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Holdenhurst, Bournemouth — Area Guide & Where to Stay
A green-belt village on the north-east side of Bournemouth, Holdenhurst counts two farms, a parish church and fewer than 30 dwellings.
About Holdenhurst
Where to stay in Holdenhurst
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There are no shops and few facilities in the village, so Holdenhurst offers nothing in the way of beds and every practical stay sits back in Bournemouth or across in Christchurch. Come for the walk. The Church of St John and the oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill are the reasons to make the trip out, and both are reachable from a base in the wider Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district.
About Holdenhurst
What are the main landmarks in Holdenhurst?
Two entries, one church and one earthwork. The Church of St John serves the parish of Throop and Holdenhurst, standing among the handful of dwellings that make up the village, while the oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill marks the raised ground above it. Farms account for the rest.
Nothing here is commercial.
What is the history of Holdenhurst?
Holdenhurst kept its parish. The civil parish of Throop and Holdenhurst still carries the village name, and the Church of St John stands as the parish church for a settlement of fewer than 30 dwellings and two farms rather than for a suburb. Green belt land surrounds it, and the village sits inside the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district of Dorset, in England.
The earthwork on St Catherine's Hill belongs to the same ground.
Where is Holdenhurst?
Holdenhurst sits in green belt on the north-east side of Bournemouth, paired with Throop in one civil parish and carrying the oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill.
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Updated September 2026