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Bournemouth Beach Hut Association AGM 2022

Bournemouth Beach Hut Association Please join us for our AGM Thursday 28 April 7pm All Saints Church, Castlemain Avenue, Bournemouth BH6 5EH Understandably, some of you may still be cautious about large gatherings. Whilst we anticipate there will be even fewer COVID guidelines to follow by then, we aim to make the event as safe as possible and can keep doors and windows open for ventilation. Chairs will be spaced further apart than usual and, by all means, wear a face covering if you feel more ...

Welcome to Bournemouth Beach Hut Association

Welcome to the website of the Bournemouth Beach Hut Association (BBHA), we're working hard to make this a useful source of information for the beach hut owners and tenants of Bournemouth so please keep checking the site. The site has been configured with your current membership number, this becomes your user name on the website, your password will be sent to you in the latest version of the association's Newsletter. If you are a member of BBHA already and would like your log-in details to acces ...

We need your support

Please contact your ward councillor or portfolio holder, Cllr Mohan Iynegar at to support our request to be treated fairly. Following the ‘will they-won’they’ debacle over beach hut users getting any sort of refund for 2020, you may recall that we were promised a freeze on our licence fees for 2021. We were told this had been made possible by beach hut fees being included in the 15% reduction in VAT that the government introduced to help businesses through the pandemic. Whilst many felt this wa ...

Beach Hut History

There are thought to be 20,000 private beach huts in the UK, including ones owned by celebrities such as Suggs, from Madness, in Whitstable, and the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards at West Wittering in Sussex. Beach Huts have become the Icons of the British Seaside Resort, even though they come with limited facilities and are small in size. Popularity is till growing with many of Bournemouth Borough Councils waiting lists closed for new entries. Form of the beach hut can vary from town to town i ...

Seafront Strategy consultation

BCP invited us to a virtual workshop on their Seafront Strategy review for the 40 miles of coastline around us. Interested parties have until the end of September to review and comment. Obviously, we will be commenting on behalf of beach hut users, but they are keen for ideas and feedback from as many residents and businesses as possible. Please visit https://bcpseafrontprojects.net/seafront-strategy/ to take a look at the plans and have your say. The new strategy aims are described in the vide ...

Overnight Bournemouth Beach Lodges

Manor Steps - Boscombe East It was back in 2014 when Bournemouth Borough Council (BBC) approached ecologic developments with a brief to investigate to design and build some high specification beach lodges which were suitable to use as an overnight beach hut and were to be located East of Boscombe pier. The lodges had a requirement that one of the lodges needed to be suitable for assisted living with specification to suit accessibility standards for less able-bodied users. In January 2018 BBC ag ...

Bournemouth Air Festival

Bournemouth Air Festival is the UK's biggest air festival and is back in 2018 between 30th August - 2nd September from 10am - 10pm daily! The Air Festival takes place between the Boscombe pier and Bournemouth pier providing 4-days of action and entertainment in the air, on land and at sea! Award-winning and internationally renowned. Night Air entertainment will light up the skies of the UK’s leading coastal resort with pyrotechnic night flying, street entertainment, awesome live music and milit ...

Getting year round use from your Beach Hut

You don't have to wait for the glorious sunshine in the summer to visit your beach hut, make plans and you can have just as much fun in your beach hut over the winter. You may think that because the nights are drawing in, you don’t need to stay away from the seafront. It makes sense to bring most of your towels and soft furnishings away, as damp can be a problem through the wetter weather. Do make sure your hut is ventilated and nothing is obstructing the air vents to help keep on top of the pr ...

Can we Use our Beach huts now?

With the news that people can sunbathe outdoors, at a safe social distance, this is the question we are all asking. We contacted BCP on 11/5/20 to find out. They are reviewing the new information from the Government and will make an announcement in the next few days. We'll let you know as soon as we hear any news. Eager as we are for fresh air and sunshine, safety has to be the priority. Stay safe everyone.

Bournemouth Beach Management Scheme

A programme of work to protect Bournemouth’s coastline is planned over the next 17 years. Known as the Bournemouth Beach Management Scheme. The council have identified that the Keeping our seven miles of golden beach clean and safe is a big task. The work will be delivered in a phased approach with phase one beginning in the autumn, subject to licensing permissions. The first phase (2015 – 2020) will involve the replacement of 25 groynes spanning the seafront from Southbourne to Hengistbury Hea ...