---
title: "Cornerstone Church, Bournemouth"
description: "Located in Bournemouth, Dorset. Built 1956 as West Howe Baptist Church; extended 2017. Twentieth-century Baptist meeting church style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Baptist Church","Dorset","Bournemouth","West Howe"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/bournemouth-cornerstone-church"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:21:07.586Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T20:33:41.044Z"
location: "Bournemouth, Dorset"
country: "England"
county: "Dorset"
town: "Bournemouth"
address: "Cornerstone Church, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH11 9JR"
postcode: "BH11 9JR"
built: "1956 as West Howe Baptist Church; extended 2017"
denomination: "Baptist Church"
style: "Twentieth-century Baptist meeting church"
website: "https://www.cornerstonechurchbournemouth.org/"
parish: "West Howe"
accessNotes: "Accessible toilets in church"
---

# Cornerstone Church, Bournemouth

Cornerstone Church is a Baptist congregation on Holloway Avenue, West Howe, Bournemouth, a member of the Baptist Union of Great Britain.

## Overview

The church began in 1954 as a Sunday school meeting in what is now the Leaf Academy (formerly Oakmead School). The present hall was built while the West Howe estate was being developed and opened on 13 October 1956 as West Howe Baptist Church, on land allocated by the local council and partly funded from war-damage reparations intended for a church in Portsmouth.

In March 2010 the congregation took the name Cornerstone Church. A 2017 extension and improvement project, reported by the *Bournemouth Echo*, added a larger foyer, two meeting rooms and wheelchair-accessible toilets, increasing floor area by more than a quarter. The building is not listed.

## Further Information

- [Cornerstone Church](https://www.cornerstonechurchbournemouth.org/)
- [Bournemouth Echo, 2017 extension](https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15800347.years-of-effort-pay-off-with-church-extension-as-pastor-retires/)