Strouden Park or Strouden[1] is an area of Bournemouth, Dorset, England.[2]

Strouden Woods

History

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Shops and post office in 2008

On 17 April 2021, the local post office and convenience store was destroyed in a fire.[3]

Geography

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Strouden Park is north of Queen's Park, west of Townsend and east of Redhill. Woodbury is an area of Strouden Park. Woodbury Roundabout is a major intersection of the A3060 road.

 
Woodbury Avenue in Strouden Park

Facilities

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Castlepoint Shopping Centre, Strouden Park

Strouden Park is served by a National Health Service surgery[4] and the Castlepoint Shopping Centre.[5]

Bournemouth North Cemetery and Bournemouth Crematorium is off Strouden Avenue.[6]

Governance

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Strouden Park is part of the Muscliff and Strouden Park ward which elects three members of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.[7][8] It is part of the Bournemouth East parliamentary constituency, for elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

References

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  1. ^ "Strouden, Bournemouth". GetOutside. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Information for Strouden Park in Bournemouth". www.geopunk.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Post office and store gutted in devastating early hours blaze". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. ^ "South Coast Medical Group | NHS Doctors in Dorset". www.stroudenpark.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Home Page - Castlepoint Shopping Park". www.castlepointshopping.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Bournemouth Crematorium". www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Muscliff and Strouden Park". www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Local elections 2019: the count for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole as it happened". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

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