Elim ChurchSpringbourneN/A[13] 1909Evangelical
Elim ChurchWinton, DorsetN/AEvangelical
Holy Epiphany ChurchMuscliffEpiphany[14] 20th centuryAnglican
Howeth Road Evangelical ChurchEnsbury ParkN/A[15] 20th centuryEvangelical
Immanuel ChurchSouthbourneFrancis Immanuel[16] 1930United Reformed Church
Liberal Catholic Church of St. RaphaelLansdowneSaint Raphael the Archangel[17] 20th centuryLiberal Catholic Church
New Life Christian Fellowship ChurchNorthbourneN/A[18] 20th centuryNew Life Christian Fellowship
Redeemed Christian Church of God (formerly Pokesdown United Reformed Church)PokesdownN/A[19] 1820Redeemed Christian Church of God
Richmond Park Church (former Salvation Army Citadel)Richmond ParkN/A[20] Late 1800sEvangelical
Rosebery Park Baptist ChurchPokesdownN/A[21] 1891Baptist
Sacred Heart ChurchRichmond HillN/A[22] 1874CatholicEnglish GothicGrade II listed
Strouden Park ChapelStrouden ParkN/A[23] 1950sNon-denominationalBrutalist
St Alban's ChurchCharminsterAlban[24] 1907-09AnglicanGrade II listed
St Andrew's ChurchBoscombeAndrew[25] 1907-08AnglicanGrade II listed
St Andrew's Church (Bennett Road)Malmesbury ParkAndrew[26] 1891-1900AnglicanGrade II listed
St. Andrew's ChurchKinsonAndrew[27] 13th century AnglicanMiddle AgesGrade II* listed
St. Andrew's ChurchRichmond HillAndrew[28] 1891United Reformed ChurchGrade II listed
St Augustin's ChurchCharminsterAugustin[29] 1891-92AnglicanGrade II listed
St Clement's ChurchClement[30] 1871-73AnglicanGrade I listed
St Edmund Campion ChurchStrouden ParkEdmund Campion20th centuryCatholicThe only original building that survived the construction of the Castlepoint Shopping Centre in 2003
St Francis of Assisi's Church, BournemouthCharminsterFrancis of Assisi[31] 1930AnglicanRomanesque RevivalGrade II listed
St James's Church, PokesdownPokesdownJames[32] 1858AnglicanEnglish GothicGrade II listed
St John the Baptist's Church, MoordownMoordownSt John the Baptist[33] 1874AnglicanEnglish GothicGrade II listed
St John the Evangelist's Church, BoscombeBoscombeJohn the Evangelist[34] 1893-95AnglicanEnglish GothicGrade II* listed
St Katharine's Church, SouthbourneSouthbourneKatherine[35] 1881-82; 1899-1900AnglicanEnglish GothicGrade II listed
St Michael's Church, BournemouthTown CentreMichael[36] 1875-76AnglicanEnglish GothicGrade II* listed
St Saviour's Church, IfordIfordJesus as Saviour[37] 1936AnglicanRomanesque Revival
St Stephen's Church, BournemouthTown CentreStephen[38] 1881AnglicanGothic RevivalGrade II listed
St Ambrose Church, WestbourneWestbourneAmbrose[39] 1898AnglicanGothic RevivalGrade II* listed
St Swithun's Church, BournemouthEast CliffSwithun[40] 1876AnglicanGothic RevivalGrade II listed
Turning Point Church and Bournemouth Deaf CentrePokesdownN/A[41] 1995GospelDeconsecrated in 1995 but still used for Christian worship
West Cliff Baptist ChurchWestbourneN/A[42] 1879BaptistEnglish GothicGrade II listed

Former

NameCivil parish (settlement)class=unsortableImageDedicationBuiltClosedDenominationArchitectureclass=unsortableNotes
Bournemouth Unitarian ChurchTown CentreN/A20th-century21st-centuryUnitarianEnglish GothicGrade II listed; used as offices
East Howe Methodist ChurchEast HoweN/A20th-century2013MethodistVernacularDemolished and replaced with a Co-op
Ensbury Park Methodist ChurchEnsbury ParkN/A19262008MethodistEnglish GothicDemolished and replaced with flats
Lansdowne Baptist ChurchLansdowneN/A18922015BaptistEnglish GothicDemolished and rebuilt.[44]
Moordown Congregational ChurchMoordownN/A18602002Non-denominationalEnglish GothicDisused
Mount Zion Baptist ChapelTown Centre
N/A20th-century2007BaptistEnglish GothicDemolished
Punshon Memorial Methodist Church, Exeter RoadTown CentreN/A19582008MethodistBrutalistDemolished pending redevelopment[45]
Saint Andrews, Exeter RoadTown CentreSt Andrew19th-centuryPending redevelopment
St John's Mission ChurchMoordownSt John185321st-centuryRedeveloped into commercial and later residential use
Wallisdown Road Methodist ChurchWallisdown
N/A20th-century2009MethodistBrutalistUsed as a pre-school nursery

