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Bournemouth is a large coastal resort
town in the Borough of Bournemouth in
Dorset, England. Between Southampton and
Plymouth, it is the largest town on the
English south coast. The towns of Poole
and Christchurch are close by.
Bournemouth's location on the south coast
of England has made it a popular
destination for tourists with its sandy
beaches, shopping, bars and
restaurants.
Tours to the historic coastline,
mansions, historic sights such as
Stonehenge, and to the City of Bath, also
make Bournemouth a popular base to
explore the area.
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Flights take about 1 hour 20 minutes
between Northern UK Airports and
Bournemouth Airport.
Bournemouth
Airport is situated about 4 miles
northeast of Bournemouth.
Ryanair
provide regular flights between
Bournmouth Airport and Dublin .
Edinburgh
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For information on other Airlines, including International
Airlines that fly to Bournemouth, visit, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournemouth_Airport.
The Bournemouth Airport Shuttle Bus
runs between Bournemouth town centre and
the Airport once an hour from 7am to 7pm,
seven days a week, serving the Travel
Interchange, East Cliff, the Pier, West
Cliff and the Square. Journey times from
the Travel Interchange to Bournemouth
Airport take just 15 minutes. More
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Taxi
fares to Bournemouth are about
£14.
CarHire at Bournemouth Airport can be
booked through CarTrawler who will scan the
best available deals from CarHire
companies based at Bournemouth
Airport.
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Bournemouth is a large coastal
resort town in the County of Dorset
in England. Bournemouth's location
on the south coast of England has
made it a popular destination for
tourists. England
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The Bournemouth Pier that can be
seen today, is the third pier built
on this location. In the autumn of
1878, work began on a design for
this iron pier. Two years later,
after costing £21,600 to
construct, the pier was formally
opened on the 11th August 1880 by
the Lord Mayor of London.
The new pier was
835 feet in length, although
extensions in 1894 and 1905 took it
up to 1000 feet. The ornate
entrance building boasted a clock
tower, while on the pier itself
there was a concert area, tea house
and gift shop.
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Bournemouth has 7
miles (11 km) of sandy beaches
that run from Hengistbury Head in
the east to Sandbanks, in Poole,
in the west.
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Bournemouth Oceanarium, explore
the secrets of the ocean in an
adventure that will take you to
some of the world's most amazing
waters. The Oceanarium is a fully
interactive experience with touch
screen games, feeding
demonstrations and talks, plasma
screen documentaries, walk-through
underwater tunnel and exhibits.
The Oceanarium is situated on
Bournemouth seafront adjacent to
Bournemouth Pier.
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The Bournemouth Eye is a
balloon attached to a steel cable
in Bournemouth. Tourists are
lifted to 500 feet so they can
see for miles. It is centrally
located in the Lower Gardens
between the Town Square and the
Pier Approach..
The Bournemouth Eye Balloon
will return for the start of the
2009 season at Easter. All the
other attractions in the Lower
Gardens and Pier Approach are
open all year round.
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The Upper, Central and Lower
Gardens are situated close to the
town centre and Bournemouth Pier.
The Lower garden hosts a number of
events including the popular candle
illuminations which attract
thousands of spectators on summer
evenings.
The Upper and Central gardens
are quieter and are ideal for
taking some time out to relax or to
enjoy a summer picnic.
Bournemouth has 2,000 acres of
parks and gardens and has won three
Britain in Bloom Awards in the past
six years.
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St. Peter’s Church, on
Hinton Road in the centre of
Bournemouth, is the towns most
notable building.
The owners have recently
unveiled a brand new notice board
revealing the tombstone locations
of some of the iconic figures who
have been part of Bournemouth's
history and that are buried in
their churchyard.
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The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery
& Museum is one of the most
fascinating and unique museums in
the world, comprising art galleries
and museum, a licensed café, a
shop and a children’s area.
An ideal place for learning,
exploring and socializing.
Admission is free.
Situated about a 2 minute walk
east of Bournemouth Pier.
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Ssituated on Dorset's finest,
blue flag rated, golden sandy
beach, Bournemouth pier offers the
perfect place to cruise the bay and
harbour.
From here you can enjoy a scenic
cruise East towards the Isle of
Wight or head West along Dorset's
historic Jurassic Coast to Swanage.
