Seven miles of sand either side of the pier, the busiest beach in the south and a Seaside Award winner. BCP Council bans dogs from all its Blue Flag and Seaside Award beaches from 1 May to 30 September, and Bournemouth beach is one of them; from 1 October to 30 April dogs are allowed. Middle Chine to Durley Chine, just west, is the nearest stretch open all year.
THE SMALL PRINTBCP Council: no dogs on any Blue Flag or Seaside Award beach from 1 May to 30 September. Dogs must be kept on the lead at all times on promenades, piers, zig zags and footpaths.
Nobody has written one for Bournemouth Beach. If you have been with the dog, you would be the first — and the first review is the one everybody reads.
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