Bournemouth [] in the county Dorset is a seaside resort at the south coast of England, lain between the cities Poole in the west and Christchurch in the east. Southwest from London been on 50.43 degrees northern latitude and 1,54 degrees of western length, the city the sea bay Poole Bay grasps about 107 miles. The slogan of Bournemouth is "“Pulchritudo et salubritas"”, that means "“beauty and health"”.

Bournemouth is one of the most popular vacation goals at the English south coast, particularly because of its long, clean beach, the numerous accommodation possibilities, the large maintenance offer, the mild climate and the light entrance into the hinterland of Dorset and Devonian. The coast region belongs to the warmest, driest and sunniest in completely England.

The total population is with 163.600 and makes Bournemouth as well as the neighbour cities one of the large handels and economic centers in the south of England.

The Bournemouth lain in the proximity of the city center internationally Centre (BIC), which from the cliffs the view of the sea and the jetty of the place permits, is an important place of event for conferences. There quite often Party Congresses of the British parties take place.

In the environment of Bournemouth many animal and plant types rare for Great Britain can be found. The close convenient Brownsea Iceland is one of the few places in the south, to which still the red squirrel adheres. The ant Formica pratensis was proven close Bournemouth into the 1980er years, however apparent meanwhile became extinct.

In directly the Royal Bath hotel, east the cent ral Gardens, which was because of the sea, have already many important guests used, among them OSCAR savage, Herbert George Wells, Richard Harris, Sir Thomas Beecham, Shirley Bassey and the prime ministers Benjamin Disraeli, William Gladstone, Herbert Asquith and David Lloyd George. Among the royal visitors ranked Eduard VII., Eduard VIII., George VI., queen Wilhelmina of Sweden as well as empress of France.

In the year 2003 for 9.5 million British Pound the Bournemouth LIBRARY was established, which won thereby the Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award.

The city has also a professional soccer association, the AFC Bournemouth, which plays in the second league. Heimspiele take place in "„the The Fitness roofridge stage "“in Boscombe.

Mary Shelley, which is appropriate for authoress of Franconia stone, on the pc. Peter's Churchyard buried. In addition died in this city J.R.R. Tolkien, the author master of the rings. Further Barbara Joyce west Dainton was born here, which is one of the two last survivors of the titanium IC misfortune.

City center

The main shopping streets in the center of the city are behind the coastal strip to both sides of the small Bourne River. Many small ways lead by underneath convenient gardens simply and fast to the sea. The shopping streets are nearly all in the pedestrian precinct, in which numerous fashion shops, larger shops, Juweliere and business for fashionable accessories furnished themselves. One finds here beside the large department store chains (Debenhams, Beales, Marks and Spencer, Bhs, Dingles) viktorianische arcades, approximately between Westover Street and old Christchurch Road and a large number of taverns, clubs and cafes.

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