In the top row of pictures:

• Bournemouth beach and Pier (picture)
• Underneath the arches of the Pier (picture)
• Reverse Bungy Jumping, a new attraction in the Lower Gardens (picture)
• Bournemouth pulls out all the stops to win Britain in Bloom (picture)
• The Bournemouth International Centre and promenade, seen from the Pier (picture)

In the bottom row of pictures:

• On the beach – the best place to savour an ice-cream (picture)
• Traditional fun – sandcastles, beach games and playing in the sea (picture)
• Traditional fun for the older generation, relaxing outside your beach hut (picture)
• Warm summer evenings (1) – loitering in The Square (picture)
• Warm summer evenings (2) – meandering through Central Gardens (picture)

Other sites on the web

West's Geology Field Guide to the Bournemouth Cliffs

The Dorset Page:   Bournemouth, Branksome, Boscombe – local information and links to further resources on the web

Maps of the area on streetmap.co.uk:   1:50,000 – detail, 1:250,000 – locality and route to get there

The pictures of Summertime in Bournemouth in this gallery were captured at high resolution.
This is images of dorset stock photography gallery 057
All photographs copyright © 1998–2003 John Allen