Bournemouth Queen’s Park to St Leonards

Bournemouth Queen’s Park – Holdenhurst – Throop – Bournemouth Airport – Hurn – Hurn Forest – St Leonards

This journey has a mix of an urban park and rural landscapes, a town and villages, and busy roads and peaceful country lanes. Notable sights were Throop Mill, the River Stour and Hurn Forest.

Thank you very much to:
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Queen’s Park Improvement and Protection Society
The Cooper Dean restaurant (Harvester), Bournemouth
Throop Village Conservation Group
Adventure Wonderland
The Woodman pub (Marston’s), St Leonards

My website:
https://walksandpubs.uk/

Page about this walk on my website:
https://walksandpubs.uk/walks/2023/05...

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:40 Queen’s Park, Bournemouth
03:30 Cooper Dean / A338
05:35 Holdenhurst
07:45 Throop Mill
09:48 River Stour
10:54 Hurn / Bournemouth Airport
13:53 St Leonards
14:32 Outro

Locations visited
Bournemouth – Queens Park Hotel bus stop – Queen’s Park – Cooper Dean Roundabout – Strouden Park – Townsend – ‘Welcome to Bournemouth’ bridge – A338 Bournemouth Spur Road – Holdenhurst – Holdenhurst Parish Hall – St John the Evangelist Church – Throop – Throop Mill – Stour Valley Way – River Stour – Hurn – Pig Shoot Lane – Adventure Wonderland – Bournemouth Airport – Hurn Forest – St Leonards