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A wealth of entertainment is to be found in Bournemouth including:
Bournemouth International Centre, featuring shows in the summer season,
funfairs in winter, and an indoor swimming pool; the Pavilion Theatre
and Ballroom Pier Theatre and Show Bar Cinemas, plus the Imax Cinema.
Night clubs, numerous restaurants and casinos, Ten-Pin Bowling, Quasar
and Sega World Soft Play Centre for children in both Bournemouth and
Boscombe. Spectacular views from the Balloon Ride high above Bournemouth.
Several museums are in the immediate area: Russell Cotes Art Gallery
and Museum, Shelley Rooms dedicated to the famous Poet, Waterfront Museum
and Scaplens Court on Poole Waterfront. Bowling is available on the
many renowned greens in and around Bournemouth, 2 Municipal Golf Courses
locally and 12 other courses within twelve miles. Course fishing on
the Stour and Avon rivers; sea fishing from the Piers or on-board boats;
Tennis at the many local Municipal Courts and the Bournemouth Tennis
Centre. Swimming is a fun event at the Littledown Centre or the Bournemouth
International Centre; and Skiing on the dry slope at nearby Christchurch.
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Lots of attractions and places to visit abound in the surrounding areas
of Christchurch, Poole, Swanage, Wimborne, the Isle of Purbeck, the
New Forest and Beaulieu. Visitors without their own transport are well
catered for by the local coach companies offering many daily tours and
the railway.
Dorset Belles Cruising Company operate cruises from Bournemouth Pier and
Poole Quay. Poole is an old seafaring town with working quay and Europe's
largest natural harbour. Poole Park has a miniature steam railway, children's
indoor play area and boating lake. Poole has museums, boat trips to Brownsea
Island, Compton Acres, Potteries. Christchurch offers an 11th century
Priory, ruins of Norman Keep, museums, and the Alice in Wonderland Maze.
The New Forest National Park - largest area of open heath and woodland
in England; Museum and Visitor Centre in Lyndhurst provide an insight
into the area. Exbury Gardens, National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, 19th
Century maritime village of Bucklers Hard, Burley. Isle of Purbeck -
Wareham, Durlston Country Park, Corfe Castle, Bovington Tank Museum,
Arne Toy Museum, Monkey World, Swanage Steam Railway, Putlake Farm.
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