Bournemouth Town Centre is an area of Bournemouth,

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. The town centre is the central business district and is located near the coast between West Cliff and East Cliff.

History

In 1908 a tramway accident killed 7 people in the Town Centre. The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom has affected business in the town centre. The New Look store in the town centre will close in February 2022 after 21 years. The Wilko will close the same month. A shift from retail towards entertainment and eating out is predicted to be the future of the town centre. On 13 March 2022, the towns House of Fraser, closed for the final time. The store, which first opened in 1873, was Bournemouth's last remaining department store after the flagship Beales closed in 2020, and

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closed in 2021. Despite this Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council are reportedly optimistic about the future of the town centre.

Areas

The town centre is where The Square is. Areas include Richmond Hill and

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Gardens

Buildings

Royal Exeter Hotel The Royal Exeter Hotel is a Grade II listed building in Bournemouth, Dorset. It stands opposite the Bournemouth International Centre. History A wing of the hotel was originally built as a house for Lewis Tregonwell, the founder of Bournemouth ...

(1812) *

Royal Bath Hotel The Royal Bath Hotel is a building in Bournemouth, Dorset. It is regarded to be the towns most famous hotel. Since 1974, the hotel has been a Grade II listed building. History George Tapps-Gervis built the hotel in 1838. The hotel opened o ...

(1838) *

Norfolk Royale Hotel The Norfolk Royale Hotel is a Grade II listed building and 4 star Victorian hotel on Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, Dorset in England. The hotel is one of Bournemouth's most historic buildings and stands behind St. Andrew's Church, Richmond Hill ...

(1850) * Sacred Heart Church (1874) * St Michael's Church, Bournemouth (1875) * St Swithun's Church (1877) * St Peter's Church (1879) *

Bournemouth Town Hall Bournemouth Town Hall (formerly known as Mont Dore Hotel) is a municipal facility in Bourne Road, Bournemouth, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, is a Grade II listed building. T ...

(1885) * St. Andrew's Church (1891) *

Bournemouth and Poole College The Bournemouth and Poole College (BPC) is a well established educational provider which delivers further education, higher education and community based courses in Bournemouth and in Poole on the south coast of England. It is one of the ...

(1913) * Pavilion Theatre (1929) * Bournemouth International Centre (1984)

Politics

Bournemouth Town Centre is part of the Bournemouth Central ward for elections to the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. The same ward elected councillors to the former

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. The town centre is also part of the Bournemouth West

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Conor Burns Conor Burns (born 24 September 1972) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth West since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Minister of State for Trade Policy from 2019 to 202 ...

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