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<h1><i>Bournemouth Beach</I></h1>
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Often, all beaches from Mudeford Sandspit through Solent Beach, and up to Alum Chine are considered collectively as "the" Bournemouth beach. This is not only incorrect, it does not do justice to the individual beaches that make up this seven mile stretch of golden sand, and also distracts from the two primary Bournemouth beaches of East Cliff beach and West Cliff beach.
Bournemouth beaches, collectively hold no less than 4 Blue flag awards for Alum Chine, Durley Chine, Fishermans Walk and Southbourne beaches. These four beaches straddle the central core Bournemouth beaches of East Cliff and West Cliff so you can be pretty sure of the cleanliness of the water and the quality of the facilities of all Bournemouth beaches.
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<br><b><i>A view from Bournemouth Pier down along Bournemouth West Cliff Beach</i></b>.
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Bournemouth also holds the Quality Coast Award for the area around Bournemouth Pier. Bournemouth pier is actually
the dividing point between East Cliff beach and West Cliff beach so again, the visitor can be assured of the
quality commitment (and also attention to detail) to this area. Bournemouth council, quite correctly
has identified Bournemouth beach(es) as the primary identifier associated with Bournemouth. Consequently, in summer,
the beach are cleaned daily and are extensively monitored for any problems. All the main tourist beaches are patrolled
by a small army of lifeguards (outsourced to the R.N.L.I) and innovative methods to prevent lost children (KidZone) are in
place. Recently many hundreds of tons of sand have been dredged up from Poole bay and added to Bournemouth beach so now the
beach is almost double the width of 10 years ago.
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<b><i><right>An unusual view of East Cliff beach in July. <br>Empty due to a rain-soaked day.</right></i></b>
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Bournemouth is actually quite a new town only being reaching a population of 60,000 in 1900. Before 1870 Bournemouth was not even recognised as a town, and before about 1840 simply did not exist! Today the population is around 163,000 although this swells considerably in the summer. Along with the magnificent beaches and just one minute inland from the pier are the start of the Bournemouth Pleasure gardens. They extend for nearly two miles inland following the course of the River Bourne. The Lower Gardens, immediately adjacent to the Pier and beach are very popular and have many facilities including a tethered Ballon which will take aloft about 10 people at a time to a height of about 200 meters (600 feet). The ballon has become something of a local Bournemouth landmark albeit a vertically mobile one. <br><br>
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<br><b><i>A view of Bournemouth East Cliff Beach near Bournemouth Pier.<br>The locally despised IMAX building is in the background</i></b>.
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