Mei’s guidebook

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Mei’s guidebook

Outdoor activites

Paddleboard, kayak, windsurf and sailing hire (and wetsuits!) and lessons in the protected & shallow Christchurch harbour.
14 recommandé par les habitants
ShoreSports
14 recommandé par les habitants
Paddleboard, kayak, windsurf and sailing hire (and wetsuits!) and lessons in the protected & shallow Christchurch harbour.
Sea kayaking, kayak fishing, coasteering, climbing, foraging and bushcraft courses at Studland. You can kayak up to Old Harry Rocks. Guides are really knowledgable on local plant and animal life. Highly recommended.
10 recommandé par les habitants
Fore/Adventure
Beach Road
10 recommandé par les habitants
Sea kayaking, kayak fishing, coasteering, climbing, foraging and bushcraft courses at Studland. You can kayak up to Old Harry Rocks. Guides are really knowledgable on local plant and animal life. Highly recommended.
Everything from a SuperwormTrail to bike hire & Go Ape High Ropes
262 recommandé par les habitants
Parc et forêt de Moors Valley
Horton Road
262 recommandé par les habitants
Everything from a SuperwormTrail to bike hire & Go Ape High Ropes
Beautiful and very Instagrammable (but really busy in high season) Go as early as you can and brace yourself for the parking fee (take cash!)
383 recommandé par les habitants
Lulworth Cove
383 recommandé par les habitants
Beautiful and very Instagrammable (but really busy in high season) Go as early as you can and brace yourself for the parking fee (take cash!)
A beautiful nature reserve on the Headland at the West end of the prom (about 4 miles). There’s a cafe by the car park and you can either walk, bike or take the land train to Mudeford Sandspit with views across Christchurch harbour and to the sea. There’s a small pop up bar & pizza stand at the Beach House https://www.beachhousecafe.co.uk/
264 recommandé par les habitants
Hengistbury Head
264 recommandé par les habitants
A beautiful nature reserve on the Headland at the West end of the prom (about 4 miles). There’s a cafe by the car park and you can either walk, bike or take the land train to Mudeford Sandspit with views across Christchurch harbour and to the sea. There’s a small pop up bar & pizza stand at the Beach House https://www.beachhousecafe.co.uk/
Boats, kayaks and paddleboard hire on the river at Wareham
22 recommandé par les habitants
Wareham Boat Trips
3 The Quay
22 recommandé par les habitants
Boats, kayaks and paddleboard hire on the river at Wareham

Rainy day activites

10 screen Odeon cinema, a range of national restaurants and indoor golf!
29 recommandé par les habitants
BH2 Leisure Complex
Exeter Crescent
29 recommandé par les habitants
10 screen Odeon cinema, a range of national restaurants and indoor golf!
Waterslides!
63 recommandé par les habitants
Splashdown
Tower Park
63 recommandé par les habitants
Waterslides!
Afternoon tea on a bus along the Bournemouth seafront
Frieda's Tearoom
7 Stafford Rd
Afternoon tea on a bus along the Bournemouth seafront
A rainy day favourite for us. A great secondhand book shop (with a good children’s section), home made cakes and vintage homewares.
10 recommandé par les habitants
The Crooked Book
725 Christchurch Rd
10 recommandé par les habitants
A rainy day favourite for us. A great secondhand book shop (with a good children’s section), home made cakes and vintage homewares.
Victorian house, part home, part gallery, part museum designed to house their collection of artifacts from their travels.
110 recommandé par les habitants
Galerie d'art et musée Russell Cotes
West Cliff Promenade
110 recommandé par les habitants
Victorian house, part home, part gallery, part museum designed to house their collection of artifacts from their travels.
Award winning independent live music venue. Beautiful decor from local artists.
44 recommandé par les habitants
Chaplin's & The Cellar Bar
529 Christchurch Rd
44 recommandé par les habitants
Award winning independent live music venue. Beautiful decor from local artists.
Contemporary art gallery in a converted department store
Giant
Bourne Avenue
Contemporary art gallery in a converted department store

