Boscombe

Question 1

What is the location of boscombe?

Answer 1

coastal suburb of Bournemouth on the south coast of england
part of the Bournemouth christchurch poole conurbation
east of bournemouth town centre

Question 2

What is the physical landscape like?

Answer 2

wide sandy beach (high tourism potential)
cliff-backed coastline (restricts inland expansion in places)
Boscombe chine (steep wooded valley cutting to the sea)

Question 3

What is the climate like?

Answer 3

Mild martime climate
warm summers
realtively dry compaired to reast of uk
ave temp of 11.18 - this is what made it attrctive to victorians

Question 4

What is the enviromental quality like?

Answer 4

sea air - historically believed to improve health
senic coastline
coastal erosional risks
seasonal economy

Question 5

What has the physical geography created?

Answer 5

A health resort identity

Question 6

Pre 1800s what was boscombe like?

Answer 6

largely rural headlnad + woodland
part of the undeveloped dorest coast

Question 7

What happened in the victorian era (key turning point)?

Answer 7

raipd growth post 1860s - drven by the railway exxpansion and growth of bournmouth as a resort

Question 8

When was bournmouth station builyt?

Answer 8

1885

Question 9

What was boscombe used for in the victorain era?

Answer 9

for people were ill depressed and recovering from disease

Question 10

Why was boscome + bounrmouth usedd for its use in the victorian era?

Answer 10

belid in “healing sea air”
calm coastal enviroment
wealthy middle upper claass seeking rest

Question 11

How was boscombe built in the Victorian era?

Answer 11

large villas
hotels
boarding houses
for a care based economny

Question 12

How has the historical functions of the place shaped it’s modern social characteristics?

Answer 12

dug/alchol rehabilitaion
mental health suppirt housing
temopry accomdation

Question 13

What happened to boscombe in the 20th centuray?

Answer 13

cheap package holidays abroad (1970s+ to places like spain)
decline of Uk sea side torusim as it wasnt hotter than europe
changing leasure habits

Question 14

What was the impacts on boscombe because of the decline in the 20th centuary?

Answer 14

hotels lost income
buildings becaome more like bedsits and HMO’S as it is ll they could afford

Question 15

Tell me aboyut the HMOs in the area?

Answer 15

Owned by dave wells
boscombe has one of the heighist concentrations of HMOs in the south
this si beacuase big victroain houses are easy to divide and a demand for cheap housing

Question 16

Who lives in HMOs?

Answer 16

low income residents
vunrable individuals
people in recovry

Question 17

What impacts have HMO@s had?

Answer 17

weak community identity loads of people recovering togther influnece more cime and drug use and social deprevation

Question 18

What is the prone culture of boscombe?

Answer 18

drug culture

Question 19

What is the way descibed by the sun of boscome?

Answer 19

“BosVegas” - suggetsing nightlife and a poor deprivted rip off version of las vegas

Question 20

Besides bosbegas what does the media fucos on boscome as?

Answer 20

an area high on crime and poverty with housing issues

Question 21

What have been some rebranding efforst?

Answer 21

Boscombe Surf reef
Boscombe Spa village
Public realm improvements

Question 22

Tell me about the boscombe surf reef regeneration?

Answer 22

coast = 3.2 million
founded by Bournemoth borough council
opened in 2009

Aim:
Create artificial surfing waves
Attract:
Tourists
Young people
Rebrand Boscombe as:
“Cool”
“Modern”
Sport-focused

Outcome:

❌ Did not generate consistent waves
❌ Technical failures
❌ Low visitor numbers

Became symbol of:
Failed top-down regeneration
Poor planning

Question 23

Tell me about the rebranding of Boscombe surf village?

Answer 23

ivestment = £100+ million in private investment
the developers were the private sector and council partnership
feature:
new appartment
renovaed sea front
improved public spaces
aim:
attract wealither touruist - multiplier effect
tourists
it did improve the enviroment but had a limited wider impact

Question 24

Tell me about the pubilc reclaim improvements generation?

Answer 24

refurbished boscome pier
improved garderns and th esefront
new leasure facilites