Bournemouth in General

I've lived here most of my life, so I suppose its time to write a little ol' review on my home town! Bournemouth is a seaside town, situated on the south coast of the United Kingdom. It's supposedly the happiest town in England (survey courtesy of First Direct) and has the lowest levels of crime in England and Wales. Its about 2 hours outside of London, and is situated in East Dorset. I would imagine Bournemouth's a pretty nice place to come for the occasional holiday or for university. There's quite a few reasons people are attracted to Bournemouth for both work and play, and I can understand why. Bournemouth has a pretty good night ...  Read the complete review

I have to admit that Bournemouth's beaches are brilliant and covered in golden sand. I have to rate this as my second favourite location in Dorset after Weymouth. Generally there are a number of little cliff like paths dropping down to the beach and a little train ride for those feeling a little exhausted. I first went to Bournemouth by coach around the age of 12 with my father as a day trip during the Summer holidays and remember walking through the park and seeing grey squirrels happily moving around trees and getting pretty close, and spending a while on the beach near the BIC (Bournemouth International Centre). Not long after I learned to ...  Read the complete review

I adore Bournemouth, everything about this place is amazing. The shops are great, the only thing is there is loads of hills which can kill your legs. Just next to the shops there is a very large garden area which you can walk along - In the middle of a town this is amazingly beautiful, you can walk from here to the beach which is so great to get away from the buzz of the busy Bournemouth Centre. Bournemouth seems really big but once you've driven around for a while you realise that it''s not as big and scary as first impressions make it out to be. You quickly get a sense of direction to places. There is an IMAX 3-D cinema down by the beach, Oceanarium by the ...  Read the complete review

I recently got back from a weekend away in Bournemouth with friends and was genuinely impressed with the place. I was under the impression that it was an old people's town, but this was not the case at all. There is a large university in the town (University of Bournemouth) and so during the teaching year the place is buzzing with students. Whilst we were down there the weather was quite nice, so during the day we went to the beach which was lovely, it's sandy which makes a pleasant change from the pebbles at Brighton or Southsea. The beach is fairly long and has a pier as well and an amusements arcade including a few fairground rides. The town ...  Read the complete review

I should probably start by declaring my interests. I grew up in Bournemouth, lived there from the ages of 5 to 20. It was ok. So I’m not a visitor or a tourist in the proper sense, but having lived away for 5 years has, I hope, given me a bit of critical distance. And so I begin… Bournemouth Town Bournemouth’s great. It’s compact enough to generally be able to get most central points on foot. It’s very busy in the summer with the massive influx of foreign students; Bournemouth has a ridiculous number of language schools and nearly everyone in the town is involved in some way or another, teachers, host families, pub ...  Read the complete review