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101 Things to do in Bournemouth – Boscombe Street Art Trail
When you tell people you live in Boscombe, it conjures up conflicting images. Either of a lovely sandy beach, multicoloured beach huts and a Victorian pier. Or of a rather seedy town populated by junkies congregating around the ugly concrete jungle of a town centre. Once ranked one of the worst places to live in…
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100 Things to do in (and around) Bournemouth 80 – Watch Premier League Football at The Vitality Stadium
With its 11,300 capacity stadium on the outskirts of a town of half a million inhabitants, AFC Bournemouth may well be considered to be punching above its weight in the English Premier league along with the footballing giants of Manchester United or Chelsea. To put it into perspective, AFC Bournemouth has an annual wage bill…
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100 Things to do in (and around) Bournemouth 74 – The Black Cherry Theatre Cafe
The Black Cherry is a theatre themed cafe/bar in Boscombe. I’ve been meaning to go for a while now, and finally got round to it tonight. Getting There The suburb of Boscombe is a couple of miles east of Bournemouth. The Black Cherry is in the centre of Boscombe in the pedestrian precinct in Christchurch…
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100 Things to do in (and around) Bournemouth 45 – Boscombe
The suburb of Boscombe, a mile to the east of its more illustrious neighbour Bournemouth doesn’t always get a good press – in the past it’s been voted one of the ten worst places to live in Britain. Most visitors head straight for the beach and don’t get to see what else Boscombe has to…
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100 Things to do in (and around) Bournemouth 39 – Pier to Pier Swim
As Bournemouth has two piers just 1.4 miles apart, a popular challenge is to swim from one pier to another – either just for the sake of it or as part of an organised event. Each year the British Heart Foundation puts on the Pier to Pier Swim. Billed as one of Europe’s biggest charity…
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100 Things to do in (and around) Bournemouth 35 – Boscombe Chine Gardens
Boscombe Chine is one of four chines along the Bournemouth coast. A chine being a deep, steep-sided ravine originally formed by a river flowing through to the sea. The Chine runs down to the coast just to the west of Boscombe Pier. It can be accessed from the bottom (opposite the pier), the top (A35…
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100 Things to do in (and around) Bournemouth 33 – Globe on Tour
Today’s slightly surreal experience is a trip to Boscombe’s multi storey car park to watch a Shakespeare performance. Boscombe hasn’t got the best reputation; renowned for being a bit of a druggie hangout, so heading to the top floor of the car park isn’t usually a thing I would consider. However, today it is hosting…
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100 Things to do in (and around) Bournemouth 28 – O2 Academy
The O2 Academy Bournemouth is actually in Boscombe. This Victorian venue has been entertaining people since 1895. A bit like a cat, it seems to have had nine lives, having served as a theatre, circus, music hall, disco and now mainly as a live music venue. Boscombe is a suburb a mile or so to…
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100 Things to do in (and around) Bournemouth 19 – Park Yoga
Covid Day 6 and finally a negative test and I am released from self isolation. Sunday used to be Long Run Day, but as I am out of breath just putting my pants on, a run isn’t on the cards just yet. Instead, a gentle 10 minute walk to the local park for some Park…
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100 Things to do in (and around) Bournemouth 17 – Boscombe Pier
Normally, my blogs are all my own work, including the photography. However, as I am still self isolating with Covid, in the immortal words of Monty Python; ‘And Now for Something Completely Different…’ I love Boscombe Pier and go there regularly, so here is its story from the beginning. The Victorian pier in Boscombe has…
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