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Bournemouth Seafront Strategy - Improving the Seafront

Bournemouth is the UK’s Premier Coastal Resort, known for its 7 ½ miles of golden sands and outstanding natural beauty. The towns multi-award winning Blue Flag beaches are the primary reason for 71% of visits to Bournemouth. The councils vision is to ensure that they are unlocking the potential of Bournemouth’s seafront with a new range of leisure attractions. There is a plan for the seafront area around Boscombe to become the UK’s first Coastal Activity Park, the focus for this area is on deve ...

HUTTERS BEWARE

The Daily Echo newspaper is reporting that 20 huts were damaged in the Branksome Dene Chine area, this follows previous damage to 30 huts on Christmas Eve. We have been advised and have posted onto our Facebook page HUTTERS BEWARE. There have been reports of around 70 break-ins at Poole huts and around 40 in Bournemouth. Please make sure there is nothing of value left in your hut and all your locks are secure. We sincerely hope the person/people behind this are soon identified and stopped. Upda ...

BCP Beach Check Application

BCP Council has unveiled a new practical app allowing visitors to check which beaches across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are the least congested, in a bid to promote safety as the country eases from the Covid-19 lockdown. BCP Beach Check, developed by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Tourism, has a traffic light system using the latest technology to help visitors and residents alike avoid busy hotspots as the warm weather continues. The Application is available on Android Handsets fr ...

Is Your Hut Ready for Beach Hut Of the Year 2020?

In association with Millie's Beach Huts Ryans Insurance looking to crown their first Beach Hut of the Year! Ryan's insurance are running their Beach hut of The Year 2020 competition is simple to enter, in 200 words or less tell them why you think your hut is the best. They want to hear your beach hut stories, it could be a restoration project, a place that brings the family together, a sanctuary for getting over an illness or escaping life's daily stresses, a life long dream, a come back from s ...

Bournemouth In Algal Bloom

Beach Hut owners making their way down to the beach in the last two weeks have been concerned at the aroma and look of the water. The water has taken on a colour of rusty brown with layers of scum on the surface. Fears around what the source of the brown colour and smell can be allayed, its not caused by the sewage system unable to cope with the heavy downpours that can be experienced in a British summer and it is not caused by polution from a stricken ship leaking oil into our water, The cause ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...