Bournemouth is a coastal resort town in Dorset in the south of England. The population of Bournemouth is over 163,000 making it the largest town in Dorset. Bournemouth has been a Unitary Authority since it was split from Hampshire in 1997.

Writers such as diverse as Thomas Hardy, JRR Tolkien and Mary Shelley and Robert Louis Stevenson have spent significant lengths of time in Bournemouth and immortalised its Victorian charms.

Bournemouth is seen both as a retirement location and a resort town for the workers of London and has retained a significant retirement population.

Bournemouth is plenty of year round attractions such as shopping, museums plus seasonal festivals during the summer months.

Major industries in Bournemouth include finance, service industries plus of course tourism.