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Bournemouth Pier

Photo of Bournemouth Pier, a swimming spot in Dorset, south west England.

Bournemouth Pier

© Mike Searle / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Mike Searle / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Bournemouth Pier

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Bournemouth Pier is a designated bathing water in Dorset with a sandy shore. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. The county has 41 designated bathing waters; this is one.

Bournemouth Station is 1.5 km away to the north-east. For more of the same, Bournemouth Durley Chine and Bournemouth Alum Chine are close by.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Bournemouth Pier

Photo of Compton Acres, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Bournemouth, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Compton Acres

House & garden near Bournemouth

Ten acres of 1920s themed gardens, Italian and Japanese, above Poole Harbour.

3.7 km W

Photo of the Purbeck Heritage Coast, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Purbeck

Heritage Coast near Wareham

Dorset's "Isle" of Purbeck, a peninsula of chalk and limestone on the Jurassic Coast, with sea stacks, quarried stone and a ruined castle

5.3 km SW

Photo of the Dorset National Landscape, a National Landscape in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Dorset National Landscape

National Landscape near Dorchester

Chalk ridges, quiet combes and one of the finest coastlines in England, from Lyme Bay to Purbeck

5.8 km W

Photo of Brownsea Island, an island in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Brownsea Island

Island near Bournemouth

National Trust island in Poole Harbour where red squirrels survive, with a wader-filled lagoon, woodland paths and the first Scout camp site

6.2 km SW

Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.Highlight

South West Coast Path

National Trail

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

6.6 km SW · spans 4 counties

Photo of Christchurch Priory, a church in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Christchurch Priory

Church near Christchurch

One of England's longest parish churches, a Norman and Gothic former priory near the harbour, with its legend of the miraculous beam.

7.4 km E