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Bournemouth
Internet Travel Guide to Bournemouth featuring activities, attractions and things to do in Bournemouth. Accommodation Database for Bournemouth hotels, Bournemouth guest houses and Bournemouth self catering accommodation.


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Bournemouth is one of the most popular holiday resorts in the UK attracting 5.5 million visitors every year with its seven miles of sandy beaches, excellent attractions, 2000 acres of parks and gardens and accommodation which ranges from four star hotels to private family run hotels, guest houses and self catering accommodation.

Bournemouth became popular as a holiday resort during the mid to late 1800's. In 1855 a wooden jetty was built and visiting steamers from Swanage and Poole brought visitors on a regular basis. Storms frequently battered the wooden jetty washing it away and eventually in 1880 a permanent pier was constructed. During the 1870's the railways reached Christchurch and Poole and visitors travelled to Bournemouth by horse drawn buses from the station.

Today, Bournemouth is vibrant and alive night and day with cinemas, shops, pubs, cafes, bistros, restaurants, nightclubs and casinos.

Bournemouth has had a Pier since 1861, but the original pier was damaged in a storm just a few years later and had to be replaced. The Pier at Bournemouth today dates back to 1880 and houses a theatre, kids attractions and is an ideal location to hire a deck chair and just relax.

Bournemouth regularly hosts a variety of international sporting events such as motor rallies, power boat racing and tennis tournaments. Bournemouth is a regular winner of floral competitions such as England in Bloom and Britain in Bloom. It has three million pine trees, 30 flower filled roundabouts and somewhere in the region of 280,000 bedding plants and 200 ornamental floral pedestals.

Bournemouth beach is cleaned and sifted each morning and has been awarded numerous awards for safety and cleanliness such as the European Blue Flag Award and much of the beach is lifeguard patrolled during the summer season.

Bournemouth is also an ideal base from which to discover the rest of Dorset with a number of popular resorts and towns such as Weymouth, Poole, Southampton, Dorchester and Lyme Regis in close proximity to Bournemouth.

This website is designed to give you a taste of what to expect when
holidaying in Bournemouth, it will also give you links to other useful sites.