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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 ...

Glorious Bank Holiday Weekend

We are living in a strange world. Brexit, Russia and Donald Trump make for unsettling times. But, the most disconcerting thing of all is that glorious weather is forecast for a bank holiday weekend and it is being delivered. For early May bank holiday the weather is forecast to be extremely good. Yesterday we had a high of 21 degrees celcious with Sunday and Monday forecast to be even warmer.Hopefully you will get the chance to head to your hut and make the most of it. Just before you grab your ...

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 ...

Bournemouth Best UK Seaside Town in British Travel Awards 2017

UK visitors have voted Bournemouth best resort in Britain for a record third time in five years. A study of over 4,500 people found that living near the coastline gives “greater psychological contentment” than being further inland. People also reported to feeling more relaxed and refreshed after a short visit to the sea. Bournemouth best resort in Britain Bournemouth has been revealed as the UK's best seaside town of 2017 at this year's British Travel Awards , after members of the public voted ...

Bournemouth Borough Council's Highlights 2017

Bournemouth Borough Council's look back at the highlights in Bournemouth 2017 including 18 Green Flag awards, a new one received for Boscombe Overcliff Gardens, 200 Million investment into the area at Lansdowne, The beach management scheme continued at a pace and replaced 30 groynes, 15 overnight beach pods at Manor Steps proved to be popular for visitors, 45.2 million has been secured for transport and infrastructure improvements with Bournemouth International Growth Programme. 688 happy coupl ...

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 ...

Current Beach Hut Tenants

Information and regulations for current beach hut tenants Paying for my Beach Hut Site You can pay using Bournemouth Borough Councils (BBC) online payment system. Current prices The prices for 2017/2018 are as follows: Restricted sites - £990 Non restricted sites - £1,150 Handing back my beach hut site You can hand back your site in February and March, giving 28 days notice. If you hand it back at any other time of year you will still have to pay the full years hire charge. Can I transfer the l ...

Beach Hut Waiting Lists to Be Opened

We are excited to inform you that Bournemouth Council are opening a few of the Beach Hut Site waiting lists next Tuesday 28th November 2017 at 10am. The lists that will be opening are Durley Chine, Fishermans Walk AND Bournemouth East. All other lists will remain closed at this time. A Beach Hut Site is where you rent a plot on a yearly basis from Bournemouth Council. You will need to provide and maintain your own hut, as well as agreeing to the Annual Beach Hut Site Licence. Some sites are sub ...

Development of overnight huts at Manor Steps

The overnight hut development has been completed and the new huts are now available to rent. All hut users at Manor Steps now have their huts re-sited to their final positions. If your access was restricted over the winter, you should now have received a rebate on your rent for last year. This was calculated on having restricted access for 2, 4 or 8 weeks. We have pointed out that in real terms, access was often difficult at other times due to vehicles being parked in front of huts or the Zig Z ...