- Open
- Free entry
- Dogs in the grounds
- No car park on site
- English Heritage
Quick answer
Christchurch Castle is a castle near Christchurch (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole), Dorset, managed by English Heritage. Entry is free and the site is open at any reasonable time. Dogs on a lead are welcome in the grounds but not inside. There is no car park on site.
Getting to Christchurch Castle and parking
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- Parking
- No car park on site, paid. Charged car park within three minutes, not managed by English Heritage.
- By train
- Christchurch is 0.5 miles away.
Dogs, accessibility and facilities
Dogs
Partly- Welcome: in the grounds.
- Not allowed: inside the buildings.
- Leads: dogs must be kept on a lead.
- Open ruins; 'dogs on leads welcome' gives no building detail, lesser value.
Accessibility
Partly step-free- Step-free: in parts of the site.
- Paths and surfaces: Dirt path round base of keep suitable for buggies and wheelchairs; steep climb to remains.
What to see at Christchurch Castle
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Keep
The main fortified tower of the castle.
History of Christchurch Castle
- 1107 Richard de Redvers dies; son Baldwin inherits
- c.1147 Captured by Walter de Pinkney in 1147 or 1148, then retaken
- c.1180 Norman House probably built in the 1180s or 1190s
- 1293 Isabella de Fortibus dies; Edward I acquires Christchurch
- 1644 Parliamentarian Sir William Waller captures Christchurch (April)
- 1651 Ordered totally demolished; guns removed to Poole
Photos
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Castles near Christchurch Castle
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