Walk · Dorset

The Bournemouth Gardens to Coy Pond

Bournemouth

4MILES

2hON FOOT

45mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 75% 25% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 55%Lane & track 20%Road with traffic 25%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Lower Gardens, by the pier approach and the bandstand

Parking

Town centre multi-storeys, cheapest at Bath Road South and Richmond Hill; no free option, and the seafront car parks are the dearest in town

Directions to the start →

Four miles of continuous parkland in two hours, following the Bourne stream inland from the pier through the Lower, Central and Upper Gardens to the water lilies of Coy Pond, and back the same way. Level, surfaced, lit through the Lower Gardens and sheltered by trees, which makes it the obvious choice in bad weather or when the beaches are closed to dogs. Park in one of the town centre multi-storeys, cheapest at the Bath Road South or Richmond Hill decks, or come in by train to Bournemouth station, fifteen minutes on foot from the Central Gardens. Dogs must be on leads through the formal gardens and along the seafront promenade, the stream is shallow with easy access for a drink, and there are water bowls outside several of the garden kiosks.

THE SMALL PRINTDogs must be on a lead in the formal gardens and on the promenade, piers and zig zags at all times under the BCP dog control order, and are excluded from the main Bournemouth beach from 1 May to 30 September.

House rules, decoded

Water bowls

REGION · DORSET

GRID · 50.7180, -1.8788

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.BCPCOUNCIL.GOV.UK/BEACHES-AND-SEAFRONT/WHAT-YOU-NEED-TO-KNOW-BEFORE-VISITING-ONE-OF-OUR-BEACHES/WHERE-AND-WHEN-YOU-CAN-BRING-YOUR-DOG-TO-THE-BEACH

The Bournemouth Gardens to Coy Pond

House rules, decoded

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