Wimborne Minster Walk: Town Centre【4K】
Located in the county of Dorset, and around eight miles northwest of Bournemouth, is the town of Wimborne Minster.
The origins of the town date back to circa 705 AD when St. Cuthburga, sister of King Ine of Wessex, founded a Benedictine nunnery here. In 871 AD King Æthelred I of Wessex, elder brother of Alfred the Great, was buried here. The Nunnery was destroyed in a Danish raid in 1013. Edward the Confessor refounded it in 1043 as a college of secular canons.
During the 12th century the town's minster church was largely rebuilt by the Normans. A spire was added in the 13th century, but would collapse in circa 1600. The church is Grade I listed.
In 1847 a railway station opened in Wimborne Minster. This formed part of a meandering line which ran between Southampton and Dorchester. The station closed to passengers in 1964 as one of the early victims of the Beeching cuts, which saw over 2,000 stations across Britain close in order to, supposedly, promote road travel. Today, public transport to Wimborne Minster consists of direct buses from Bournemouth and other nearby locations.
Famous people from Wimborne Minster include musician Al Stewart (although born in Greenock, Scotland).
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Filmed: 29th March 2025
Link to the walk on Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/f3y6bJLjrquKQ...
Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone.
0:00 Leigh Road
2:01 East Street
5:20 High Street
7:42 King Street
10:10 High Street
12:40 The Square
13:58 West Street
16:58 West Borough