Food scene

A relaxed restaurant with a wood fired oven serving fresh fish, European dishes and with a 1920s cocktail bar upstairs to retire to. Our favourite place.
77 recommandé par les habitants
The Larder House
4 Southbourne Grove
77 recommandé par les habitants
A relaxed restaurant with a wood fired oven serving fresh fish, European dishes and with a 1920s cocktail bar upstairs to retire to. Our favourite place.
Inventive eco-focused small plates dishes (not Spanish-style tapas). Food is as local as possible, often brought in by cargo bike from a nearby farm. Has just won a Michelin Green Star (2022).
19 recommandé par les habitants
Terroir Tapas
81 Southbourne Grove
19 recommandé par les habitants
Inventive eco-focused small plates dishes (not Spanish-style tapas). Food is as local as possible, often brought in by cargo bike from a nearby farm. Has just won a Michelin Green Star (2022).
Fine dining with a Michelin Bib Gourmand. Book far in advance for a weekend table!
21 recommandé par les habitants
Restaurant Roots
141 Belle Vue Rd
21 recommandé par les habitants
Fine dining with a Michelin Bib Gourmand. Book far in advance for a weekend table!
Seafood restaurant just across the water at Studland.
92 recommandé par les habitants
Shell Bay Seafood Restaurant
Ferry Road
92 recommandé par les habitants
Seafood restaurant just across the water at Studland.
Modern country hotels and restaurants with kitchen gardens & their own pigs. The original Pig is in the New Forest at Brockenhurst,
147 recommandé par les habitants
The Pig
B3055
147 recommandé par les habitants
Modern country hotels and restaurants with kitchen gardens & their own pigs. The original Pig is in the New Forest at Brockenhurst,
Modern country hotels and restaurants with kitchen gardens & their own pigs. The Pig On The Beach is on the clifftop on Studland.
165 recommandé par les habitants
The Pig on the Beach
Manor Road
165 recommandé par les habitants
Modern country hotels and restaurants with kitchen gardens & their own pigs. The Pig On The Beach is on the clifftop on Studland.
Fine Dining with sea views in Mudeford
102 recommandé par les habitants
The Jetty
95 Mudeford
102 recommandé par les habitants
Fine Dining with sea views in Mudeford
Great cheeses, deli meats and fresh farm veg, eggs and milk. Fresh fish counter Friday & Saturday
Parlourmentary
7 Southbourne Grove
Great cheeses, deli meats and fresh farm veg, eggs and milk. Fresh fish counter Friday & Saturday
Fresh sourdough breads, amazing pastries and daily flavoured breads.
15 recommandé par les habitants
M's Bakery
805 Christchurch Rd
15 recommandé par les habitants
Fresh sourdough breads, amazing pastries and daily flavoured breads.
Fresh sourdough breads and cakes & coffee. Tuesday - Sunday 8am - 2pm
8 recommandé par les habitants
Bakehouse 24
154 Seabourne Rd
8 recommandé par les habitants
Fresh sourdough breads and cakes & coffee. Tuesday - Sunday 8am - 2pm
Independent wine merchant, hugely approachable & helpful with affordable prices (and some really special bottles if you want to push the boat out!)
Jolly Vintner Too
1099 Christchurch Rd
Independent wine merchant, hugely approachable & helpful with affordable prices (and some really special bottles if you want to push the boat out!)
A chippy that also does amazing specials like Steak Chimichurri, pulled pork burgers and if you’re lucky maybe some smoked brisket or Persian lamb. All their food is home made from scratch and we especially love the fresh salads & slaws they make. Great for a sunset dinner on the beach.
7 recommandé par les habitants
Ricky's
121-123 Belle Vue Road
7 recommandé par les habitants
A chippy that also does amazing specials like Steak Chimichurri, pulled pork burgers and if you’re lucky maybe some smoked brisket or Persian lamb. All their food is home made from scratch and we especially love the fresh salads & slaws they make. Great for a sunset dinner on the beach.
Great for brunch watching the waves.
149 recommandé par les habitants
Urban Reef - Seafront Restaurant in Bournemouth
Undercliff Drive
149 recommandé par les habitants
Great for brunch watching the waves.
For excellent coffee & vegan (and non vegan) breakfasts
46 recommandé par les habitants
Cafe Boscanova
650 Christchurch Rd
46 recommandé par les habitants
For excellent coffee & vegan (and non vegan) breakfasts
Tiny but with great coffee!
Espresso Kitchen Boscombe
651a Christchurch Road
Tiny but with great coffee!

Conseils aux voyageurs

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Beryl Bikes - Bike & electric scooter hire across town

Beryl Bikes https://beryl.cc/bikeshare/bournemouth-poole Bike & electric scooter hire across Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole. Bikes & scooters are Green and are parked in bays across the area, just unlock it with the app. You’ll need to verify ID with a driving licence for the scooters. (NB can’t be used on the prom 10am-6pm in July & August)
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Local taxi firm that also has an app!

United Taxis Tel: 01202 556677 https://556677.com/ Local taxi firm that also has an app you can use to prebook a car & track it (like Uber)
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Purbeck Breezer

The Purbeck Breezer is an open topped bus that runs on a number of routes from Bournemouth to Swanage via Sandbanks & Studland,Warham or Corfe Castle. Really scenic! https://www.morebus.co.uk/purbeck-breezer
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Bus operators

MoreBus https://www.morebus.co.uk/ Yellow Buses https://www.yellowbuses.co.uk/ Buses do take contactless but don’t share tickets