The liturgical life of the church is rooted in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, and the building features a noted lady chapel.

The church is close to Bournemouth town centre and Meyrick Park.

The church was designed by the architect John Loughborough Pearson as a memorial to Alexander Morden Bennett, first vicar of St Peter's Church, Bournemouth.

[1] It was in here, on 15 March 1888, that the wedding between Oscar Bernadotte of Sweden, son of King Oscar II, and Ebba Munck af Fulkila, took place.

[2] The church has an organ by William Hill dating from 1898.