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5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Bournemouth, England

Updated October 16, 2023
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Mary Shelley Grave

Bournemouth, England

Mary Shelley's Grave

The author of Frankenstein is buried here, along with her parents and the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Bournemouth, England

Russell-Cotes Museum

A museum based on the collection of a Victorian family. Housed in a remaining Victorian villa.

Bournemouth, England

Bournemouth Natural Science Society

Open for a weekend once a year around October it houses a fascinating collection of unique Victorian preserved and stuffed animals.
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Fisherman’s Walk Cliff Lift.

Bournemouth, England

Fisherman's Walk Cliff Lift

The world's shortest funicular ferries beachgoers a whopping 128 feet from clifftop to shore.
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A floating Valentine tank, note the turret in the middle of the canvas

Dorset, England

Valentine Tank Wrecks

The site of a dress rehearsal for D-Day that ended in disaster.
3 miles from Bournemouth
Baden-Powell at the 1907 experimental camp

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Brownsea Island, site of the first ever Boy Scout Camp

4 miles from Bournemouth
The Scout Stone

Dorset, England

The Scout Stone

This commemorative stone was erected near the first Scout campsite.
4 miles from Bournemouth
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