The Priory, the Quay and a High Street of independent shops and a weekly market sit within a few hundred metres of each other, where the Avon meets the Stour. Boats leave the quay for Mudeford and Tuckton through the season.
Pitch & Prep provides supportive, player-focused football coaching sessions across Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, New Milton and surrounding areas.
Source checkedLounges cafe bar on Christchurch High Street, furnished from the 1960s shop it used to be.
Source checkedItalian wines by the glass and cicchetti small plates on Christchurch High Street.
Source checkedGin parlour on Castle Street with a courtyard garden, Thursday to Sunday.
Indian restaurant and takeaway on Bridge Street, delivering across Christchurch and Highcliffe.
Pub, coffee shop and eatery in a Grade II listed building near Christchurch Priory.
Spanish tapas bar on Wick Lane in Christchurch, with sharing plates, sangria, sherries and a bottomless brunch.
Family-run guest house on Stour Road, Christchurch, within walking distance of the quay and the Priory.
Family-run physiotherapy clinic on Bridge Street in Christchurch, with its own rehab gym and Pilates studio.
Riverside hotel and spa at Wick Ferry, Christchurch, with a restaurant, the Quay Bar and wedding spaces.
Norman motte-and-bailey ruins and the Constable's House, free to visit in the middle of Christchurch.
Podiatry clinic in a 200-year-old cottage on Wick Lane near Christchurch Priory, set up by Elodie Stewart in 2021.
Family-run guest house on Sopers Lane in Christchurch, ten minutes on foot from the station, with a lounge bar.
Christchurch law firm in the Saxon Centre on Bargates, handling family, property, wills and business law.
Accountancy and tax practice on Wick Lane in Christchurch, also offering bookkeeping, wills and probate.
Family-run jewellers on Pound Lane in Christchurch, trading since 1967, with its own repair workshop.
Nail salon at William House on Bargates in Christchurch, offering acrylics, BIAB, gel polish and pedicures.
Contemporary British art, sculpture, ceramics and jewellery in a gallery close to Christchurch Priory.
Womenswear boutique over two floors on Church Street, Christchurch, with Joseph Ribkoff occasion wear.
Goldsmith on Bargates in Christchurch making bespoke jewellery by hand in platinum and gold since 2000.
Family-run café on Christchurch High Street since 1992, serving breakfast all day and with a licensed garden.
Third-generation family shoe shop on Christchurch High Street, with trained fitters and a children's department.
Clarins Gold Salon on Bargates in Christchurch offering facials, massage, nails, waxing and IPL.
Reformer pilates and yoga studio on Bridge Street in Christchurch, with barre classes, workshops and a small boutique.