Mudeford

Mudeford
Mudeford is located in Dorset
Mudeford
Mudeford
Location within Dorset
Population4,977 (2011, Mudeford and Friars Cliffe Ward)[1]
OS grid referenceSZ178914
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHRISTCHURCH
Postcode districtBH23
Dialling code01202 or 01425
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°43′41″N 1°44′35″W / 50.728°N 1.743°W / 50.728; -1.743

Mudeford (/ˈmʌdɪfərd/ MUD-ih-fərd) is a harbourside and beachside parish[2] based on a former fishing village in the east of Christchurch, Dorset, England (historically in Hampshire), fronting water on two sides: Christchurch Harbour and the sands of Avon Beach.

The River Mude[3] and Bure Brook[4] enter the harbour under the main promenade. In the late 20th century small buffer zones to the north-east, north and north-west were infilled with low-rise housing, and in the 2011 census the Christchurch contiguous urban area, excluding Bournemouth, touching to the west, extending along the coast to take in Barton-on-Sea had 54,210 residents. Mudeford is one of its main tourist and leisure urban centres.[5] The ward had a population density of 24 persons per hectare in 2011.

Mudeford includes two woodland areas, Mudeford Woods and Peregrine Woods, a recreation ground on the north side of Stanpit (used to play cricket, probably as far back as the 1860s)[6] and All Saints' Church (built in 1869 as a gift by Mortimer Ricardo, who lived at Bure Homage House).[7]

  1. ^ "Christchurch Ward population 2011". Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. ^ In the Church of England, see https://www.achurchnearyou.com/search/?lat=50.728027&lon=-1.7422880000000305
  3. ^ (rising at Poors Common in Bransgore, Hampshire) "Christchurch; British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. 22 June 2003. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  4. ^ (which starts from Nea Meadows in Highcliffe, Dorset)
  5. ^ "Custom report – Nomis – Official Labour Market Statistics".
  6. ^ "History Mudeford Cricket Club". Mudefordcricketclub.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2011.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Church Times Issue 7520 page 15" (PDF). 27 April 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)