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.
Towns to visit near Bournemouth include Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, and Wareham.
Bournemouth is near some unmissable waterfalls like Jericho Weir,
The area around Bournemouth features a number of interesting villages including Uplyme, Bincombe, and Symondsbury.
There are a number of historic buildings near to Bournemouth including The Cobb.
The area around Bournemouth's best historic monuments can be found at King's Statue (King George III Statue).
The area around Bournemouth's best ancient sites can be found at Eggardon Hill.
Hills to visit near Bournemouth include Eggardon Hill.
Places near Bournemouth feature a number of interesting castles including Corfe Castle.
Places near Bournemouth feature a number of interesting ruins including Corfe Castle.
Don't miss Bournemouth Airport's airports if visiting the area around 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.
