Food scene
This has great food and vibe and a big outdoor table area. Great for breakfast / brunch and open until around 4pm. It's really popular so you may have to wait for a table on weekends but worth it.
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Cafe Boscanova
650 Christchurch RdThis has great food and vibe and a big outdoor table area. Great for breakfast / brunch and open until around 4pm. It's really popular so you may have to wait for a table on weekends but worth it.
Beachside restaurant by Boscombe Pier with large terrace. Great place to eat or have a drink. There is also a takeaway section with lots of seating on the deck / beachfront.
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Urban Reef - Seafront Restaurant in Bournemouth
Undercliff DriveBeachside restaurant by Boscombe Pier with large terrace. Great place to eat or have a drink. There is also a takeaway section with lots of seating on the deck / beachfront.
This bakery is fantastic, a short walk and worth the queue on the weekends to get the best bread, pastries and savoury goodies. A good place to get your lunch to take with you!
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M's Bakery
805 Christchurch RdThis bakery is fantastic, a short walk and worth the queue on the weekends to get the best bread, pastries and savoury goodies. A good place to get your lunch to take with you!
If you like to browse antiques and bric-a-brac whilst having a coffee and snack, this is a great little spot and just round the corner.
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The Crooked Book
725 Christchurch RdIf you like to browse antiques and bric-a-brac whilst having a coffee and snack, this is a great little spot and just round the corner.
This is a great restaurant, and lovely ambience situated in Southbourne Grove, 5 min drive.
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The Larder House
4 Southbourne GroveThis is a great restaurant, and lovely ambience situated in Southbourne Grove, 5 min drive.
Purbecks - It's a hotel and stunning location and worth a visit if not for the top restaurant, for the lawn and views out to sea, to stop off for a drink. Goes well with a walk to Old Harry Rocks.
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The Pig on the Beach
Manor RoadPurbecks - It's a hotel and stunning location and worth a visit if not for the top restaurant, for the lawn and views out to sea, to stop off for a drink. Goes well with a walk to Old Harry Rocks.
Middle Eastern food in a cool spot, with outside seating and a resident Tuk Tuk
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Makla Deli
217 Seabourne RdMiddle Eastern food in a cool spot, with outside seating and a resident Tuk Tuk
Casa Carlos
211-213 Seabourne RdGreat place to get tapas
Baffi Pizza
61 Southbourne GroveIf you love Pizza, this place is a must.
Great little place and microbrewery.
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The Way Outback Brewing Company
144 Seabourne RdGreat little place and microbrewery.
Little Perth
Southbourne RoadLovely place for a coffee or brunch (and flowers)!
Wild & Ginger
Great cakes + sausage rolls!
Bakehouse 24
50 Seabourne RdGreat breakfast/brunch coffee spot.
You can tour the local tucked away gin distillery, have a gin flight or have a drink in the tap room and they have a different street food van each week - open Friday / Saturday night. Great place!
The Conker Distillery & Tap Room
You can tour the local tucked away gin distillery, have a gin flight or have a drink in the tap room and they have a different street food van each week - open Friday / Saturday night. Great place!
Sightseeing
Beautiful headland a 10 min drive away or around 30-40 mins along the beach from here.
Walk along the beach, over the hill or through the woods with a cafe at the end amongst the beach huts. You can also take a boat ferry to Mudeford from there.
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Hengistbury Head
Beautiful headland a 10 min drive away or around 30-40 mins along the beach from here.
Walk along the beach, over the hill or through the woods with a cafe at the end amongst the beach huts. You can also take a boat ferry to Mudeford from there.
A short 20 min drive and you are in the New Forest, for a walk, picnic, pub lunch or paddle in one of the streams or a cream tea!
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New Forest National Park
A short 20 min drive and you are in the New Forest, for a walk, picnic, pub lunch or paddle in one of the streams or a cream tea!
Purbecks - A great spot before or after walking to Winspit - an old quarry on the clifftops with amazing views and a lovely walk through the fields to get there. Start of finish at this tiny pub with a big garden, a beer and a pasty (this is the only food they do).
