A short morning tour directly from your hotel

Image courtesy of Christchurch Tourism

Stunning Local Highlights

Discover the hidden history of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch

HALF DAY
TOUR

• This morning tour will give you a thorough introduction to the adjoining towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch.
• Visit the Poole Harbour viewpoint and look across to the Purbeck Hills in the distance before visiting Sandbanks, the home of the rich and famous.
• You will see the small pockets of ancient heathland, last remnants of a time before when 'heath croppers' grazed.

Image courtesy of Bournemouth Tourism

• Dip down into the chines, ravines that were the hiding places for smuggler's booty.
• It was here that Captain Lewis Tregonwell first acquainted himself with the area, before returning to start a new settlement at Bourn Mouth, soon prospering from the newly fashionable passtime of sea bathing.
• Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, is buried in the familly tomb in St Peter's Church.
• Hear the tragic story of The Rattenbury Case, an episode that gripped the nation in the 1930's.
• View the cliffs and beaches where allied troops set off on D-Day, many never to return.

Image courtesy of Poole Tourism. Photo taken by Sue Sieger

• In 1910 the first Air Pageant was held on Hengistbury Head, an event that was to end in catastrophe for the Rolls family of Rolls Royce fame.
• 10,000 years ago Hengistbury Head had a very different use, evidence of which is still being unearthed today.
• Christchurch Priory and Castle sit between the rivers Avon and Stour on the edge of the harbour that saw trade with the Roman Empire.

10% discount for groups 6+