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Aug 07 2008
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2 reviews
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travel, seaside, england, dorset, bournemouth
• squidtop.com
From the page: "Inland. beyond the Pier, are the Bournemouth Pleasure Gardens, peaceful walks alongside the Bourne Stream that lead the visitor to Bournemouth Square, which is the centre of the old town.
However, blocking your view of the Pleasure Gardens from the Pier, or the Pier from the Pleasure Gardens, is a flyover, an ugly concrete road, that connects the East and West sections of Bournemouth close to the sea.
Either side of Bournemouth Pier as the land rises are two ugly and much hated buildings that were constructed in the last 20 years. To the West (your left) is the Bournemouth International Centre, or BIC as it is known, a major conference centre. To the East (your right) is the IMAX Theatre, a real monstrosity that has never really proved to be popular, and that blocks the sea view as you come down to the Pier.
The city is proposing to improve the sea front by demolishing the flyover, however in doing this, there is no easy way to connect the East Cliff and West Cliff in Bournemouth, and which would create a traffic nightmare. "
