1. Saxon Square - Restyle
(News/Latest Stories)

...y new leasees, RREEF Alternative Investments.  The Square is the popular key shopping area for the town although has had high shop business turnovers for some years now. In the proposals revealed...

2. School Bus Fare Hike
(News/Latest Stories)

...ompany said that they were just bringing into line Bournemouth and Christchurch with other services and towns.  The main reason prices have to rise is the high cost of fuel due to global oil supp...

3. Popular Bus Routes Axed
(News/Latest Stories)

...cy for passengers in the Bournemouth / Boscombe area. The change will increase the frequency across the town from 10 mins to 7 minutes. To effect this change with the number of vehicles on the More fl...

4. Council Backs Down - Parking
(News/Latest Stories)

...bsp;distance from the house. His helper struggles to carry the shopping and also not low cost like towncentre car parks.  Already his daughter has been stung with two parking tickets and pos...

5. Beam Me Back to1966!
(Articles/WeekEnder)

...pear to be so at the time - Knob-rot and Syphilus was to be avoided if possible.  Rock music and Motown by real musicians and talented singers.  Everyone met, laughed, smoked and argued...

6. Forbidden Kingdom
(Entertainment/Movies)

...aphed The Matrix, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. While hunting down pirated kung-fu DVDs in a Chinatown secondhand shop, Jason (Michael Angarano) makes an extraordinary discovery that sends him h...

7. Young @ Heart
(Entertainment/Movies)

... they rehearse for a new show, 'Alive and Well', before an audience of a thousand in their home town of Northampton, Massachusetts.   The current performers in Young@Heart range in age ...

8. Beer Money and DNA
(Articles/WeekEnder)

...rossly underpaid.  Maybe that is true but not in one big sweep.  If the greedy burgers of old townhall lived by what they preach they would offer to stagger the payrise in increments at leas...

9. Plastic Grass 4 Football
(News/Latest Stories)

...became an overflow car park, boot sales area and jousting shows.  It also caused headaches for the town when travellers set up illegal campsites there too. Last month the scheme was approved by t...

10. Stroke Unit - Fears Allayed?
(News/Latest Stories)

...the re-location of the unit to Royal Bournemouth would ultimately lead to a progressive run down of the towns hospital.  The hospital includes specialised cancer care including Macmillan unit, pa...

11. Transport & Industry
(Christchurch/History)

...h Road) therefore passengers continued their journey by "horse-bus" or a small phaeton to the town. The bumpy journey by carriage to Christchurch would have been the end of a trip that had t...

12. Early Years
(Christchurch/History)

...y" of 1136 but were later restored. Walter de Pinkney snatched the castle and badly mistreated the towns people and prisoners. He was later axed to death in the church yard. 1149 saw Baldwin de R...

13. The Millstream
(Christchurch/Virtual Tour)

...he local Canons for quiet contemplation.  Today however, a wide path takes strollers from the Townbridge past the "Norman" Constables House ruins (still with it's chimney - ver...

14. The Quay
(Christchurch/Virtual Tour)

...nbsp; Look out for the Blue Millennium Plaques, the Placemill has one and other unique sites around the town. The Christchurch Sailing Club was founded in 1883, the clubhouse being built in 1896 now ...

15. River Avon
(Christchurch/Virtual Tour)

... the waterworks the river is accessible again but be aware that there numerous weirs too! The medieval Town Bridge also known as Quartleys Bridge straddles the Avon  connecting Castle street wit...

16. A Brief History
(Christchurch/History)

  Welcome to a quick summary of Christchurch including early pictures of life in the town from the Normans to late 19th Century, early 20th, the 1950's and 60's. In earlier times it was a

17. Virtual Tour
(Christchurch/Virtual Tour)

Visit the town centre and harbour. View picturesque photos of the rivers. Watch streaming video of the town centre and riversides. View panoramas of key points of interest. Clicking on thumbnails will

18. Visitor Guide
(Christchurch/Visitor Guide)

... by a choice of car routes is easy, regular rail and bus links to the capital, London. Just outside the town but still within the Borough of Christchurch is an international airport known locally...

19. Education
(Christchurch/History)

...hooling became widely available via National Schools. There were a number of private schools around the town for those children whose parents could afford the fees. Christchurch's first National S...

20. Welfare & Health
(Christchurch/History)

  The earliest hospital known for the town of Christchurch was the Lazar House or Leper Hospital which was to be found in Magdalen Lane just outside the main town between Bargates and Barrack Roa

21. Smuggling
(Christchurch/History)

... occupants were the South Hants Militia. The cavalry arrived in 1795 and were initially feared, but the town soon appreciated their buoyant effect on the economy. The Royal Horse Artillery, and their ...

22. Priory Video
(Christchurch/Virtual Tour)

The landmark of Christchurch standing tall over the town this beautiful church is a must visit when in the town.  Reputed to be the longest parish church in England with a length of 311 feet

23. The Priory
(Christchurch/Virtual Tour)

  The landmark of Christchurch standing tall over the town this beautiful church is a must visit when in the town.  Reputed to be the longest parish church in England with a length of 3

24. Town Centre
(Christchurch/Virtual Tour)

  Located in the centre of the High Street can be found the town hall, a grade 2 listed building.  The original town hall was situated at the corner of Castle Street and High Street, built i

25. Hospitals & Clinics
(Christchurch/Community)

...al population of 220,000 and employing over 3,000 staff. We manage Dorset County Hospital in the county town of Dorchester and some services at Weymouth Community Hospital. Our staff also work at othe...

26. Becoming An Author
(Static Content)

...n 1996 the webmaster already had a personal site set-up but when looking for information about his home town of Christchurch, was surprised at how little info was out there.  So he decided to cre...

27. About
(Static Content)

...ristchurch Dorset.  The website was created back in 1998with the idea of a virtual tour of my home town being possible with many people having access to the internet worldwide and therefore promo...

28. Parking Tariffs - Rise Is Fair!
(Archived/News/Latest Stories)

  Christchurch Borough Council has approved a rise in parking charges throughout the Borough which they say is fair and reasonable.

29. There Will Be Blood
(Archived/Entertainment/Movies)

 At Cinemas Now  -  The film is adapted from Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel "Oil! "  Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), begins as a silver prospector in

30. Homes - Prices Still Rising
(Archived/News/Latest Stories)

  The latter months of 2007 gave everyone a big pause for thought with the collapse of the sub-prime house market in the USA. This created a knock-on effect for all the developed nations around t