Travel Guide of Bournemouth in United Kingdom by Influencers and Travelers

Bournemouth is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset.

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1 - Christchurch

Christchurch is a town and civil parish in Dorset on the south coast of England. The town covers an area of 19.5 square miles and had a population of 48,368 in 2013. It adjoins Bournemouth to the west, with the New Forest to the east.

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2 - Bournemouth Airport

   10 km away

Bournemouth Airport is an airport located 3.5 NM north-northeast of Bournemouth, in southern England. The site opened as RAF Hurn in 1941, but was transferred to civil control in 1944.

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3 - Mountain Bike Tours in Bournemouth

   8 km away

Our fleet consists of versatile hardtail electric mountain bikes, it's functional in urban and off-road environments. Our bespoke tours offers you a unique way to explore large parts of Dorset with hardly any effort. You will also have the choice to book your tour with either a picnic or a pub lunch. With our licensed tour guides, you will be able to explore places that you would normally not be able to access with a vehicle. With our e-bikes you can cover a much larger area than by foot and it is way more fun than a normal bike. Our tour includes an incredible picnic or pub lunch with amazing views, depending on weather.

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4 - Boscombe

   6 km away

Boscombe is a suburb of Bournemouth, England. Historically in Hampshire, but today in Dorset, it is located to the east of Bournemouth town centre and west of Southbourne.

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5 - Hengistbury Head

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6 - English Channel

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7 - Highcliffe Castle

   12 km away

Highcliffe Castle, situated on the cliffs at Highcliffe, Dorset, was built between 1831 and 1835 by Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay in a Gothic Revival style near the site of High Cliff House, a Georgian Mansion designed for the 3rd Earl of Bute with the gardens laid out by Capability Brown.

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8 - Old Harry Rocks

   14 km away

Old Harry Rocks are three chalk formations, including a stack and a stump, located at Handfast Point, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, southern England. They mark the most eastern point of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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9 - Lymington

   16 km away

Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a car ferry service operated by Wightlink. It is within the civil parish of Lymington and Pennington. The town has a large tourist industry, based on proximity to the New Forest and its harbour. It is a major yachting centre with three marinas. As of 2015, the parish of Lymington and Pennington had a population of 15,726.

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10 - Swanage

   19 km away

Swanage is a coastal town and civil parish in the south east of Dorset, England. It is at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck and one of its two towns, approximately 6+1⁄4 miles south of Poole and 25 miles east of Dorchester.

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11 - New Forest District

   20 km away

New Forest is a local government district in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Lyndhurst. The district covers most of the New Forest National Park, from which it takes its name.

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12 - Kimmeridge

   21 km away

Kimmeridge Bay is a bay on the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula on the English Channel coast in Dorset, England, close to and southeast of the village of Kimmeridge, on the Smedmore Estate.

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13 - The Needles

   22 km away

The Needles is a row of three stacks of chalk that rise about 30m out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight in the English Channel, United Kingdom, close to Alum Bay, and part of Totland, the westernmost civil parish of the Isle of Wight.

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14 - Totland Bay

   24 km away

Totland Bay is a bay on the west coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies one-quarter of an mile to the west of the village of Totland from which it takes its name.

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15 - Exbury

   27 km away

Exbury is a village in Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Exbury and Lepe. It lies just in the New Forest, near the Beaulieu River and about a mile from the Solent coast.

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16 - Durdle Door

   30 km away

Durdle Door is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, England. It is owned by the Welds, a family who own 12,000 acres in Dorset in the name of the Lulworth Estate. It is open to the public.

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