References

  1. Web site: Christian Science in Bournemouth - Home page . 2023-01-18 . fccsb.org.uk.
  2. Web site: Welcome Bournemouth Spiritualist Church . 2023-01-18 . bsnuc.co.uk.
  3. Web site: CHURCH OF ST MARY, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole - 1242666 Historic England . 2021-03-28 . historicengland.org.uk . en.
  4. Web site: Home . 2021-03-28 . Breath of Life . en.
  5. Web site: Church to be used as place of worship for the first time in more than 20 years . 2023-01-18 . Bournemouth Echo . en.
  6. Web site: Christ Church Westbourne - An Anglican, evangelical, Christian church in Westbourne, Bournemouth . 2021-01-20 . Christ Church Westbourne . en-US.
  7. Web site: All Saints, Southbourne . 2023-01-19 . www.achurchnearyou.com . en.
  8. Web site: The Annunciation & St Edmund Campion Parish Official Site 2020 . 2023-01-18 . en-GB.
  9. Web site: Cornerstone Church Bournemouth . 2023-01-18 . Cornerstone Church Bournemouth . en-US.
  10. Web site: Bournemouth Cornerstone Church . 2023-01-18 . National Churches Trust . en.
  11. Web site: Corpus Christi RC Church Boscombe – Welcome to our Church . 2023-01-18 . en-GB.
  12. Web site: East Cliff Church . 2023-01-18 . Bournemouth . en-GB.
  13. Web site: BH1 Elim Church . 2021-03-28 . en-GB.
  14. Web site: Sunday Services at 10 am: Family Service every 1st Sunday; Holy Communion every 2nd and 4th Sunday; Worship and Praise all other Sundays. - Bournemouth . 2023-01-19 . Sunday Services at 10 am: Family Service every 1st Sunday; Holy Communion every 2nd and 4th Sunday; Worship and Praise all other Sundays. . en.
  15. Web site: Howeth Road Evangelical Church . 2023-01-18 . en-US.
  16. Web site: Immanuel Church Southbourne . 2023-01-19 . Immanuel Church Southbourne . en-GB.
  17. Web site: Church of Saint Raphael Church in Bournemouth, EN . 2023-11-05 . All U.K. Churches on UK-Churches.com . en.
  18. Web site: New Life Christian Fellowship, Bournemouth, Dorset - UK Church Directory . 2023-11-05 . www.ukchurch.org.
  19. Web site: Home . 2023-01-18 . Redeemed Christian Church of God, Bournemouth.
  20. Web site: A warm and welcoming, family orientated church, in Boscombe, Bournemouth. . 2021-03-28 . Richmond Park Church . en.
  21. Web site: Rosebery Park Baptist Church – A Baptist church between Boscombe and Pokesdown in Bournemouth BH7 and online . 2023-11-05 . en-GB.
  22. Web site: Welcome to the Bournemouth Oratory in Formation . 2023-01-18 . The Bournemouth Oratory . en-GB.
  23. Web site: Strouden Park Chapel . Find a Church.
  24. Web site: Parish of WMC Parish of Winton, Moordown and Charminster England . 2023-01-18 . Parish of WMC . en.
  25. Web site: ST.ANDREW'S CHURCH, BOSCOMBE . 2023-01-18 . ST.ANDREW'S CHURCH, BOSCOMBE . en.
  26. Web site: Day . Michael . 2001-01-02 . Bournemouth (St. Andrew), Hampshire . 2023-01-19 . www.dorset-churches.org.uk.
  27. Web site: Home St Andrew’s Kinson . 2023-01-18 . standrewskinson.org.
  28. Web site: Bournemouth Town Centre church Richmond Hill St Andrew's . 2023-01-18 . www.bournemouthurc.org.uk.
  29. Web site: St Augustin’s Church : Who We Are : Bournemouth Town Centre Parish . 2023-01-18.
  30. Web site: LOVECHURCH Bournemouth - St Clement's . 2023-01-18 . LOVECHURCH . en-GB.
  31. Web site: Church . St Francis of Assisi . St Francis of Assisi Church . 2023-11-05 . St Francis of Assisi Church . en-GB.
  32. Web site: HOME St James Church Pokesdown England . 2023-11-05 . St James . en.
  33. Web site: Church of St John, Non Civil Parish - 1108809 Historic England . 2024-05-25 . historicengland.org.uk . en.
  34. Web site: St Johns Boscombe – Celebrating God's Work in Boscombe . 2023-01-19 . en-GB.
  35. Web site: Bournemouth: St Katharine . 2023-01-18 . www.achurchnearyou.com . en.
  36. Web site: I'm New . 2023-11-05 . ST MIKE'S . en-US.
  37. Web site: Home . 2023-11-05 . St Saviours . en-GB.
  38. Web site: Church of St Stephen, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole - 1324756 Historic England . 2021-01-20 . historicengland.org.uk . en.
  39. Web site: CHURCH OF ST AMBROSE, WEST CLIFF ROAD . 2024-05-08. historicengland.org.uk . en.
  40. Web site: LOVECHURCH Bournemouth - St Swithun's . 2023-11-05 . LOVECHURCH . en-GB.
  41. Web site: Turning Point Church Bournemouth . 2023-01-19 . Turning Point Church . en.
  42. Web site: West Cliff Baptist Church - Baptist Church in Westbourne, Bournemouth . 2021-01-20 . West Cliff . en-US.
  43. Web site: Welcome to St. Peter's - Bournemouth's Parish Church. 2021-01-20. St Peter's Church Bournemouth. en-GB.
  44. Web site: 138-year-old church to celebrate end of an era . 2023-01-18 . Bournemouth Echo . en.
  45. Web site: £4.5m church set to make way for hotel . 2021-01-21 . Bournemouth Echo . en.