Guidebook for Bournemouth

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Guidebook for Bournemouth

Food Scene

Great local restaurant
38 locals recommend
Urban Beach - Boutique Hotel
23 Argyll Rd
38 locals recommend
Great local restaurant
Sister restaurant to Urban Beach, Urban Reef gives a great sea view from its glass bar
149 locals recommend
Urban Reef - Seafront Restaurant in Bournemouth
Undercliff Drive
149 locals recommend
Sister restaurant to Urban Beach, Urban Reef gives a great sea view from its glass bar
Expensive but totally worth it if your budget can stretch to it! Try to get a booking in the upstairs library if you can
77 locals recommend
The Larder House
4 Southbourne Grove
77 locals recommend
Expensive but totally worth it if your budget can stretch to it! Try to get a booking in the upstairs library if you can
Deli cafe on the High Street
15 locals recommend
Little Pickle Deli Cafe Ltd
737 Christchurch Rd
15 locals recommend
Deli cafe on the High Street
Skip the over-rated and over priced Chez Fred for this local!
Sunny's
469-471 Christchurch Rd
Skip the over-rated and over priced Chez Fred for this local!
It's a chain patisserie but their cakes taste so good I let them off
8 locals recommend
Patisserie Valerie
2-6 Post Office Rd
8 locals recommend
It's a chain patisserie but their cakes taste so good I let them off
Incredible looking and tasting hand-made cakes
Patisserie Angelique
79 Poole Rd
Incredible looking and tasting hand-made cakes
The first in a new chain of fusion restaurants. Thing Spanish tapas style dining but with Thai food!
68 locals recommend
Koh Thai
68 locals recommend
The first in a new chain of fusion restaurants. Thing Spanish tapas style dining but with Thai food!
Stylish cliff-top restaurant with views serving Modern British cuisine in an elegant setting
EDGE Restaurant & Bar
3 Studland Road
Stylish cliff-top restaurant with views serving Modern British cuisine in an elegant setting

Drinks & Nightlife

Great local club which also has a chilled out beer garden for sunny days
44 locals recommend
Chaplin's & The Cellar Bar
529 Christchurch Rd
44 locals recommend
Great local club which also has a chilled out beer garden for sunny days
£10 for a delicious burger and drink. Bargain. Also do live music and sun terrace out front
28 locals recommend
Reef Encounter
Boscombe Spa Road
28 locals recommend
£10 for a delicious burger and drink. Bargain. Also do live music and sun terrace out front
Busy but worth a visit if you like the hustle and bustle... or just great whisky
22 locals recommend
Smokin' Aces
103 Commercial Rd
22 locals recommend
Busy but worth a visit if you like the hustle and bustle... or just great whisky
My favourite pub is full of both local ales and those from further afield
10 locals recommend
The Goat and Tricycle
27-29 W Hill Rd
10 locals recommend
My favourite pub is full of both local ales and those from further afield

Entertainment & Activities

Coastal activity park is a completely free outdoor activity area and includes slack lines, table tennis, volleyball and climbing rocks
Coastal Activity Park, Bournemouth
Coastal activity park is a completely free outdoor activity area and includes slack lines, table tennis, volleyball and climbing rocks
It's not massive but for marine freaks and kids, you can't go wrong
115 locals recommend
Oceanarium
Pier Approach
115 locals recommend
It's not massive but for marine freaks and kids, you can't go wrong

Sightseeing

A beautiful and well maintained victorian park that leads to Boscombe seafront
6 locals recommend
Boscombe Gardens station
6 locals recommend
A beautiful and well maintained victorian park that leads to Boscombe seafront
When in Rome...
Boscombe Promenade
Boscombe Promenade
When in Rome...
Without a doubt, the best views in Bournemouth. Provided you're not afraid of heights!
8 locals recommend
Bournemouth Balloon
8 locals recommend
Without a doubt, the best views in Bournemouth. Provided you're not afraid of heights!
See how the other half live. Just don't go in the height of summer as it get's packed.
210 locals recommend
Sandbanks
210 locals recommend
See how the other half live. Just don't go in the height of summer as it get's packed.
This beautiful clifftop home was captured in time and looks as it did in 1901
110 locals recommend
Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
West Cliff Promenade
110 locals recommend
This beautiful clifftop home was captured in time and looks as it did in 1901

Shopping

Local seaside shop and gallery
Coastal Creatives Gallery
103A Southbourne Grove
Local seaside shop and gallery
The Boscombe vintage market takes place inside Boscombe’s Royal Arcade on a Saturday every quarter. Expect to find some unique treasures and trinkets with a wealth of vintage goodies
Boscombe Precinct Post Office
Christchurch Road
The Boscombe vintage market takes place inside Boscombe’s Royal Arcade on a Saturday every quarter. Expect to find some unique treasures and trinkets with a wealth of vintage goodies
Head to nearby Pokesdown for a wander amongst the antique and second hand shops
Pokesdown Antique Centre
848 Christchurch Rd
Head to nearby Pokesdown for a wander amongst the antique and second hand shops

Everything Else

For a quiet walk in a nature, check out this nature reserve situated on the headland of Hengistbury Head
91 locals recommend
Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre
Broadway
91 locals recommend
For a quiet walk in a nature, check out this nature reserve situated on the headland of Hengistbury Head