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The Square and Compass
Worth MatraversPurbecks - A great spot before or after walking to Winspit - an old quarry on the clifftops with amazing views and a lovely walk through the fields to get there. Start of finish at this tiny pub with a big garden, a beer and a pasty (this is the only food they do).
Another great pub if you are in the Purbecks - with the best view of Corfe Castle from the garden and great walks out on the coast path.
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The Scott Arms
West StreetAnother great pub if you are in the Purbecks - with the best view of Corfe Castle from the garden and great walks out on the coast path.
Purbecks - Jurassic coast and Iconic cliff formation and a great walk to get there.
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Old Harry Rocks
Purbecks - Jurassic coast and Iconic cliff formation and a great walk to get there.
Purbecks - historic ruin of Corfe Castle that dates to the 11th Century and pretty village.
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Corfe Castle
Purbecks - historic ruin of Corfe Castle that dates to the 11th Century and pretty village.
A lovely, small gallery and museum right by the sea and Bournemouth Pier.
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Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
West Cliff PromenadeA lovely, small gallery and museum right by the sea and Bournemouth Pier.
This is a beautiful place to spend an afternoon, walkways around small lakes and stunning sculptures everywhere you look. Unique and a great cafe for lunch too. It's around a 40 min drive and worth it.
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Sculpture by the Lakes
This is a beautiful place to spend an afternoon, walkways around small lakes and stunning sculptures everywhere you look. Unique and a great cafe for lunch too. It's around a 40 min drive and worth it.
Country hotel in the New Forest - worth a visit for the building, grounds and a cream tea
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Rhinefield House Hotel
Rhinefield RoadCountry hotel in the New Forest - worth a visit for the building, grounds and a cream tea
The home of red squirrels and peacocks! Brownsea Island is accessed by a short boat ride from Sandbanks (20 min drive) and really worth a visit. Beautiful views, no cars. Costs around £8 for the ferry.
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Brownsea Island
The home of red squirrels and peacocks! Brownsea Island is accessed by a short boat ride from Sandbanks (20 min drive) and really worth a visit. Beautiful views, no cars. Costs around £8 for the ferry.
Not the place for laying on the beach but stunning to visit and walk. It's 18 miles long and a shingle beach.
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Chesil Beach
Not the place for laying on the beach but stunning to visit and walk. It's 18 miles long and a shingle beach.
City/town information
Christchurch is a 15 min drive and a pretty town to walk around, with waterfront quay, Priory and good pubs / restaurants.
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Christchurch
Christchurch is a 15 min drive and a pretty town to walk around, with waterfront quay, Priory and good pubs / restaurants.
The market on Saturdays is worth a visit, a mixture of food / goods down the high street and then branches off through the town with bric a brac / antiques. Good cafes too. Worth then continuing to West Bay (the harbour for Bridport) for a walk on the beach.
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Bridport
The market on Saturdays is worth a visit, a mixture of food / goods down the high street and then branches off through the town with bric a brac / antiques. Good cafes too. Worth then continuing to West Bay (the harbour for Bridport) for a walk on the beach.
Great beach
Take the Sandbanks ferry to get to the Purbecks and Shell Bay beach, sand dunes and a stunning beach. Not much in the way of facilities so take supplies but you can walk further along to Knoll Beach where there is a cafe and car park.
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Shell Bay Beach
Ferry RoadTake the Sandbanks ferry to get to the Purbecks and Shell Bay beach, sand dunes and a stunning beach. Not much in the way of facilities so take supplies but you can walk further along to Knoll Beach where there is a cafe and car park.
5 min walk to get to Boscombe / Southbourne's lovely beaches. Plenty of facilities and much quieter beaches.
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Southbourne Beachfront
5 min walk to get to Boscombe / Southbourne's lovely beaches. Plenty of facilities and much quieter beaches.
Local spots to shop / browse
Vintage / Antiques warehouse that's great for a browse and they also have a nice cafe with good cake! 5 mins in the car of a 15-20 mins walk
Bournemouth Vintage Emporium
1172-1180 Christchurch RdVintage / Antiques warehouse that's great for a browse and they also have a nice cafe with good cake! 5 mins in the car of a 15-20 mins walk
Sugar Mango
37 Southbourne GroveIndependent clothing, jewellery + gift shop, worth a visit.