Introducing Bournemouth
Sprawling for seven miles along the southern Dorset coastline, Bournemouth is one of the largest seaside resorts in Britain, famous for its grand seafront and broad sandy beaches. It’s a place with a rather strange split personality; part faded Victorian resort, part corporate anytown and part mass-market tourist holiday park, where wrinkly day-trippers and holidaying coach parties rub shoulders with stag parties, boozed-up clubbers and conference delegates. Still, it’s an atmospheric introduction to the befuddling world of the British beach holiday, and there are plenty of things to keep you occupied: sunbathing, shopping and water sports by day, and a wealth of bars, clubs and dodgy variety shows to explore by night.
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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Re: UK Roadtrip
by megdorset 13 July 2011
As others have already said you have way too much on your list. As for must sees these really depend on your interests. From Bournemou…
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RE: Faffing about SE England
by battybilly 13 July 2011
Brighton's a good town for good choons. It never gets so overcrowded that it becomes unpleasant. I lived there for awhile and it was easy…
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RE: Beach swimming in England
by petrovic22 30 June 2011
Teenage daughters - with the weather one would need a back-up plan. So, I would go for funky Brighton, just an hour south of London. Sure,…
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