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Services

Bus timetables

Charminster is on the following Yellow Bus routes: 3a, 3b, 3c, 5a, 5b, 24, 25, 26. The timetables can be found here.

Charminster is on the Wilts & Dorset m1 route. The timetable can be found here.

Charminster is served by several Shamrock services. These include school bus services. The timetables can be found here.


Post offices

Lower Charminster Road
Co-op Store
269- 273 Charminster Road
BH8 9QJ

Charminster Road
63/65 Charminster Road
BH8 8UF



Local charities and Helping Agencies

A comprehensive list can be found at www.guidestar.org.uk/ and at the Charity Commission Register of Charities.

Bournemouth Borough Council also maintains a searchable list of local services at this page.


Bournemouth Library Database of Clubs and Societies

Click here to search this community information database. (Select "standard search" or "advanced search" button).


Flooding and severe weather

Bournemouth Borough Council Emergency response number: 451145. See also this page.


Useful numbers

Abandoned Cars
451199
Adult Learning 557131
B'm'th & West Hants Water 590059
Boredom Busters 437810
British Gas (General enquiries) 0845 609 1122
British Gas (Emergencies 24hrs) 0800 111 999
By Laws 451174
By Laws Dogs 437801
By Laws Pavements 451260
By Laws Parks and open spaces 437801
Child Line 0800 1111
Car Parking 451365
Child Protection 458000
Cleansing and Waste 451199
Community Park Officers
437801
Community Safety 454797
Council Tax Billing 451597
Crime Stoppers 0800 555 111
Dorset Residential Landlords Assoc 640236
Dog Warden
451306
Environmental Health
451065
Graffiti

454101

Highways

451199

Highways (Out Of Hours)

451145

Housing (council)

451336

Licensing Dept

451177

Neighbourhood Management

458941

Social Services

458000

Parking & Enforcement

451456

Planning Office

451325/451323

Planning Office

451325/451323

Recycling

451146

Refuse Collection (Domestic)

451199

Reporting of Antisocial behaviour

454873

Road Safety

454636 / 454654

Safe and Clean

451199 or 0800 169 9454

School Admissions

456223

School Transport Services

454651 / 454717

Southern Electric (General)

0845 7444 555

Southern Electric (Emergencies)

0845 770 8090

Street Cleaning

454102

Street Lighting

451199

Street Lighting (Out Of Hours)

552552

Street Naming and Numbering

451360

Street Wardens

720511

Town Hall

451451

Trading Standards

541551

Trees and Parks 451183
Untaxed Cars (reporting of) 0800 0325 202
Voluntary Groups 451165
Wilts & Dorset Buses 673555
Winton Police Station 537551
Yellow Buses 636000
Your Community Parks & Countryside Officer is Edward Barker 437801

Charminster Library

Strouden Avenue
Charminster,
Bournemouth
BH8 9HT

Tel: 01202 510379

Email: charminster@bournemouthlibraries.org.uk

Opening times

Monday 10.00am - 5.00pm
Tuesday 9.30am - 7.00pm
Wednesday Closed
Thursday 9.30am - 7.00pm
Friday 9.30am - 7.00pm
Saturday 9.30am - 1.00pm


Citizens Advice Bureau

The West Wing
Town Hall
Bourne Avenue

Online Advice: www.adviceguide.org.uk
Tel: 01202 290967
General Advice helpline: 08707 510927

Opening times

Mon to Fri: 10AM to 4PM; Thursday evenings 5PM to 7PM by appointment

There is also a Winton Branch which opens for short periods at the Winton Resource Centre in Wimborne Road.

Phone 290967 for an appointment.