Bournemouth

Bournemouth is a seaside resort in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. It is located about 107 miles southwest of London, at {{coor d|50.72|N|1.88|W|region:GB}}. The town is bordered by Poole in the west and Christchurch in the east, and overlooks Poole Bay.

Quotations

• In 1805 Edward Brayley wrote,... "the greatest part of this most dreary waste, serving only in the summer to support a few ordinary sheep and cattle, and to supply the neighboring villages with firing". At that time no houses stood within three miles of the mouth of the Bourne river.