Bearwood, Dorset

Bearwood is a suburb of the Dorset town of Poole in the UK. Although some think of it being in neighbouring Bournemouth as there is only one access road from the rest of Poole (and several from Bournemouth).

Bearwood is centred around a supermarket and medical and neighbourhood centre in King John Avenue. The area was mainly developed in the 1980s on what had been open heathland. The roads are named after titles of English nobility and people linked to the signing of the Magna Carta. This is derived from the fact that the oldest road in the area, a part of the Wimborne to Bournemouth road, is called Magna Road as it passes through the village of Canford Magna en route. One of the oldest houses was built in 1920. There also is a School and Nursery in the area, Bearwood Primary and Nursery School.^[1]

Public transport

Buses from three companies serve Bearwood:

• The Wilts & Dorset route 11 goes from Poole through the estate to Kinson and route 32 was introduced in mid 2011 which goes via Poole, Merley and passes through Bearwood to Kinson and then to Bournemouth.^[2]

• The Transdev Yellow Buses 4a route goes to Bournemouth via Kinson, Winton and Bournemouth railway station, the 6 route via Wallisdown to Bournemouth and the 27 route which goes to Poole. On the 23rd October 2011, a new route called 4D now comes from Wimbourne via Merley to Bournemouth which also passes through Bearwood.^[3]

• The shoreline 54 goes to Castlepoint via Bournemouth schools.^[4]

Recent developments

• In 2007, the local community centre was re-furbished with new equipment and bar for the youth projects to move to from the St Barnabas Church.

2011

• The local council approved plans for the new Poole Football Stadium in the west of Bearwood off Magna Road.^[5]
• The local church was extended and refurbished.
• The local play area was completely rebuilt with an extended area with Zip-wires, Climbing frames and Bike ramps.
• The Co-operative Group announced to the community that the the Store, Doctors Surgery and Pharmacy was going to be closed and rebuilt in to a new State-of-the-Art building due to be completed in May 2012.

Local Attactions

• Bearwood Community Centre and Social club
• Canford Magna Arena, Fireworks Displays, Concerts and other events are regularly held there.
• Canford Magna Golf Club
• Carboot Sale held every Sunday at 1pm next to Canford Magna Arena.

References

External links

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