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Friday, November 15, 2024
EUROPE’S first innovative beach check app developed to help beach-goers check busy beaches following a surge in visitors last summer is set to go national after being backed by central government. Launched in July last year by BCP Council to help beach-goers comply with social distancing after visitors flocked to the coast in their thousands, the BCPBeachCheck app has now become Beach Check...
Anyone found sleeping overnight on Bournemouth beach risks prosecution, a £1,000 fine and an "uncomfortable night's sleep" at the hands of council wardens, the local authority has warned. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council has employed an additional 75 staff to help manage 15 miles (24km) of beach, which last summer...
This is the most scenic hike I have ever been on. The Jurassic coast, Old Harrys Rock and the Dancing ledge, Dorset - they’re all such amazing and beautiful areas to visit. Hiking 15 miles along this coastline was so brilliant and such a great experience for me. These...
Environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy announced its iconic Blue Flags and Seaside Awards to the UK’s very best beaches, and Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole have been confirmed with 23 awards in total. Earlier this year, according to TripAdvisor’s Travellers Choice awards, Bournemouth beach was ranked among the best 25 beaches in the world and rated as having the fifth best beach in...
Slowly, surely, and safely the seaside towns of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are opening as national restrictions ease.  In common with the rest of England, self-contained and self-catering accommodation, outdoor attractions and hospitality venues with outside space are all back in business, alongside retail outlets, gyms, and swimming pools. That uplifting familiar buzz of excited visitors and residents having fun is gradually getting louder! Outdoor attractions that can be enjoyed from this week...
This guide has been written for the use of members of the general public who are interested in the landscape and underlying geology when walking. This walk crosses the northern side (limb) of the Weymouth Anticline, a dome shaped fold which extends across south Dorset (Weyland – the area south...
Toilet facilities across the seafront of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are set to be refurbished ahead of what is expected to be a bumper season for the seaside resort this summer. The council has also committed to ensuring adequate provisions are in place for residents and visitors alike. The provision...
Europe’s first innovative Beach Check app, spearheaded by BCP Council, will be rolled out nationally to support other towns and cities with crowd management on their beaches. Developed in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole by BCP Council, the Beach Check app was launched last year in response to visitor numbers in...
Bournemouth beach has been ranked among the best 25 beaches in the world, according to Tripadvisor's Travellers Choice awards. The 2021 awards, revealed on Tuesday, rated Bournemouth as having the fifth best beach in Europe - and 20th best in the world.It was beaten to the top by the likes...
Announced during an online ceremony, Bournemouth’s Smugglers Cove Adventure Golf, the majestic Upton Country Park in Poole and Yessica Falcon, the indefatigable Manager of the Bournemouth Tourist Information Centre all had well deserved success and recognition at the postponed 2020 Dorset Tourism Awards.  On the Smugglers Cove Adventure Golf runners-up prize in the Large Visitor Attraction category ,  Manager Yessica Falcon says, “We’re absolutely thrilled to have won silver –...