h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

You forgot to mention the high student population due to the University and the number of foreign language schools in the town. I spent 4 years in Bournemouth from 96 to 2000 as a student at the university and loved the place I'd happily live there again.

Its the perfect place for a student bars, beaches and fun to be had everywhere...whats more the Student union bar in the town 'The Old Fire Station' does exactly what it says on the tin.

It’s a converted fire station, this makes it fair cooler than most anonymous students unions in the country and also much bigger than many of them! If you can get entry as a visitor to Bournemouth it’s well worth it.