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The Road to Bournemouth Pier

The Road to Bournemouth Pier, Bournemouth, England

During the nineteenth century, when the聽Victorians聽decided that bathing in the sea was good for your health, there was a surge of developments on the English Coast. At that time聽Bournemouth, ideally placed on the stunning聽Dorset聽coast, was a desolate landscape of pine forests and heathland. By 1840 there was just one small village in Bournemouth. By 1851 its population was 695. Forty years later the population had risen to 37,000.聽By then聽Bournemouth鈥檚 now famous Pier, originally a wooden jetty built in 1855 had already been superseded by an iron pier.

Overlooking the pier from its elevated position on Bath Road is the imposing聽Royal Bath Hotel. The聽Bath Hotel聽opened in 1838 on the day of Queen Victoria鈥檚 coronation. It was re-named the Royal Bath Hotel, in honour of the Prince of Wales who stayed there in 1856. Famous guests that came here to enjoy the splendid surroundings of this hotel included David Lloyd George, Benjamin Disraeli and Oscar Wilde. Wilde was such a regular that the hotel鈥檚 restaurant, Oscars, was named after him. As far as the history of Bournemouth is concerned its most interesting visitor was the wealthy聽Merton Russell-Cotes聽who subsequently bought the hotel in 1876. It was refurbished and re-opened in 1881. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: The Road to Bournemouth Pier
Guide Location: England » Bournemouth
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Valery Collins
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
  • Royal Bath Hotel
  • The Russell-Cotes Museum
  • The Bournemouth Pavilion
  • The Observation Wheel
  • The Zip Wire
  • Rock Reef
  • The Oceanarium
  • Boscombe Pier
  • The Coastal Activity Park in Bournemouth
  • Collingwood Hotel
  • Neo