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Explore beyond the beach
Bournemouth’s neighbourhoods, the towns and villages around Poole Bay, and what the coast has to offer season by season.
Towns
Towns around the bay
Neighbourhoods
Villages & neighbourhoods
village
Boscombe
The bohemian end of Bournemouth's seafront, just east of the centre: surf culture, street art, independent cafés and a restored Victorian pier.
village
Southbourne
A clifftop suburb with the feel of a village, an easy-going independent high street and a long beach that welcomes dogs.
neighbourhood
Sandbanks
A narrow sand spit at the mouth of Poole Harbour: some of the most expensive real estate in Britain wrapped around a genuinely excellent Blue Flag beach.
village
Westbourne
A smart village quarter around a Victorian arcade: independent shops, delis and brunch spots on Bournemouth's western side.
Season by season