BH1 1AJ

NEIGHBOURHOOD REPORT

BH1 1AJ - Winton

Winton is a suburb of Bournemouth, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England (historically in Hampshire). It lies approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Bournemouth town centre, along Wimborne Road (the A347). Winton is to the east of Wallisdown, Victoria Park and Talbot Woods and south of Moordown.

Winton gave its name to Winton, Queensland." [1]

Situated in local authority Central, Winton is classed as urban with city and town. Nearest towns are Bournemouth (1 miles away), Poole (2 miles away), Ferndown (5 miles away), with the capital city, London being 95 miles away.

Dorset

Long known as 'Thomas Hardy country' Dorset has everything from literary trails to Iron Age settlements, old-fashioned seaside resorts to beautiful Jurassic Coastline. Featuring a number of Blue Flag white sand beaches and ease of access from London, Dorset is popular in the UK for quick weekend trips to the sea.

But it is not just a county built around its coastline. Inland it also offers some quintessentially English landscapes, crossed by the chalk ranges of the South Dorset and North Dorset downs, agriculturally fertile valleys in Frome, Stour and the Vale of Blackmore and the famous marble quarries of Purbeck and Portland.

Inhabited since at least 8000BC Dorset's high chalk hills have offered defensive settlements for thousands of years and there are Neolithic and Bronze Age Settlements at almost every turn. In addition there are numerous Iron Age Hill Forts, with Maiden Castle being the most famous and well worth a visit.

The elegant and charming town of Dorchester is built on endless Roman remains and artefacts and there are some excellent sites and museums there. Also worth seeing are the ruins of Corfe Castle and historic sites at Athelhampton and Cranborne Manor and Gardens, as well as Sherbourne Castle, home of Sir Walter Raleigh.

For those looking for something a bit more relaxing, Bournemouth has been dealing in 'laid back' for over two hundred years now. The writer Augustus Granville included Bournemouth in his Book of Spas in 1841 and ever since tourists have been flocking there for the 'medicinal air,' beautiful beaches, stunning gardens and temperate climate.

Now a curious combination of art deco calm, bohemian cafes and numerous old people's homes, it is certainly laid back! For something less sedate, most people head out along the 95 miles of spectacular, untouched coastline, known as the 'Jurassic Coast' for its incomparable selection of Jurassic, Triassic and Cretaceous fossils and now the UK's only natural UNESCO World Heritage site.

Where is it?

Location
Winton

---

Ward
Central

---

Local Authority
Bournemouth

---

Council

---

Constituency

---

County
Dorset

---

Region
South West

---

Country
England

---

Classification
Urban with City and Town

---

Area Type
Unitary Authority

---

ONS GSS ID
E00077246

---

LSOADZ_NAME
Bournemouth 017D

---

Government ID
Bournemouth 017

---

Coordinates
50.73, -1.872

---

Phone Code
(01202) xxxxxx

Nearby Towns

Bournemouth	0.9 mi
Poole	2.1 mi
Ferndown	4.9 mi
Christchurch	5.4 mi
Southampton	24.1 mi
Portsmouth	34.8 mi
Bristol	58.6 mi
Cardiff	75.8 mi
London	95.1 mi
Edinburgh	364.2 mi