Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth

{{Short description|Historic cemetery in Dorset, England}}

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|name = Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth

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|caption = Wimborne Road Cemetery

|established = 1878

|country = UK

|location = Wimborne Road, Bournemouth

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|type = Cemetery

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The Wimborne Road Cemetery is located at Wimborne Road, Bournemouth.{{cite web |url=http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/BirthsDeathsMarriages/CemeteriesCrematoriums/BournemouthCemeteriesAndBurials.aspx |title=Bournemouth Cemeteries and Burials |website=www.bournemouth.gov.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316113658/http://bournemouth.gov.uk/BirthsDeathsMarriages/CemeteriesCrematoriums/BournemouthCemeteriesAndBurials.aspx |archive-date=2015-03-16}} It is grade II listed with Historic England. The cemetery was opened in 1878 and laid out by the architect Christopher Crabb Creeke.{{NHLE|num=1000726|desc=Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth |accessdate=28 December 2015}} St Augustin's Church stands across the road from the cemetery.

Cemetery Junction is a major intersection of the A347 road.

The cemetery contains the war graves of 48 Commonwealth service personnel of World War I and 38 of World War II.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/39202/bournemouth-wimborne-road-cemetery/|title=Cemetery Details|website=CWGC}}

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