Bournemouth
Bournemouth is a Town in the county of Dorset.
Bournemouth postcode: BH2 6
There are great places to visit near Bournemouth including some great towns, waterfalls, villages, historic buildings, historic monuments, ancient sites, hills, castles, ruins and airports.
The area around Bournemouth features a number of interesting towns including Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.
Waterfalls to visit near Bournemouth include Jericho Weir.
Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury are some of Bournemouth best villages to visit near Bournemouth.
The Cobb is a great place to visit close to Bournemouth if you like historic buildings.
King's Statue (King George III Statue) is one of Bournemouth's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Bournemouth.
Ancient Sites to visit near Bournemouth include Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.
Eggardon Hill is one of Bournemouth's best, nearby hills to visit in Bournemouth.
Don't miss Corfe Castle's castles if visiting the area around Bournemouth.
The area close to Bournemouth boasts some of the best ruins including Corfe Castle.
Bournemouth Airport is one of Bournemouth's best, nearby airports to visit in Bournemouth.
Bournemouth History
There are some historic monuments around Bournemouth:
Areas of Bournemouth
Like most towns and cities Bournemouth is comprised of a number of areas, once separate villages or small towns and parishes now part of Bournemouth.
Many of the areas of Bournemouth have their own character and places of interest.
Places to see near Bournemouth
History of Bournemouth
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the Borough of Bournemouth would grow to encompass a number of ancient settlements along the River Stour, including Longham where a skull thought to be 5,500 years old was found in 1932. Bronze Age burials near Moordown, and the discovery of Iron Age pottery on the East Cliff in 1969, suggest there may have been settlements there during that period. Hengistbury Head, added to the borough in 1932, was the site of a much older Palaeolithic encampment. During the latter half of the 16th century James Blount, 6th Baron Mountjoy, began mining for alum in the area, and at one time part of the heath was used for hunting, although by the late 18th century little evidence of either event remained. No-one lived at the mouth of the Bourne river and the only regular visitors to the area before the 19th century were a few fishermen, turf cutters and gangs of smugglers.
