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If you are thinking of relocating to be ‘by the sea’ and searching for a new ‘place to call home,’ offering that perfect work life balance for you and your family, our beautiful coastal towns of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole might just be that perfect location?
… and did you know? ‘Workation breaks’ are a new trend where you can you combine rest, connecting with others, working and exploring all in one place…. Our stunning coastline offers a vast range of accommodation choices from luxury 4-star independent hotels to stunning self-catered coastal homes, all ready to welcome you and offer a perfect ‘workation break’ by the sea. With excellent transport links, good Wi-Fi connectivity, and lots of activities, adventure, and wellbeing events to enjoy … why not choose Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for your next workation break?
Our stunning coastline offers 15 miles of beautiful beaches, acres of parks, gardens and nature reserves and plenty of fantastic leisure facilities, entertainment venues, attractions and activities. Not forgetting our delicious eating out venues and shopping experiences along our coastline and ‘beyond the beach’.
Our location is perfect, the county of Dorset allows lots of opportunities for exploration and fun. You can easily explore Dorset’s stunning Jurassic Coastline, rolling hills, forests and heathlands as well as pretty rural villages and historic towns.
East of Christchurch is the enchanting New Forest where you can discover and explore the forest’s ancient woodland, open moors, heathland and not forgetting the famous New Forest ponies, alongside cattle, donkeys, and free roaming deer.
Bournemouth’s beautiful sandy beaches stretch along our coastline for seven miles and from the clifftops and along the shoreline offer stunning views of the Isle of Wight to the East and the Jurassic Coastline to the West. There are plenty of activities, attractions, dining out and entertainment options all along our coastline.
Bournemouth town centre offers many great things to see and do and can be easily explored on foot. From the seafront you can wander through the beautiful Grade 11 listed Lower Gardens that takes you into our town centre. Discover the pretty seasonal flowerbeds, pine tree pathways, rock garden and Pine Walk Bandstand hosting seasonal events and activities. Bournemouth town centre has an excellent range of shopping and eating out experiences. From big high street names and brands to individual boutiques and seasonal local markets surrounded by national and international dining out options throughout the town centre and beyond.
Discover more about our beaches, gardens, things to do, shopping and eating out venues.
Situated along our coastline you will find the charming and characterful ‘coastal villages’ of Westbourne, Boscombe and Southbourne. Towards Poole and Sandbanks lies Westbourne with its beautiful Victorian Grade 11 listed arcade and village centre offering with an abundance of art galleries, delicatessens, independent shops and boutiques, restaurants, cafes and bars.
To the east of Bournemouth, you will find Boscombe and Southbourne. With quieter beaches, expanding high streets with independent shops and unique restaurants. If vintage is your thing, from Boscombe High Street take a stroll down Christchurch Road towards Southbourne, to discover Pokesdown’s many antique stores, independent shops, retro and vintage stores, locally known as the ‘Pokesdown Mile’.
Head to our coastal villages page to find out more.
With 1000 hectares of parks, gardens and nature reserves, many of which are situated north of the town centre, there is plenty more to explore as you head away from the beaches. North of Bournemouth town centre you will find Charminster and Winton, which are popular due to their proximity to the Universities and their diverse array of restaurants. The long Wimborne Road which has many shops, cafes, restaurants and amenities will take you all the way to Moordown and Muscliff, other popular residential areas with great access to the River Stour and local nature reserves. These areas all have easy public transport links to the town centre and nearby amenities.
We have some excellent transport links along our coastline, including great sustainable public transport options. We have an international airport and ferry port and easy road links to motorways linking you to the rest of the country. All these options offering you the opportunity to explore the surrounding area or attend that important business meeting. Our fantastic rail links to Winchester and London for example, make Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole the perfect location to live and work from. South Western Railway offer a fast train service to London Waterloo which only takes around 2 hours from Bournemouth. From Poole there is also ferry services that can link you with the Channel Islands and France.
To find out more visit our Transport pages
Our schools, colleges and well-regarded language schools and universities offer that perfect setting for you and all your family’s educational needs.
Visit our living in Bournemouth page for more information.
The county of Dorset offers many different types of employment opportunities and perhaps a chance to consider a new career change? Whether you are looking for a full time or part time job or even taking that next step and go self-employed, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole offers a diverse range of opportunities for all.
Dorset offers many job sectors from working in the tourism, hospitality, retail and culture sector to the health, wellbeing and social care industry. The area also has opportunities in the financial and professional services sector, to IT and Digital positions, to name just few.
Did you know? Dorset is the UK's 10th largest urban area with 52,000 businesses based here ranging from well-known international corporations to fast-growing local enterprises. Over 250 multinational businesses and world-renowned organisations base a major part of their UK operations in Dorset including: Farrow & Ball, JP Morgan, Lush, LV, Nationwide, Sunseeker International, Ultra Electronics CEMS, Vitality and many more….
Visit Dorset LEP website for more information including ‘Businesses Based in Dorset’ and their latest ‘Dorset Labour Market Insights’ so you can explore this further at your leisure and discover more about industry, occupations, salary, automation and education trends in Dorset and its key established and growth sectors.
If you’re looking for a welcoming, professional, creative and inspiring workspace, co-working is certainly a great way to cut costs, and work alongside others who love the coastline as much as you. From town centre locations that are just a short walk to our beautiful sandy beaches to being right next to our great transport links, the options are endless and offer that ideal co-working space for freelancers and start-ups.
For further information visit Dorset LEP website and discover their commercial property database which is a free, confidential and impartial service enabling businesses and interested parties to search for commercial property space in Dorset. It draws its supply from local and regional commercial estate agents, landowners, business park and industrial estate managers and local authority partners.
Have you heard of the ongoing trend of ‘Workations’? You may say “what are they?” and “what can your area offer me, to take this new concept forward into my working life?”
Many of us are working from home and with these new changing work patterns and the technology available to us, we can start to look at working remotely away from our homes. There are exciting opportunities to combine a ‘work and leisure break together’. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole – ‘the coast with the most’ is the perfect ‘workation destination’ for you.
Working along our 15 mile coastline gives you the opportunity to enjoy the ‘day to day’ beauty of our area. Our beaches, parks and gardens, award winning restaurants, great entertainment, superb shopping and activities, ensure you can have that perfect ‘work life balance’. You will also get an insight of what is like to live and work here and you never know, you may not want to leave!
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole offer an abundance of accommodation to choose from, including beachfront hotels, beautiful self-catering apartments and houses and even our unique Beach Lodges offering that perfect ‘rest, connect explore and work all in one place by the sea. If you fancy bringing your own camper van or touring caravan, our destination and the surrounding area have many holiday and touring parks with sea or countryside views that can offer that perfect workation space.
For further inspiration and information visit our accommodation pages for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
We look forward to welcoming you to our beautiful coastline…. pack your laptop and phone, make some plans, it’s Good to Know Before Your Go and come and be inspired by our beautiful coastline.
BCP council want the city region to be world class – one of the best coastal places in the world in which to live, work, invest and play. To find out more about BCP's vision, please visit the councils "Big Plan" webpage.
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