Also, discover our unique adrenelin
rush, Shockwave, speedboat boat
rides exclusive to Bournemouth
Pier.
www.dorsetcruises.co.uk.
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A popular Day Tour from
Bournemouth is to Stonehenge, 37
miles north of Bournemouth, a
prehistoric monument located in the
English county of Wiltshire, about
3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) west of
Amesbury and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi)
north of Salisbury.
This is one of the most famous
prehistoric sites in the world,
composed of earthworks surrounding
a circular setting of large
standing stones and sits at the
centre of the densest complex of
Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments
in England, including several
hundred burial mounds.
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Another popular Day Tour is to
Salisbury Cathedral, 27 miles north
of Bournemouth, with the highest
spire of any church in Britain.
Enjoy spectacular views as you
explore the roof spaces and tower,
climbing 332 steps in easy stages
by narrow winding spiral staircases
to reach the foot of the spire 225
feet above ground level. From here
you can see up into the spire
through the medieval scaffold, and
from the outside you can look over
the city and surrounding
countryside.
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Another popular Day Tour is to
The Jurassic Coast, a World
Heritage Site on the English
Channel coast of southern England.
The site stretches from Orcombe
Point near Exmouth in East Devon to
Old Harry Rocks near Swanage in
East Dorset, a distance of 153
kilometres (95 mi).
Durdle
Door (sometimes spelled Durdle
Dor) as seen left, is a natural
limestone arch on the Jurassic
Coast near Lulworth in Dorset. This
is the main attraction on the
tour.
Lulworth Castle, 20
miles southwest of Bournemouth, is
also in this area.
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Lulworth Castle, 20 miles
southwest of Bournemouth, is also a
popular day tour from Bournemouth.
It is situated in East Lulworth
village, 3 miles north-east of
Lulworth Cove off B3070, south from
the A352.
This is a hunting
lodge, built as a mock castle 1607
- 10 by Thomas Howard. In the Civil
War, Lulworth Castle was badly
damaged. In 1643 the estate was
purchased by the Weld family. The
interior was remodeled in the 18th
and 19th centuries removing all
traces of the original.
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Damaged by fire in 1929 it
remained a shell until the end of
the 20th century. Still owned by
the Weld family, but the Castle is
cared for by English Heritage who
have restored much of the building.
Set in parkland with views and a
church.
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Another popular Day Tour is to
Kingston Lacy, 13 miles northwest
of Bournemouth centre, the home
from 1633 of the Bankes family, now
in the care of the National
Trust.
The Restoration mansion was
designed by Sir Roger Pratt. In the
19th century, the house was altered
by Sir Charles Barry for William
John Bankes who transformed the
house into a Italianate palazzo to
house the paintings and works of
art he collected.
The house has paintings by
Titian and Van Dyck and a
collection of Egyptian artefacts.
250 acres of park and gardens.
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Athelhampton (also known as
Admiston or Adminston), 22 miles
west of Bournemouth centre, is one
of the finest 15th-century manor
houses in England, set in superb
gardens.
It is a privately
owned country house on 160 acres
(647,000 m²) of parkland,
located five miles (8 km) east of
Dorchester, Dorset. The house is
now open for public visits.
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Another popular Day Tour is to
the City of Bath, 64 miles north of
Bournemouth, a city founded among
surrounding hills, in the valley of
the River Avon around naturally
occurring hot springs where the
Romans built baths and a temple,
giving it the name Aquae Sulis.
Edgar was crowned king of
England at Bath Abbey in 973. Much
later, it became popular as a spa
resort during the Georgian era,
which led to a major expansion that
left a heritage of exemplary
Georgian architecture crafted from
Bath Stone.
The city became a World Heritage
Site in 1987, and has a variety of
theatres, museums, and other
cultural and sporting venues, which
have helped to make it a major
centre for tourism, with over one
million staying visitors and 3.8
million day visitors to the city
each year.
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Another popular Day Tour is to
Oxford, 93 miles north of
Bournemouth, a city, and the county
town of Oxfordshire, in South East
England. The rivers Cherwell and
Thames run through Oxford and meet
south of the city centre.
Oxford is home to the University
of Oxford, the oldest university in
the English-speaking world.
Buildings in Oxford reflect
every English architectural period
since the arrival of the Saxons,
including the iconic, mid-18th
century Radcliffe Camera, the hub
of the city.
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